Advanced Gastroesophageal Cancer

Publication Date: January 4, 2023

Key Points

Key Points

  • Gastroesophageal cancers are among the most prevalent gastrointestinal malignancies worldwide. In 2020, there were over 1 million new cases and 769,000 deaths due to gastric cancer.
  • Most gastric and gastrointestinal junction tumors are adenocarcinoma.
  • Targeted cancer therapies and immunotherapy are more effective in subgroups of gastroesophageal cancer patients who possess certain biomarkers such as programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) protein expression.

Treatment

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...gure 1. Immunotherapy and Targeted Therapy for Adv...


...t-line Therapy...

...1.1For HER2-negative patients with...

...1.2For HER2-negative patients with eso...

...1.3For patients with ESCC and PD-L1 CPS ≥1...

...mmendation 1.4For patients with ESCC, and PD-L...

...commendation 1.5For patients with HE...


...cond- or Third-line Thera...

Recommendation 2.1For patients with adva...

...2.2For HER2-positive patients with gastric or G...