• Patients must have histologically confirmed 8th ed. American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) Stage Ib to Stage III resectable GEA. A multidisciplinary discussion within surgical oncologists, medical oncologists, and radiologist will assess the disease resectability.

• Signed Written Informed Consent.

• Patients must be willing and able to comply with scheduled visits, treatment schedule, laboratory tests and all protocol procedures.

• Males and Females, ages ≥18 years of age.

• Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0-1

• Have measurable disease based on RECIST 1.1.

• Be willing to provide tissue from a newly obtained core or excisional biopsy of a tumor lesion and normal mucosa at baseline and at the time points specified in the Study Procedure Tables.

• Patients must be medically fit enough to undergo surgery as determined by the treating medical and surgical oncology team.

• Demonstrate adequate organ function as defined below: Hematologic Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) \>/= 1.5 X 10\^9/L; Hemoglobin \>/= 9.0 g/dL Platelets \>/= 100 X 10\^9/L prothrombin time (PT)/ international normalized ratio (INR) and partial thromboplastin timePTT \</= 1.5 X ULN. Hepatic Total bilirubin \</= 1.5 X upper limit normal ULN (isolated bilirubin \>1.5 X ULN is acceptable if bilirubin is fractionated and direct bilirubin \<35%) aspartate aminotransferase AST and alanine aminotransferase ALT Albumin \</= 2.5 X ULN 1 \>/=2.5 g/dL Renal Creatinine OR Calculated creatinine clearance OR 24-hour urine creatinine clearance \</=1.5 X ULN 2 \>/= 50 mL/min \>/= 50 mL/min.

⁃ Women are eligible to participate if: non-childbearing potential defined as pre-menopausal females with a documented tubal ligation or hysterectomy; or postmenopausal defined as 12 months of spontaneous amenorrhea \[in questionable cases a blood sample with simultaneous follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) \> 40 mlU/mL and estradiol \< 40 pg/mL (\<140 pmol/L) is confirmatory\]. Females on hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and whose menopausal status is in doubt will be required to use one of the contraception methods if they wish to continue their HRT during the study. Otherwise, they must discontinue HRT to allow confirmation of post-menopausal status prior to study enrollment. For most forms of HRT, at least 2-4 weeks will elapse between the cessation of therapy and the blood draw; this interval depends on the type and dosage of HRT.

⁃ The individual methods of contraception and duration should be determined in consultation with the investigator. Women of childbearing potential (WOCBP) must have a negative serum or urine pregnancy test (minimum sensitivity 25 IU/L or equivalent units of HCG) within 24 hours prior to the start of investigational product.

⁃ Women must not be breastfeeding.

⁃ Men who are sexually active must use any contraceptive method with a failure rate of less than 1% per year. The investigator shall review contraception methods and the time period that contraception must be followed.

⁃ Women who are not of childbearing potential (i.e., who are postmenopausal or surgically sterile) and azoospermic men do not require contraception.