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Gastroesophageal Cancer
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Episode # 85 • 13 Oct 2026
Perioperative 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.
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Tumor Board # 85
Oct 12, 2026
with Dr. Dani Castillo, Dr. Alexandra Gangi, Dr. Kate Baker
How do you choose between perioperative chemotherapy and trimodality therapy for a patient with localized upper GI...
Tumor Board # 44
Jan 19, 2026
with Dr. Jonathan Mizrahi, Dr. Jun Gong
The FLOT regimen is the standard-of-care for upper gastroesophageal malignancies, but what if there were other drug...
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