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ESMO World congress on Gastrointestinal cancer

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Last updated: 28th Jun 2019
Published: 28th Jun 2019
Source: Pharmawand

The ESMO World congress on Gastrointestinal cancer will be held in Barcelona, Spain, from 3rd to 6th July 2019.
In addition to key study details including FOLRIRI/FOLFOX and REARRANGE, the event will present the following press releases:

  • Greater awareness needed of stomach cancer risk in under-40s, especially in Latin America (Abstract P-145), under embargo until Tuesday, 2 July 2019 at 8:00 CEST
  • Randomised trial identifies optimal regimen of total neoadjuvant therapy for rectal cancer (Abstract O 011), under embargo until Thursday, 4 July 2019 at 9:30 CEST
  • Targeted therapy combination improves survival in patients with advanced bowel cancer (Abstract LBA 006), under embargo until Saturday, 6 July 2019 at 11:00
  • New trial demonstrates the efficacy of a more flexible dose of regorafenib to relieve side-effects in patients with metastatic colon cancer (Abstract O-026), under embargo until Saturday, 6 July 2019 at 11:00 CEST

Further details from the ESMO World Congress on Gastrointestinal Cancer can be found here.

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