ASCO 2024 upper GI cancer highlights

Dr. Klempner is an Associate Professor at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School and leads the gastric and oesophageal programme. His clinical and translational research is centred on cancer genomics, acquired resistance to targeted therapies and the intersection of genomics and immune mediated therapies to identify novel therapeutic approaches and biomarkers in gastroesophageal cancers. He serves on the NRG non-colorectal committee, co-chairs the NCI oesophagogastric task force, and is on the NCCN guideline committees for gastric and oesophageal cancers. His work is supported by Stand Up 2 Cancer, NCI/NIH, AACR, the Degregorio Foundation, and The Gastric Cancer Foundation and Gateway for Cancer Research. He is active in gastric and oesophageal cancer outreach and patient advocacy.

Elizabeth (Lizzy) Smyth is a consultant in gastrointestinal oncology. Dr Smyth commenced her oncology training in Dublin, Ireland. In 2009 she was awarded a fellowship from the Irish Society of Medical Oncology to train at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Centre, New York. Following this, she worked at the Royal Marsden Hospital in London from 2011-2018. Her research focus is on clinical trials and translational research in gastroesophageal cancer, and she has worked on trial design and management of national and international trials. She is a member of the European Society for Medical Oncology GI Faculty and leads the EORTC GI Trials Group Gastric Cancer Taskforce. Dr Smyth is committed to furthering national and international collaboration in GI trials research.