GI medical oncologist focusing on stomach and esophageal cancer research at Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School

Boston, MA
Joined January 2019
Check out our deep dive in MSI-H gastric cancer, now out in @CD_AACR . Determinants of Response and Intrinsic Resistance to PD-1 Blockade in Microsatellite Instability-High Gastric Cancer cancerdiscovery.aacrjournals…
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Celebrating our notification of award for our new P01 studying mechanisms of resistance to chemoradiation in GI cancers. Excited to get to work with Co-PI @KlempnerSam and the rest of the incredible team @DanaFarber @MassGenBrigham @BIDMC_CancerCtr @MGBResearchNews @harvardmed
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📢FDA approval of zanidatamab + chemotherapy ± tislelizumab in the 1L setting represents an important advance and ushers in a new era for HER2-directed therapy in GEA. Congratulations to the investigators, patients, and teams who made this possible! #GastricCancer #HER2 #GIOnc
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Thrilled to share phase 3 HERIZON-GEA-01 in @NEJM before @ASCO. Biparatopic anti-HER2 Zanidatamab plus chemo±tislelizumab improved PFS in HER2+ gastric/GEJ cancer; the tislelizumab combo also improved OS. Grateful to all patients and collaborators. nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NE…
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Delighted to share results of phase 2 ILUSTRO in @NatureMedicine @KlempnerSam @ASCOPost Zolbetuximab+FOLFOX+nivo showed encouraging activity in CLDN18.2+ gastric cancer with mPFS 14.8 months (18months in high CLDN). Supporting the ongoing phase 3 LUCERNA. doi.org/10.1038/s41591-026-0…
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How low can you go? Looking at broader CLDN18.2 cutoffs in GC/GEJ. Nice work from visiting researcher from Korea, courtesy of @JeeyunM @myESMO sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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Now out in @NatureComms. Led by Dr. Liz Carstens in Eric Smith lab @DanaFarber. Modeling on-target/off-tumor tox in CLDN18.2 directed therapy. @KoheiShitara @jonathan_nowak. Supported by @DeGregorioFF. rdcu.be/eN4cg
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📢 Ph1/2 FOG-001 — a first-in-class β-catenin/TCF inhibitor — shows early promise in MSS CRC & WPAM+ solid tumors ✅ ORR 43% in non-CRC WPAM+ solid tumors ✅ No grade 4/5 TRAEs ➡️ Combo & monotherapy cohorts underway #Targets25
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A pair of phase 1 trials evaluating antibody–drug conjugates identify potential strategies to treat advanced gastroesophageal #cancers and highlight the rapid expansion of claudin18.2-targeting drug development in solid tumors. News & Views from @KlempnerSam and @sundar__raghav @YaleMed @harvardmed #ADCs nature.com/articles/s41591-0…
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