
Lorenzo Gervaso, MD PhD
@gervasolorenzo
Medical Oncologist @IEOUfficiale, via @unipv 🇮🇹 | Former Research Fellow @clevelandclinic 🇺🇸 | Passionate about #GIcancers & #VTE 🔬| Big UC @sampdoria fan
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DESTINY-Gastric04 demonstrated significantly prolonged OS with T-DXd vs. PTX+RAM in HER2+ gastric cancer. A major advancement for patients! Congratulations to all involved! OncoAlert OncoDaily Daiichi Sankyo US AstraZeneca daiichisankyo.com/files/news/pre…







Excellent work by Dr. Tamara Sussman Jean Connors et al confirming high risk of VTE (7-11% 6-12 mo) with immune checkpoint inhibitors in a very large cohort jitc.bmj.com/content/13/5/e…

FLOT/TFOX versus FOLFOX in first-line treatment of patients with advanced HER2-negative GC/GEJ cancer The Lancet Oncology doi.org/10.1016/S1470-… 🔎 PRODIGE 51-FFCD-GASTFOX phs 3 trial 👉ORR 62 vs 53% 👉mPFS 7·59 vs 5·98 mo 👉mOS 15·08 vs 12·65 mo 🧐Intersting option for fit pts



🔥Plenary Discussion of LBA5🔥 📷 #ASCO2025 👏Great discussion by Sam Klempner 👉D-FLOT reached it's primary endpoint and will change clinical practice 👉More to come: from MATTERHORN to EVEREST ESMO - Eur. Oncology


Announcing the first EVER Journal of Clinical Oncology Art of Oncology Narrative Medicine Contest! 🎉✍️🎗️🩺🎉 We're looking for essays that explore the human experience of cancer and reflect on the experience of trainees and early career hematologists/oncologists. Apply Now! ascopubs.org/jco/art-oncolo…


A first-in-class EGFR-directed KRAS G12V selective inhibitor Cancer Cell doi.org/10.1016/j.ccel… 👉EFTX-G12V selectively targets KRAS G12V while sparing wild-type KRAS 👉Activity in lung, colon, & PDAC cancer models 🧐 Very interesting MOA, KRAS is becoming draggable ESMO - Eur. Oncology


Outcomes of Solid Organ Transplant Recipients With Advanced Cancers Receiving Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors JAMA Oncology doi.org/10.1001/jamaon… 🔎128 studies, 343 SOTRs 👉Acute rejection: 36.2%; graft loss: 18%, lower risk w/ steroids & mTOR 👉ORR: 31% 🧐ICI my be considered in



Fascinating paper from Chrysaf Jeff Zwicker, MD Avi Leader Rushad Patell et al suggesting nearly half the rate of VTE in individuals with FXI deficiency and cancer - important clinical mplications as FXI targeting agents are being developed for cancer VTE sciencedirect.com/science/articl…