Treatment for gastrointestinal (GI) tumors often requires a combination of Radiation therapy, chemotherapy and surgery, which can be difficult for patients to tolerate due to the proximity of many important abdominal organs. In some cases, conventional Radiotherapy is not even an option because of the high risk of damaging surrounding healthy tissues.
The progresses regarding the diagnosis and the treatment of gastrointestinal and pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) widely opened the doors for more trials and protocols based on Radiotheranostics treatments for GI tumors.
Sources: Research Gate, IBA
Approved treatments
- 32P-OncoSil (pancreas cancer)
About gastrointestinal cancer
- Gastrointestinal Cancers – American College of Gastroenterology
- Tumours Gastrointestinal – European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC)
Clinical trials
*non-exhaustive list
Patient associations
Europe: Talk Blue Flanders (BEL), Digestive Cancers Europe (EU), Pancreatic Cancer Europe Network (EU), Selbsthilfegruppe Pankreaskarzinom (AUT), Fondation ARCAD, Aide et Recherche en CAncérologie Digestive (FRA), TEB (pancreatic cancer) (DEU), Der Arbeitskreis der Pankreatektomierten e. V. – AdP (DEU), Nastroviola (pancreatic cancer) (ITA), EuropaColon Latvia (LVA), EuropaColon Slovakia (SVK), Dutch Pancreatic Cancer group (NLD), Living With Hope (LWH) (pancreatic cancer) (NLD), Dutch Pancreas Association (AVKV) (NLD), MDLS (stomach, intestinal and liver disorders) (NLD)
Worldwide: Pancreatic Cancer Action Network, The Lustgarten Foundation, Pancreatica.org, Pancreatic Cancer Action Network (PanCAN), Hope for Stomach Cancer