Patient-reported outcomes in GI cancer: Leading change to meet the needs of the gastrointestinal cancer community.

Background: According to the World Health Organization International Agency for Research on Cancer, globally gastrointestinal (GI) cancers account for 1 in 4 cancer cases and 1 in 3 cancer deaths, with an estimated 4.8 million new cases and 3.4 million GI cancer deaths reported annually. Understanding the global burden of GI cancers and the importance of understanding the real-world impact of a GI cancer diagnosis, the GI Cancers Alliance (GICA) conducted a 12-month patient-reported outcomes (PRO) research initiative that included a workshop at the 2023 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) annual meeting. In addition, our PRO research was published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology (J Clin Oncol 42, 2024 suppl 3; abstr 731) with a poster presented at the 2024 ASCO Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium.