NGS testing in HCC
Mets 1st Line = No role
Prior to 2nd / 3rd Line = Have a Clinical Path in mind. Don't blindly do it for all
ESMO / Pan Asia
Be realistic, Cautious & Judicious
Locoregional Therapies in HCC
How to choose ?
Which Shop to go to ?
Know thy weapons and its use
Individualise
MDT
Patient and Tumour factors
Mutually narrow down
HCC Vs Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma
Typical Vs Atypical Features
Clinicians Dilemma !!!
When to do Biopsy
When not to do Biopsy
ESMO 2026
Key late Breaking Abstracts
Atypical EGFR mutation
Enozertinib: Birth of Redwood 1 (2027)
HERIZON-GEA-01
Her2+ GE Adenocarcinoma
Zoci: ES SCLC
Peritoneal Surface Malignancy
What non surgical Oncologist needs to know
PCI & scoring
CC scoring
And
Brief Overview of Randomised Trials
Cancer specific
Metastatic HCC
Patient Approach / Goals
How to approach in Clinic
Initial Assessment
Patient Selection on various Factors
1st L / 2 L sequencing Options
Dosing / Regimen
Trial evidence / efficacy
Keynote Toxicities to watch
Adjuvant therapy for intermediate-risk oral cancer
DOI:10.1016j.oraloncology.2024.106972.
Need of the hour is refining postoperative risk assessment in oral cavity cancer, but article does not resolve the controversy.
Extended FU.@Oct 2026
NRG BR002 trial
Does Ablating All Metastases Improve Outcomes in Oligometastatic Breast Cancer?
N=125 pts
Ph 2
Extended FU 57.5months
No.diff in PFS / OS
SAFFRON trial
ESMO 2026
Osimertinib plus savolitinib after osimertinib resistance in EGFR-mutant NSCLC
Phase III trial
First Glimpse
NutriCare vs NutriTool: Critical appraisal of Ph III randomized trial
249 pts with newly diagnosed stage I–IV lung cancer recruited across 4 cancer centres
Does Active Nutritional care makeany difference?
Complete NutriCare package is not superior to nutrition education alone
IMPT vs IMRT in oropharyngeal cancer
DOI: 10.1016/j.esmoop.2026.108602. S
Intensity-modulated proton therapy (IMPT) reduces acute severe toxicity compared with intensity-modulated photon radiotherapy (IMRT) but this analysis does not establish superior tumour control or survival
Treatment of Advanced Biliary Tract Cancer: ASCO Living Guideline, Version 2026.1.0
DOI: 10.1200/JCO-26-02462
Summary of All Recommendations:
Biomarker Testing
First-line therapy for patients with
pMMR/MSS & dMMR/MSI-H Advanced
BTC
2nd Line Rx with/without Targeted Rx
Does adding periop pembrolizumab to neoadjuvant gemcitabine–cisplatin, followed by radical cystectomy and adjuvant pembrolizumab, improve outcomes in cisplatin-eligible muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC)?
KEYNOTE-866 trial @ ESMO 2026
N=907
Median FU 5y
EFS HR 0.88 p=0.13
JCOG2110 / OLIGAMI Ph III
Question: Does adding definitive metastasis-directed therapy (MDT) to subtype-specific systemic therapy improve survival in oligometastatic breast cancer?
SABR-COMET: OS benefit, but had only 18/99 Breast Ca pts
NRG BROO2 =129 All breast -ve study
































