gastrointestinal cancer

DESCRIPTION

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)

¹³¹I-Iobenguane (MIBG)

IN DEVELOPMENT

¹⁷⁷Lu-IPN-01087 (pancreas cancer)

¹⁷⁷Lu-MVT-1075 (pancreas cancer)

¹⁸⁸Re-P2045 (Tozaride) (pancreatic cancer-lung cancer)

²²⁴Ra-RadSpherin (colorectal cancer) 

²²⁵Ac-Lintuzumab (²²⁵Ac-Actimab-A™) (colon cancer)

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

CLINICAL TRIALS

GI cancer ¹³¹I based clinical trials

*non-exhaustive list

MORE ABOUT GASTROINTESTINAL CANCER

Gastrointestinal Cancers – American College of Gastroenterology

Tumours Gastrointestinal – European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC)