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How would you approach adjuvant therapy for a patient with resected T4N1 high grade large cell neuroendocrine tumor of the cecum with adenocarcinoma component?

Pathology details: 75% high grade large cell neuroendocrine tumor of the cecum (20-30 mitoses per 10 hpf, Ki67 75%) and 25% adenocarcinoma. Patient ha...

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What is your platelet cutoff for atezolizumab + bevacizumab in HCC in the absence of bleeding (variceal or otherwise)?

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What is your preferred second line therapy for an HCC patient who progressed after first line checkpoint inhibitor monotherapy?

Would you try atezolizumab/bevacizumab or switch to a TKI?

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When do you offer adjuvant radiation in addition to chemotherapy for patients with high risk localized gastric adenocarcinoma who did not receive pre-operative therapy?

The patient went straight to gastrectomy for clinical T1 gastric adenocarcinoma, but post-op was up-graded to T4 disease. Both ARTIST and Inte...

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What would you recommend for an elderly patient (> 80 year old) with resectable pancreatic cancer?

Upfront surgery vs neoadjuvant therapy? And if neoadjuvant therapy, which regimen? Patient has a good PS.

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Are you routinely using thrombopoietin agonists in patients with hep C and HCC?

If so, for what platelet count threshold and do you have a preference as to which agent?

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Papers discussed in this category

Gastroenterology, 2018 May 17

Avatrombopag Before Procedures Reduces Need for Platelet Transfusion in Patients With Chronic Liver Disease and Thrombocytopenia.

Clin. Gastroenterol. Hepatol., 2018 Nov 28

Lusutrombopag Reduces Need for Platelet Transfusion in Patients With Thrombocytopenia Undergoing Invasive Procedures.

Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.), 2019-10

Lusutrombopag for the Treatment of Thrombocytopenia in Patients With Chronic Liver Disease Undergoing Invasive Procedures (L-PLUS 2).

Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, 2012-07-01

Updated analysis of SWOG-directed intergroup study 0116: a phase III trial of adjuvant radiochemotherapy versus observation after curative gastric cancer resection.

The New England journal of medicine, 2001-09-06

Chemoradiotherapy after surgery compared with surgery alone for adenocarcinoma of the stomach or gastroesophageal junction.

The New England journal of medicine, 2018-07-05

Cabozantinib in Patients with Advanced and Progressing Hepatocellular Carcinoma.

Lancet (London, England), 2018-03-24

Lenvatinib versus sorafenib in first-line treatment of patients with unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma: a randomised phase 3 non-inferiority trial.

J Gastroenterol, 2019 Nov 12

REFLECT-a phase 3 trial comparing efficacy and safety of lenvatinib to sorafenib for the treatment of unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma: an analysis of Japanese subset.

Am Heart J, 2010 Sep 18

Study of Heart and Renal Protection (SHARP): randomized trial to assess the effects of lowering low-density lipoprotein cholesterol among 9,438 patients with chronic kidney disease.

N Engl J Med,

Sorafenib in advanced hepatocellular carcinoma.

Lancet (London, England), 2017-01-07

Regorafenib for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma who progressed on sorafenib treatment (RESORCE): a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 3 trial.

The Lancet. Oncology, 2019-02

Ramucirumab after sorafenib in patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma and increased α-fetoprotein concentrations (REACH-2): a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 3 trial.

JAMA Oncol, 2020 Dec 10

Systemic Therapy and Sequencing Options in Advanced Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-analysis.

Hepatology, 2019 Oct 14

Dual Programmed Death Receptor-1 and Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor-2 Blockade Promotes Vascular Normalization and Enhances Antitumor Immune Responses in Hepatocellular Carcinoma.

N Engl J Med, 2020 May 14

Atezolizumab plus Bevacizumab in Unresectable Hepatocellular Carcinoma.

Ann. Surg., 2019 Aug 30

Adjuvant Chemotherapy Versus Observation Following Resection for Patients With Nonmetastatic Poorly Differentiated Colorectal Neuroendocrine Carcinomas.

Annals of surgical oncology, 2019-04

Survival in Patients with High-Grade Colorectal Neuroendocrine Carcinomas: The Role of Surgery and Chemotherapy.

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