Gynecologic Cancers

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.

The addition of bevacizumab was found to boost responses in patients with epithelial ovarian cancer receiving pembrolizumab.

In a phase 1 dose-escalation trial, treatment with the investigative agent was well tolerated with no dose-limiting toxicities.

A presentation at the 2021 Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC) Annual Meeting shared updated findings on the efficacy of lenvatinib plus pembrolizumab in patients with advanced endometrial cancer.

An expert from NYU Langone outlines how checkpoint blockade approvals have helped advance endometrial cancer management.

Inguinofemoral radiotherapy may be a safe alternative for patients with vulvar cancer and sentinel node micrometastases who might otherwise face the morbidity of a lymphadenectomy.

Pembrolizumab is approved both in combination with chemotherapy, with or without bevacizumab, and as a single agent for the treatment of patients with recurrent or metastatic cervical cancer.

Combining immunotherapy with other targeted therapies may result in more promising outcomes than immunotherapy alone in the treatment of recurrent ovarian cancer, according to an expert at University of California, Los Angeles.

New research suggests that fertility-sparing surgery is feasible and safe in treating ovarian malignant germ cell tumors.

A new retrospective cohort found that women who had received the human papillomavirus vaccine had similar rates of primary ovarian insufficiency as unvaccinated women.

Loop electrical excision procedure (LEEP) demonstrated superior capabilities in clearing high-risk HPV infections in women with cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN2+).

The FDA has granted cemiplimab-rwlc a priority review based on findings from the largest to-date, randomized clinical trial in advanced cervical cancer.

A phase 2 trial presented at the 2021 ESMO Annual Congress showed that Balstilimab plus Zalifrelimab induced superior response rates, duration of responses, and overall survival in patients with recurrent/metastatic cervical cancer.

Data presented at the 2021 ESMO Congress suggest that pembrolizumab in addition to chemo with or without bevacizumab may become new standard of care in the frontline setting of cervical cancer treatment.

Rechallenge with maintenance olaparib following response to platinum-based chemotherapy significantly improved PFS in heavily pretreated patients with relapsed ovarian cancer.

The FDA approved tisotumab vedotin for the treatment of adult patients with recurrent or metastatic cervical cancer with disease progression on or after chemotherapy.

Interim findings presented at the 2021 ESMO congress suggest that tisotumab vedotin plus frontline carboplatin and second-/third-Line pembrolizumab may be a suitable treatment option for recurrent/metastatic cervical cancer.

Patients with endometrial cancer and high tumor mutational burden experienced superior overall response rates to the agent dostarlimab than patients with low mutational burden.

After the 3-arm, JAVELIN Ovarian 100 trial terminated at the interim analysis, researchers concluded that avelumab is not yet a suitable first-line treatment option for patients with advanced epithelial cancer.

Multidisciplinary approaches are still needed to proactively address the high relapse rates in patients with ovarian cancer treated with platinum-based chemotherapies, says Sanaz Memarzadeh, MD, PhD.

Adherence to current clinical guidelines may contribute to systematic underdiagnosis in Black women, says Kemi M. Doll, MD, MS.