In this episode, Dr. Ángela Lamarca reviews the 3 most important abstracts from ESMO ASIA 2025 in HCC, biliary and NETs, and their applicability in Western populations.
272O - TOURMALINE study of durvalumab (D) in combination with gemcitabine (G)-based chemotherapy in advanced biliary tract cancer (aBTC): early safety and efficacy results in participants (pts) from Asia
Speaker: Do-Youn Oh (Seoul, KR)
Safety and efficacy data in Asian and global populations, including patients with performance status 2, confirming that Cisplatin-gemcitabine with Durvalumab is tolerable and active even in more fragile patients.
LBA3 - 177Lu-DOTATATE versus high-dose long-acting octreotide for somatostatin receptor-positive advanced GEP-NETs: A multicenter, randomised, open-label, positive-controlled phase III study
Speaker: Yun Liang (Shanghai, CN)
LUMINET-1 study in well-differentiated neuroendocrine tumors: ¹⁷⁷Lu-DOTATATE significantly improves progression-free survival compared to somatostatin analogues, without the need for maintenance therapy with analogues after treatment.
LBA4 - WES-powered MRD navigation for adjuvant therapy in hepatocellular carcinoma
Speaker: Shiqi Zhou (Shanghai, CN)
Use of ctDNA to detect minimal residual disease, demonstrating prognostic and predictive value to guide adjuvant therapy decisions and future clinical trials.
📄 Access the abstracts: https://cslide.ctimeetingtech.com/asia2025/attendee/confcal/show/session/99
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