BJMO - volume 15, issue 6, october 2021
W. Lybaert MD, A. Demols MD, PhD, I. Dero MD, I. Borbath MD, PhD, J. Collignon MD
The annual Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium was held from 15 till 17 January 2021 in a virtual format. During this meeting, evolving immunotherapy options were shown in the upper digestive tractus, already presented at ESMO 2020. Besides immunotherapy, also the total neoadjuvant treatment approach (TNT) in rectal cancer reached sufficient attention, changing our current standard of practice in 2021. Targeted therapies for different gastrointestinal (GI) tumour locations showed promising results, paving the way for more personalised medicine.
In this report, the most important headlines will be discussed, with comments on the clinical relevance of the different studies.
(BELG J MED ONCOL 2021;15(6):331-9)
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A. Iabkriman MD, J. Collignon MD, F.P. Duhoux MD, PhD
The phosphatidylinositol-3-kinases (PI3Ks) play a critical role in cellular metabolism and proliferation, as well as in the development of cancer. Several mutations in the genes coding for PI3Ks have been identified in a large proportion of tumours at different rates, depending on the tumour type. Therapies targeting PI3Ks have been developed in the last years and initially used in hematological malignancies. In medical oncology, a number of trials have tried to prove the efficacy of these compounds, but most of them have been confronted with very important toxicities and only a modest benefit in progression-free survival. Recent trials using more selective treatments have shown good efficacy with an acceptable toxicity profile. The aim of this article is to review the current knowledge about PI3K inhibitors, their potential use in medical oncology and their toxicities.
(BELG J MED ONCOL 2021;15(3):96-103)
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