Gynecologic Cancers

PAX8, a marker for aggressive disease in numerous cancer types, was more highly expressed in Black patients with uterine serous carcinoma.

Data support subcutaneous envafolimab plus lenvatinib as a promising new therapy option in advanced endometrial cancer.

The CARACO study shows that adding retroperitoneal lymphadenectomy to cytoreductive surgery did not improve survival in advanced ovarian cancer.

Learn more about a 56-year-old woman diagnosed with well-differentiated papillary mesothelioma, and how she was diagnosed and properly treated.

Approval of the self-collection solution may reduce barriers to sample collection and increase access to cervical cancer screening.

The CheckMate 358 trial assessed various doses of nivolumab with or without ipilimumab for recurrent or metastatic cervical cancer.

Developers will work with investigators of the phase 3 KEYNOTE-B21 trial to share their findings with the scientific community.

The FDA has set a Prescription Drug User Fee Act date of August 23, 2024, for dostarlimab in all types of primary advanced endometrial cancer.

Combining rintatolimod with pembrolizumab may confer a synergistic effect in patients with recurrent ovarian cancer.

Even when adjusting for prior taxane responses in patients with ovarian cancer, ixabepilone/bevacizumab appears to yield survival benefits in a phase 2 trial.

Findings from the phase 2 RAMP 201 trial highlight responses with avutometinib/defactinib in those with KRAS-mutated low-grade serous ovarian cancer and other patient subgroups.

Nab-Sirolimus appears to produce responses in patients with perivascular epithelioid sarcoma regardless of TSC1/TSC2 mutation status.

Ex vivo generation of CD3-positive, CD56-positive Natural Killer-Like (NKT) with CRX100 was successful in all 7 patients with ovarian cancer in a phase 1 trial.

Data from the DUO-E trial support potential new durvalumab-based treatment options for patients with advanced or recurrent endometrial cancer.

Data from the phase 3 LEAP-001 study support lenvatinib plus pembrolizumab as an active combination for endometrial cancer.

The use of ChatGPT may help to improve genetic counseling for patients with gynecologic cancer.

Treatment with simple hysterectomy reduces the incidence of urinary incontinence compared with radical hysterectomy in patients with low-risk cervical cancer.

Data from the phase 3 RUBY trial support the recommendation for dostarlimab plus chemotherapy for patients with advanced MSI-H/dMMR endometrial cancer.

Data from the phase 3 NRG-GY018 trial support the supplemental biologics license application for pembrolizumab plus chemotherapy as a treatment for those with primary advanced or recurrent endometrial cancer.

Tisotumab vedotin may become the first antibody drug conjugate to receive marketing authorization in the European Union as a treatment for those with cervical cancer.

Treatment with pembrolizumab plus chemotherapy with or without bevacizumab yields an overall survival improvement regardless of squamous or nonsquamous cervical cancer histology.

Treatment with pembrolizumab plus chemoradiation appears to be well tolerated with no detriment to quality of life among those with advanced cervical cancer.

Jyoti S. Mayadev, MD, says that pembrolizumab in combination with chemoradiation will be seamlessly incorporated into her institution’s treatment of those with FIGO 2014 stage III to IVA cervical cancer following the regimen’s FDA approval.

Findings from the phase 3 KEYNOTE-A18 trial support the FDA approval of pembrolizumab plus external beam radiotherapy and concurrent chemotherapy in stage III to IVA cervical cancer.

Ritu Salani, MD, MBA, discussed the results from the phase 2 SKYSCRAPER-4 trial, which determined tiragolumab plus atezolizumab should not be used to treat PD-L1–positive recurrent cervical cancer.

A survey was conducted in Italy for survivors of gynecologic cancer regarding quality of life, specifically that of sexual activity after a cancer diagnosis.

The FDA has set a Prescription Drug User Fee Act date of May 9, 2024 for the potential full approval of tisotumab vedotin for those with recurrent or metastatic cervical cancer.

Investigators note a trend towards improved overall survival with cadonilimab plus chemotherapy with or without bevacizumab among those with cervical cancer in the phase 3 AK104-303 trial.

Domenica Lorusso, MD, PhD, says that paying attention to the quality of chemoradiotherapy is imperative to feeling confident about the potential addition of pembrolizumab for locally advanced cervical cancer.

Data from the phase 2 DESTINY-PanTumor02 trial support trastuzumab deruxtecan as a potential treatment for patients with gynecologic HER2-expressing tumors that have progressed on prior therapy.