title: Selected gastrointestinal cancer presentations from the American Society of Clinical Oncology annual meeting 2013 in review: it is not about the destination, it is about the journey.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  In the GI tumors area, key findings from the American Society of Clinical Oncology 2013 annual meeting were long awaited, particularly in colorectal, gastric and pancreatic cancer.
  
  
  METHODS
  The following pages briefly present and comment on a selection of those studies considered most relevant for clinical practice and future research planning. The following trials were then reviewed: the FIRE-3, Triplet + beva (TRIBE), new EPOC, CAIRO-3 and SAKK in colorectal cancer, the TRIO-013/LOGIC and COUGAR-02 in gastric cancer and the metastatic adenocarcinoma of the pancreas (MPACT) and LAP07 in pancreatic cancer.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Although the proportion of clinical questions that these trials were able to answer was almost exactly paralleled by the introduction of new questions to be responded in the next (hopefully) few years, globally they represented a significant improvement in our knowledge about colorectal cancer and pancreatic tumors.
authors.affiliation: Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Ospedali Riuniti di Ancona-Università Politecnica delle Marche, Departments of Medical Oncology, Translational Research Unit , via Conca, 60020, Ancona , Italy +39 071 5963834 ; +39 071 5964192 ; marioscartozzi@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Mario
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Scartozzi
authors.forename: Riccardo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Giampieri
authors.forename: Michela
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Del Prete
authors.forename: Luca
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Faloppi
authors.forename: Maristella
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bianconi
authors.forename: Bruno
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Vincenzi
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tonini
authors.forename: Daniele
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Santini
authors.forename: Stefano
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cascinu
mesh_terms: D005770:Gastrointestinal Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008495:Medical Oncology; D012955:Societies, Medical