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Anal CANCER INCIDENCE & PROGNOSIS

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Uncommon; 4% of lower alimentary tract tumor.

Usually curable.

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Anal CANCER DRUGS

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Radiation therapy alone may lead to a 5-year survival rate in excess of 70%. Radiation + Cisplatin, 5-FU, Mitomycin leads to improved outcomes.

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Colorectal CANCER INCIDENCE & PROGNOSIS

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3rd most common – 2nd most deadly cancer in US.

20% of patients have metastases at diagnosis.

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Colorectal CANCER DRUGS

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5-FU + leucovorin + oxaplatin = FOLFOX
irinotecan instead of oxaplatin = FOLFIRI.
Capecitabine may be used in place of 5-FU.
“Targeted” agents: bevacizumab or cetuximab appear to improve outcomes, except in patients with KRAS mutations.

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Esophageal CANCER INCIDENCE & PROGNOSIS

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~18,000 cases in US pa. Once symptomatic (usually dysphagia), invasion to the muscularis propria is observed & metastasis has occurred.

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Esophageal CANCER DRUGS

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Endoscopic stents for palliation of dysphagia – radiation treatment - chemotherapy for metastatic disease.
Cisplatin + Flurouracil or Cisplatin + 5-FU + Vinblastine.
Taxanes as second-line therapy.

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Gastric CANCER INCIDENCE & PROGNOSIS

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4th most deadly cancer, with a 5-year survival of only 20%

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Gastric CANCER DRUGS

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All patients should be tested for their HER-2 status. HER-2 +: trastuzumab + 5-FU + cisplatin regimen HER-2 -: 5-FU + cisplatin +/- doxorubicin, irinotecan or docetaxel.
Glutamic acid can be used in deficiencies of HCl in the gastric juice.

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GI Carcinoid Tumors CANCER INCIDENCE & PROGNOSIS

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Rare malignancies arisingmfrom cells linking the endocrine & central nervous systems. They originate in cells that are responsible for production
of key neurosecretory hormones.

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GI Carcinoid Tumors DRUGS

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-Octreotide acts at somatostatin receptors to inhibit the secretions. ~12 months regiment because of
tachyphylaxis and/or disease progression.
-IFN-alpha inhibits disease progression & provides symptom relief in ~75% of patients. Drug has substantial adverse effects, including alopecia, anorexia, fatigue, weight loss, fever, a flu-like syndrome, & myelosuppression;
Chemotherapeutics are ineffective

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Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors CANCER INCIDENCE & PROGNOSIS

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Comprise < 1% of all GI tumors; 3 - 6,000 new
GIST in US pa. GISTs equally distributed across all geographic & ethnic groups & men & women are equally affected. Most patients present between the ages of 50 & 80.

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Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors DRUGS

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80% are KIT-mutant; 5% are KIT-negative; 5-8% are PDGFRA-mutant; Cytotoxic chemotherapy is futile partly due to P-gp overexpression. TKIs: Imatinib 1st line treatment for nosurgical. Survival now < 2 years to > 5 years. If resistance, developes Sunitinib.

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Pancreatic CANCER INCIDENCE & PROGNOSIS

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Poorly understood cancer of increasing incidence with >44,000 new cases diagnosed in the US pa. Rarely curable; OS <20% of new diagnoses
have organ-confined disease.

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Pancreatic CANCER DRUGS

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Drug management remains controversial +/-surgery/radiation. Frequently, malabsorption & malnutrition.
Drugs include:
Gemcitabine or 5-FU/folinic acid.
Gemcitabine & erlotinib, or FOLFIRINOX [leucovorin-fluorouracilirinotecan-oxiplatin].

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Liver CANCER INCIDENCE & PROGNOSIS

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> 29,000 new cases of HCC in the US pa; <30%

present with limited-stage disease at diagnosis.

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Liver CANCER DRUGS

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> 70% present advanced DZ. ~80% HBV or HCV infections (p53 pathway).
TACE, trans-catheter arterial chemoembolization
Doxorubicin injected tumor is occluded. Arteries feeding tumor spares normal tissue.
Sorafenib is standard for HCC increases overall survival.

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Bevacizumab

MECHANISM

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rhuMAb-VEGF

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Bevacizumab

ISSUES

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Bleeding, GI perforation, wound dehiscence, hypertension,

hypersensitivity

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Capecitabine

MECHANISM

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Oral pro-drug metabolized to 5FU

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Capecitabine

ISSUES

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Dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase (DPD) deficiency (familial pyrimidinemia) prevents metabolic activation.
Contraindicated in renal dysfunction; adverse CV events; interacts with oral anticoagulant, coumarin. Neurologic & hematologic toxicities.
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Cetuximab

MECHANISM

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rh/mMAb-EGFR

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Cetuximab

ISSUES

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Cardiac arrest, respiratory arrest, and/or sudden death; infusion reactions. Acneiform rash.

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Cisplatin

MECHANISM

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Forms DNA intrastrand crosslinks & adducts.

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Cisplatin

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Bone marrow suppression, hearing impairment, platinum hypersensitivity, renal failure/ impairment

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Docetaxel | MECHANISM
Microtubule stabilizer inhibiting depolymerization
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Docetaxel | ISSUES
Increased treatment related mortality in NSCLC; edema, contraindicated in hepatic disease; neutropenia, is the dose limiting toxicity
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Doxorubicin | MECHANISM
Intercalator, free radical generator, topo II inhibitor
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Doxorubicin | ISSUES
Bone marrow suppression, heart disease, hepatic disease, secondary malignancies, extravasational necrosis
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Erlotinib | MECHANISM
EGFR-TKI
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Erlotinib | ISSUES
GI toxicity (N/V, diarrhea) prolonged bleeding, elevated LFTs, ocular toxicities; rarely interstitial lung disease
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Fluorouracil | MECHANISM
Pyrimidine antimetabolite that inhibits thymidylate synthase (TS) & interferes with RNA synthesis & function. Also has some effects on DNA
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Fluorouracil | ISSUES
Severe hematological toxicity including bone marrow suppression. Dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase (DPD) deficiency (familial pyrimidinemia) lead to enhanced neurotoxicity; enzyme necessary for degrading fluorouracil to an inactive compound.
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Gemcitabine | MECHANISM
DNA polymerase inhibitor via incorporation of triphosphate form during DNA synthesis
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Gemcitabine | ISSUES
Bone marrow suppression or myelosuppression; infection; sensory peripheral neuropathy; arthralgia, drowsiness, fatigue. N/V, diarrhea, anorexia commonplace; resolve in 2-3 days.
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Glutamic Acid | MECHANISM
Nutritional supplement; used to counterbalance deficiencies of HCl in the gastric juice
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Glutamic Acid | ISSUES
Taken orally before meals
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Imatinib | MECHANISM
Oral TKI as adjuvant treatment following complete resection of Kit (CD117) positive GIST
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Imatinib | ISSUES
GI toxicities (pain, bloating, N/V, constipation, stomatitis, dyspepsia, etc) common. CHF reported in some pts. Neurologic toxicity; fluid retention & edema
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Interferon-alpha | MECHANISM
Enzyme activation following cell surface receptor binding & tyrosine kinase activation
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Interferon-alpha | ISSUES
Neuropsychiatric events including aggression, depression & suicide. Flu-like symptoms: fatigue, fever, malaise, myalgia, arthralgia, chills, headache, & weight loss
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Irinotecan | MECHANISM
Topo I inhibitor
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Irinotecan | ISSUES
Bone marrow suppression, diarrhea; asthenia, fever, pain, weight loss
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Leucovorin | MECHANISM
Reduced folate; modulates the effects of 5-FU
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Leucovorin | ISSUES
Diarrhea & dehydration
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Methysergide | MECHANISM
Serotonin inhibitor in GI tract
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Methysergide | ISSUES
Vasoconstrictor of large &small arteries; used for migraine therapy
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Mitomycin | MECHANISM
Mono- or bifunctional alkylating agent
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Mitomycin | ISSUES
Bone marrow suppression, thrombocytopenia, leukopenia, (HUS) hemolytic-uremic syndrome (microangiopathic hemolytic anemia, thrombocytopenia/irreversible renal failure)
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Octreotide | MECHANISM
Somatostatin analog; reduces duodenal bicarbonate, amylase, reduces gastric acidity, inhibits gallbladder contractility & bile secretion, inhibits meal-induced increases in superior mesenteric artery & portal venous blood flow
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Octreotide | ISSUES
Monitor blood glucose; inhibits insulin and glucagon. Doserelated diarrhea
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Oxaliplatin | MECHANISM
More potent than cisplatin. The 1,2-diaminocyclohexane carrier thought to contribute to enhanced cytotoxicity & lack of cross-resistance between oxaliplatin & cisplatin
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Oxaliplatin | ISSUES
Dose-limiting neurotoxicity. Thrombocytopenia if used with 5-FU + leucovorin. Diarrhea, N/V, stomatitis
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Sorafenib | MECHANISM
Oral multi-kinase inhibitor targeting serine/threonine & receptor tyrosine kinases in both tumor & vasculature. Targeted kinases include Raf kinase, vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) receptors VEGFR-2 and VEGFR-3, platele derived growth factor receptor-β (PDGFR-β), Kit receptor tyrosine kinase (KIT), fms-like tyrosine kinase 3 (FLT-3), & RET
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Sorafenib | ISSUES
Hand-foot skin reaction characterized by redness, pain, swelling, or blisters on the palms of the hands or soles of the feet. Generally appears in first 6-weeks of treatment.
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Sunitinib | MECHANISM
Inhibitor of > 80 receptor tyrosine kinases (RTKs) including platelet derived growth factor receptors (PDGFRα, PDGRFβ), vascular endothelial growth factor receptors (VEGFR1, VEGFR2, VEGFR3), stem cell factor receptor (KIT), Fms-like tyrosine kinase-3 (FLT3), colony stimulating factor receptor Type 1 (CSR-1R), & the glial cell-line derived neurotrophic factor receptor (RET)
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Sunitinib | ISSUES
Thrombocytopenia and bleeding. QT prolongation, sometimes fatal, gastrointestinal (GI) complications including GI perforation have occurred rarely in patients with intraabdominal malignancies
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Trastuzumab | MECHANISM
HER-2/neu antibody; HER2 is down regulated, cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor p27 accumulates, & cell cycle arrest occurs. Also inhibits the constitutive HER2 cleavage/shedding mediated by metalloproteases, which may correlate with the clinical activity
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Trastuzumab | ISSUES
LVEF dysfunction & cardiomyopathy. Severe infusion-related reactions including anaphylaxis, angioedema, & pulmonary toxicity; pulmonary toxicity worse in pts with intrinsic lung disease, e.g., COPD, asthma, respiratory insufficiency

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