Amanda Pullinger, CEO of Debbie’s Dream Foundation: Curing Stomach Cancer, shared on LinkedIn:
“After a quick turnaround following the Seoul trip, I headed to Austin TX to represent Debbie’s Dream Foundation: Curing Stomach Cancer at the Inaugural Texas Gastrointestinal Cancer Conference, held at Austin City Limits Live at The Moody Theater (ACL Live) featuring a very strong guitar and cowboy hat theme!
On Day 1, there were numerous sessions on the latest in Stomach/GI Cancer treatments and recent research reports. Welcome and Opening Remarks were made by Conference Co-Chairs, Yelena Janjigian, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Scott Paulson, Texas Oncology.
Session 1 covered the latest exciting advances for Upper GI Cancers: Early Stage Esophageal, GEJ, and Gastric, and included speakers discussing:
- Adjuvant: Daniel Ahn, DO Mayo Clinic
- Neoadjuvant: Samuel Cytryn, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
- Unresectable: Management of Oligometastatic Disease: Ryan Moy Columbia University Irving Medical Center
- Endoscopic Management of Upper Gastrointestinal Cancers: Grace Seung Eun Lee, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Session 2 covered Upper GI Cancers: Late Stage advances with Session Chair Samuel Klempner, Mass General Brigham Cancer Institute facilitating the discussion following presentations on:
- Selecting the Optimal First-Line Target: HER2, PD-L1, CLDN18.2, and FGFR2 by Darshil Shah, Ironwood Cancer and Research Centers
- Biomarkers and Patient Selection for Immunotherapy by Nataliya Uboha- University of Wisconsin Health
- Second Line Treatment Options by Rutika Mehta, MPH NYU Langone Health
- Applying NGS to Clinical Management of Upper GI Cancers by Steven Maron, MSc Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Once again, in both early stage and late stage stomach/GI cancer, we are hearing encouraging news that will give patients more options and better outcomes.
Finally, we were also treated to an inspirational end-of-day Keynote Speaker, Alex Sheen, TEDxTalk speaker, author, podcast host, internationally-recognized humanitarian, and Founder of the because I said I would. movement. Amazing way to end the day!
For more information about Debbie’s Dream Foundation: Curing Stomach Cancer’s global work, go to stomachcancerinfo.com”
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