Gynecologic Cancers

Paula Anastasia, RN, MN, AOCN, discusses the value of germline testing and the role of maintenance PARP inhibitor therapy in optimized ovarian cancer treatment.

Chinese patients with newly diagnosed advanced ovarian cancer whose disease responsed to first-line chemotherapy experienced significantly improved progression-free survival with niraparib.

In early-stage cancers, ctDNA has a role in screening, neoadjuvant monitoring, identification of molecular residual disease (MRD), molecular relapse monitoring, and early assessment of treatment response.

Lidia Schapira, MD, FASCO, discusses the importance of rigorous baseline measurement in improving the assessment and management of distressful cancer symptoms.

Mirvetuximab soravtansine (IMGN853) has been granted priority review by the FDA for the treatment of patients with FRα-high, platinum-resistant ovarian cancer who have previously received between 1 and 3 systemic therapies.

Patients receiving bevacizumab plus olaparib to treat newly diagnosed ovarian cancer experienced significantly longer time without signs of toxicity compared with placebo.

The FDA approval of dabrafenib plus trametinib for BRAF V600E–mutated unresectable or metastatic solid tumors highlights a potential need for routine BRAF testing in clinical practice, experts say.

A real-world analysis showed that the proportion of women with ovarian cancer who required dose modifications or treatment discontinuations while receiving PARP inhibitors differed significantly between olaparib, niraparib, and rucaparib.

Ovarian clear cell carcinoma is a rare histological type of epithelial ovarian cancer that is typically resistant to chemotherapy and is historically associated with poor prognosis for patients.

Atezolizumab in conjunction with VB10.16, the first off-the-shelf therapeutic cancer vaccine, elicited encouraging responses in pretreated patients with HPV16-positive advanced cervical cancer.

New research suggests that olaparib treatment interruption or dosage reduction is not linked with inferior survival outcomes in patients with BRCA1/2–mutated, platinum-sensitive, recurrent ovarian cancer.

Findings from a phase 1 trial evaluating CAR T-cell therapy in patients with solid tumors showed promising clinical benefit with the treatment strategy.

The PARP inhibitor rucaparib significantly prolonged progression-free survival compared with placebo as a first-line maintenance treatment in previously treated patients with ovarian cancer.

Courtney Arn, APRN-CNP, a nurse practitioner who supported cohorts D and K of the KEYNOTE-158 study, discusses the recent approval of pembrolizumab for patients with MSI-H/dMMR advanced endometrial carcinoma.

The PARP inhibitor, niraparib, in conjunction with the VEGF inhibitor, bevacizumab, resulted in encouraging responses from patients with advanced ovarian cancer.

Data collected with patient-reported outcomes show that pembrolizumab, with or without bevacizumab, is associated with a favorable toxicity profile in effectively treating women with persistent, recurrent, or metastatic cervical cancer.

Whether administered as an immune primer or concurrently with extended field chemoradiation, atezolizumab demonstrated efficacy in triggering T-cell clonal expansions and prolonging progression-free survival in patients with cervical cancer.

Selinexor demonstrated impressive efficacy in extending progression-free survival among patient with advanced or recurrent endometrial cancer, particularly among patients with wild-type p53 endometrial cancer.

The FDA has approved pembrolizumab to treat patients with endometrial carcinoma that is microsatellite instability-high or mismatch repair deficient, as determined by an FDA-approved test.

The ongoing FLORA-5 trial will assess whether the addition of oregovomab to a standard chemotherapy regimen will improve progression-free and overall survival in patients with advanced epithelial ovarian cancer.

A new symptom-management guide designed by oncology nurses helps women with ovarian cancer feel more in control of their symptoms.

Selinexor, an oral selective inhibitor of nuclear export, demonstrated promising efficacy in increasing progression-free survival among women with advanced endometrial cancer.

An expert with Stanford Health comments on the potential value of secondary cytoreductive surgery for patients with recurrent ovarian cancer and the need for careful patient selection when considering this treatment strategy.

An expert from Arizona Oncology discusses the unmet need for agents to address recurrent ovarian cancer and how upifitamab rilsodotin, an antibody-drug conjugate with promising preclinical and clinical data, may play into the treatment paradigm.

An expert from the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) discusses the alarming rate of high-risk uterine cancers among Black women and how researchers are investigating the underlying risk factors at play.

An expert from the University of Colorado (UC Health) comments on ongoing clinical trials which promise to shake up the treatment paradigm of endometrial cancer.

An expert from the Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center discusses whether predictive biomarkers hold the potential to change endometrial prognoses.

As the HPV vaccine becomes more prevalent, cervical cancer rates are expected to decrease significantly by 2030. However, this trend may differ across socioeconomic communities.

The use of PARP inhibitor olaparib in conjunction with temozolomide may be an effective treatment for patients with advanced uterine leiomyosarcoma whose tumors harbor a BRCA-like phenotype.

Patients with various solid tumor types experienced improved antitumor immunity after adhering to a diet with severe caloric restrictions.