Dr. Alexandra Gangi
Surgical Oncologist
Dr. Alexandra Gangi is a surgical oncologist practicing at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California.
Podcasts
Tumor Board # 85Oct 13, 2026Perioperative Management in Upper GI Cancers
How do you choose between perioperative chemotherapy and trimodality therapy for a patient with localized upper GI cancer, and what has the newest data actually settled? On this episode of BackTable Tumor Board, host Dr. Kate Baker interviews Dr. Dani Castillo, a medical oncologist at City of Hope in Duarte, California, and Dr. Alexandra Gangi, a gastrointestinal surgical oncologist at Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles, about everything that happens between a new diagnosis and a resection in localized esophageal, gastroesophageal junction and gastric cancer. They cover diagnostic workup, Siewert classification, staging laparoscopy, histology, biomarker testing, surgical candidacy, and the challenges of nutrition and prehabilitation.
- Tumor Board # 82Sep 22, 2026
Advances in Perioperative Colorectal Cancer Management
How much of perioperative colorectal cancer management has changed in just one year, and what does it mean for patient care? On this episode of BackTable Tumor Board, Dr. Jun Gong is joined by Dr. Ibrahim Sahin and Dr. Alexandra Gangi to review the latest practice-changing data in colon and rectal cancer. They discuss observation versus maintenance immunotherapy in MSI-high disease, the CHALLENGE trial's surprising results on exercise and disease-free survival, and the evolving role of ctDNA and local therapies after liver metastasis resection.