Abstract

Recent prospective trials for esophageal cancer, gastric cancer, and gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST)are encouraging. This manuscript reviews selected recently published studies. Not surprisingly, immunotherapy dominates the current clinical trial landscape. However, targeted biologic therapies and standard chemotherapy remain critical to the treatment of gastric and esophageal cancer while imatinib remains the backbone for advanced or metastatic GISTs. For all three cancers, surgical resection remains important when intent of treatment is potential cure.

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