Gynecologic Oncology

The cobas HPV test for cervical cancer screening is now FDA-approved for use on the high-throughput cobas 6800/8800 Systems.

The China National Medical Products Administration has granted a priority review to niraparib for use as a frontline maintenance treatment for adult patients with advanced ovarian cancer.

Amanda Nickles Fader, MD, discusses the rationale for utilizing HER2/neu as a target in uterine serous carcinoma.

Florida Cancer Specialists & Research Institute is pleased to announce the addition of gynecologic-oncologist Dr. Margarett C. Ellison in Tallahassee.

Dana Chase, MD, FACOG, discusses the safety profile of niraparib as frontline maintenance therapy in ovarian cancer.

The addition of trastuzumab to carboplatin and paclitaxel resulted in a significant survival benefit in women with advanced or recurrent, HER2-positive uterine serous carcinoma, with the greatest benefit observed in those with stage III/IV disease who received the regimen up front.

Amanda Nickles Fader, MD, discusses findings from a randomized phase II trial examining the efficacy of adding trastuzumab to carboplatin/paclitaxel in patients with advanced or recurrent uterine serous carcinomas that overexpress HER2/neu.

Camille C. Gunderson, MD, assistant professor of gynecologic oncology, Stephenson Cancer Center, discusses the use of PARP inhibitors in all-comers with ovarian cancer.

Alexandra S. Bercow, MD, discusses the implications of research showing that patients with advanced-stage cervical cancer who received palliative care consultations underwent the same level of treatment but had shorter, less acute, and fewer hospital stays than their counterparts who were not given such referrals.

Pazopanib plus oral cyclophosphamide is a well-tolerated regimen that has clinically relevant benefit in patients with platinum-resistant or -refractory epithelial ovarian cancer, according to results from a retrospective study published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.

The FDA has granted the PD-1 inhibitor balstilimab a Fast Track Designation for the treatment of patients with cervical cancer.

Lan G. Coffman, MD, PhD, assistant professor at the University of Pittsburgh Medical (UPMC) Center Hillman Cancer Center, discusses safety concerns with PARP inhibitors in ovarian cancer.

The conduct of randomized trials in surgical oncology, although highly appealing in concept, may be problematic, especially in complex settings where the skills, experience, and clinical judgment of individual surgeons and their institutions may vary greatly.

Richard T. Penson, MD, MRCP, associate professor of medicine, Harvard Medical School, and clinical director of Medical Gynecologic Oncology, in the Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, discusses re-challenging with PARP inhibition in patients with ovarian cancer.

Jubilee Brown, MD, discusses germline and somatic testing in ovarian cancer.

Motivated to move the needle in cervical cancer, investigators are adding durvalumab to standard-of-care concurrent chemoradiation therapy and brachytherapy to determine whether PD-L1 blockade is a key to improving survival outcomes.

Kathleen Moore, MD, discusses the safety profile of mirvetuximab soravtansine, an antibody-drug conjugate that targets the FRα transmembrane protein, in ovarian cancer.

An independent panel determined that the investigational agent VB-111 met the interim prespecified efficacy criterion in the phase III OVAL study in patients with platinum-resistant ovarian cancer, and that the trial should continue without modification.

Jason D. Wright, MD, discusses the findings of this trial and how practice can shift to decrease the gap between African-American and white patients with endometrial cancer.

Mansoor Raza Mirza, MD, chief oncologist, Department of Oncology in Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, discusses the planned phase III ENGOT-OV42-NSGO/AVANOVA trial in platinum-sensitive, recurrent ovarian cancer.

Don S. Dizon, MD, FACP, FASCO, discusses potential challenges for patients with gynecologic cancers.

Despite being implicated across the spectrum of cancer hallmarks, aberrant AXL signaling is just starting to emerge as a distinct anticancer target, with a growing focus on specific inhibitors as well as alternative novel drug designs.

The China National Medical Products Administration has accepted a supplemental New Drug Application for niraparib for use as a frontline maintenance treatment of adult patients with advanced epithelial ovarian, fallopian tube, or primary peritoneal cancer who are in a complete or partial response to first-line platinum-based chemotherapy.

Jonathan A. Ledermann, BSc, MD, FRCP, discusses the additive effects of olaparib (Lynparza) and bevacizumab (Avastin) in advanced ovarian cancer.

Richard T. Penson, MD, MRCP, discusses unexpected findings from the phase III SOLO3 trial and ongoing research with PARP inhibitors in ovarian cancer.

Carrie L. Langstraat, MD, discusses the role of sentinel lymph node biopsy in endometrial cancer.

The first-in-class nucleotide analogue NUC-1031 has demonstrated early clinical activity in heavily pretreated patients with platinum-resistant ovarian cancer.

Angeles Alvarez Secord, MD, discusses key takeaways from clinical trials that have evaluated frontline maintenance strategies in patients with advanced ovarian cancer.

The FDA has granted a Fast Track designation to the combination of the PD-1 inhibitor balstilimab and the CTLA-inhibitor zalifrelimab for the treatment of patients with relapsed or refractory metastatic cervical cancer.

Cediranib plus olaparib did not lead to a statistically significant improvement in progression-free survival compared with platinum-based chemotherapy in patients with platinum-sensitive relapsed ovarian cancer.