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The Implications of Recent Datasets for the Current and Future Management of Gastrointestinal Cancers — An ESMO Congress 2024 Review (Webinar Audio Proceedings)
Released November 2024

Featuring perspectives from Dr Tanios Bekaii-Saab and Dr Philip A Philip. Published November 5, 2024.

CE Information and Faculty Disclosures

  • TARGET AUDIENCE
    This program is intended for medical oncologists, hematology-oncology fellows, surgeons and other healthcare providers involved in the treatment of gastrointestinal cancers.

    LEARNING OBJECTIVES

    • Evaluate recently presented clinical research findings to determine their effect on the current care of patients with localized or metastatic gastrointestinal cancers.
    • Optimize adjuvant chemotherapy for patients with localized colorectal cancer (CRC), considering the influence of various clinical and biological factors such as age, performance status and stage.
    • Develop a long-term care plan for patients diagnosed with metastatic CRC, considering biomarker profile, tumor location, prior systemic therapy, symptomatology and personal goals of treatment.
    • Use HER2 status, PD-L1 combined positive score, claudin 18.2 expression and other clinical and biological factors to optimize the selection and sequencing of systemic therapy for patients with gastric, gastroesophageal junction and esophageal cancers.
    • Evaluate available data documenting the efficacy and safety of anti-PD-1/PD-L1 antibody therapy in combination with chemotherapy as first-line treatment for advanced biliary tract cancers, and consider the role of this therapeutic strategy.
    • Recall clinical trial data with approved and investigational systemic interventions for patients with metastatic pancreatic adenocarcinoma, and establish an evidence-based approach to treatment selection.
    • Appreciate available and recently updated Phase III data with novel first-line treatment strategies for unresectable or metastatic hepatocellular carcinoma, and discuss how these regimens can be optimally integrated into patient care.
    • Appraise available and emerging data with investigational agents and strategies currently in testing for gastrointestinal cancers, and as applicable, refer eligible patients for clinical trial participation.

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    CREDIT DESIGNATION STATEMENT
    Audio Program: Research To Practice designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

    Video Program: Research To Practice designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

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    Successful completion of these CME activities, which includes participation in the evaluation components and a short post-test, enables the participant to earn up to 1.75 (audio) and 1.25 (video) Medical Knowledge MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for each activity. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

    Please note, these programs have been specifically designed for the following ABIM specialty: medical oncology.

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    HOW TO USE THIS CME ACTIVITY
    Audio Program: This CME activity consists of an audio component. To receive credit, the participant should review the CME information, listen to the MP3s, review the downloadable slide set , complete the post-test with a score of 80% or better and fill out the evaluation located at ResearchToPractice.com/PostESMO24/GI/CME. The corresponding video program is available as an alternative at ResearchToPractice.com/PostESMO24/GI/Video.

    Video Program: This CME activity consists of a video component. To receive credit, the participant should review the CME information, watch the video, complete the post-test with a score of 80% or better and fill out the evaluation located at ResearchToPractice.com/PostESMO24/GI/Video/CME. The corresponding audio program is available as an alternative at ResearchToPractice.com/PostESMO24/GI.

    CONTENT VALIDATION AND DISCLOSURES
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    FACULTY — The following faculty reported relevant financial relationships with ineligible entities:

    Tanios Bekaii-Saab, MD
    David F and Margaret T Grohne Professor of Novel Therapeutics for
    Cancer Research I
    Chair and Consultant, Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology
    Co-Leader, Advanced Clinical and Translational Science Program
    Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center (All Sites)
    Professor, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science
    Mayo Clinic in Arizona
    Phoenix, Arizona

    Consulting Agreements (to Institution): Arcus Biosciences, Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals, Eisai Inc, Genentech, a member of the Roche Group, Incyte Corporation, Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals Inc, Merck, Merck KGaA, Merus, Pfizer Inc, Seagen Inc, Servier Pharmaceuticals LLC; Consulting Agreements (to Self): AbbVie Inc, Aptitude Health, AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP, BeiGene Ltd, Blueprint Medicines, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Inc, Caladrius Biosciences, Celularity, Daiichi Sankyo Inc, Deciphera Pharmaceuticals Inc, Exact Sciences Corporation, Exelixis Inc, Foundation Medicine, GSK, Illumina, Janssen Biotech Inc, Kanaph Therapeutics, Natera Inc, Sanofi, Sobi, Stemline Therapeutics Inc, Treos Bio Ltd, Zai Lab; Data and Safety Monitoring Boards/Committees: 1Globe Health Institute, AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP, Eisai Inc, Exelixis Inc, FibroGen Inc, Merck, Suzhou Kintor; Inventions/Patents: WO/2018/183488 licensed to Imugene, WO/2019/055687 licensed to Recursion; Research Funding (to Institution): AbGenomics, Agios Pharmaceuticals Inc, Arcus Biosciences, Arrys Therapeutics, a wholly owned subsidiary of Kyn Therapeutics, Atreca, Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals, Bristol Myers Squibb, Celgene Corporation, Clovis Oncology, Eisai Inc, Genentech, a member of the Roche Group, Incyte Corporation, Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals Inc, Lilly, Merus, Mirati Therapeutics Inc, Novartis, Pfizer Inc, Seagen Inc, Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Oncology Inc; Scientific Advisory Boards: Artiva Biotherapeutics Inc, Immuneering Corporation, Imugene, Panbela Therapeutics Inc, Replimune, Xilis; Nonrelevant Financial Relationships: MJH Life Sciences, Pancreatic Cancer Action Network, The Valley Hospital, UpToDate.

    Philip A Philip, MD, PhD, FRCP
    Professor of Oncology and Pharmacology
    Leader, GI and Neuroendocrine Oncology
    Henry Ford Cancer Institute
    Wayne State University
    Detroit, Michigan

    Advisory Committees: Agenus Inc, Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals Inc, Merus, Novocure Inc; Consulting Agreement: Novocure Inc; Contracted Research: BioNTech SE, Cornerstone Pharmaceuticals Inc, Taiho Oncology Inc, Totus Medicines Inc; Data and Safety Monitoring Board/Committee: Cyclacel Pharmaceuticals Inc; Speakers Bureaus: Astellas, Incyte Corporation.

    MODERATOR — Dr Love is president and CEO of Research To Practice. Research To Practice receives funds in the form of educational grants to develop CME activities from the following companies: AbbVie Inc, Adaptive Biotechnologies Corporation, ADC Therapeutics, Agios Pharmaceuticals Inc, Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Amgen Inc, Array BioPharma Inc, a subsidiary of Pfizer Inc, Arvinas, Astellas, AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP, Aveo Pharmaceuticals, Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals, BeiGene Ltd, BeyondSpring Pharmaceuticals Inc, Black Diamond Therapeutics Inc, Blueprint Medicines, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Inc, Bristol Myers Squibb, Celgene Corporation, Clovis Oncology, Coherus BioSciences, CTI BioPharma, a Sobi Company, Daiichi Sankyo Inc, Eisai Inc, Elevation Oncology Inc, EMD Serono Inc, Epizyme Inc, Exact Sciences Corporation, Exelixis Inc, Five Prime Therapeutics Inc, Foundation Medicine, G1 Therapeutics Inc, Genentech, a member of the Roche Group, Genmab US Inc, Geron Corporation, Gilead Sciences Inc, Grail Inc, GSK, Halozyme Inc, Helsinn Healthcare SA, Hologic Inc, ImmunoGen Inc, Incyte Corporation, Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals Inc, Janssen Biotech Inc, administered by Janssen Scientific Affairs LLC, Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc, Karyopharm Therapeutics, Kite, A Gilead Company, Kronos Bio Inc, Legend Biotech, Lilly, Loxo Oncology Inc, a wholly owned subsidiary of Eli Lilly & Company, MEI Pharma Inc, Merck, Mersana Therapeutics Inc, Mirati Therapeutics Inc, Mural Oncology Inc, Natera Inc, Novartis, Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation on behalf of Advanced Accelerator Applications, Novocure Inc, Nuvalent, Oncopeptides, Pfizer Inc, Pharmacyclics LLC, an AbbVie Company, Puma Biotechnology Inc, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc, R-Pharm US, Sanofi, Seagen Inc, Servier Pharmaceuticals LLC, SpringWorks Therapeutics Inc, Stemline Therapeutics Inc, Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Oncology Inc, Syndax Pharmaceuticals, Taiho Oncology Inc, Takeda Pharmaceuticals USA Inc, TerSera Therapeutics LLC, Tesaro, A GSK Company, TG Therapeutics Inc, Turning Point Therapeutics Inc, Verastem Inc, and Zymeworks Inc.

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    These educational activities contain discussion of published and/or investigational uses of agents that are not indicated by the Food and Drug Administration. Research To Practice does not recommend the use of any agent outside of the labeled indications. Please refer to the official prescribing information for each product for discussion of approved indications, contraindications and warnings. The opinions expressed are those of the presenters and are not to be construed as those of the publisher or grantors.

    These activities are supported by educational grants from Astellas, AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP, Bristol Myers Squibb, Daiichi Sankyo Inc, Exelixis Inc, Incyte Corporation, and Natera Inc.

    Release date: November 2024
    Expiration date: November 2025

    After completing the post-test, learners may download and review the answers here in order to identify further areas of study.

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