Cervical Cancer

The FDA has also approved the BD Onclarity HPV Assay for the screening of cervical cancer, with support from the SHIP trial evaluating at-home cervical cancer screening.

Cadonilimab monotherapy did not yet reach the median OS or PFS at the time of data cutoff for these patients with recurrent or metastatic cervical cancer.

Patients with cervical cancer with cachexia, sarcopenia, and malnutrition had higher mortality when receiving concurrent chemoradiotherapy.

Investigators noted 1 instance of rectovaginal fistula in the PEG gel arm, although rapid postoperative recovery occurred.

Deeper short-term declines in quality of life occurred when combining cisplatin with radiation for those with intermediate-risk cervical cancer.

Fertility-sparing surgery showed comparable efficacy vs hysterectomy in early-stage cervical cancer, with a 5-year RFS rate of 92% vs 96.4%, respectively.

The 3-year DFS rate was 96.9% in patients who received sentinel-lymph node biopsy alone vs 94.6% in those who received lymphadenectomy.

Grade 3 or 4 AEs were experienced by 42.9% of patients who received cisplatin plus radiation compared with 15.3% of patients who received radiation alone.

Patients with full-thickness or outer full-thickness stromal invasion following surgery had improved PFS when treated with SIB radiotherapy.

The confirmed ORR in the investigational arm was 52.3% vs 46.6% in the chemotherapy arm, with respective complete response rates of 10.9% and 8.5%.

Patients with recurrent or metastatic cervical cancer in Hong Kong are now eligible to receive treatment with tisotumab vedotin.

Data from the phase 3 KEYNOTE-A18 trial support the approval of the pembrolizumab-based regimen for those with stage III to IVA cervical cancer in Canada.

More than 80% of patients who were screened for cervical cancer and provided with a self-collection kit did so by utilizing the kit.

The risk of progression was reduced with the use of durvalumab/CRT for advanced cervical cancer, according to an exploratory ctDNA analysis.

Data from KEYNOTE-A18 support pembrolizumab plus concurrent chemoradiotherapy as a standard of care in this cervical cancer population.

Less radical surgery did not come at the expense of postoperative metrics, including 30-day readmissions, surgical findings, or receipt of adjuvant therapy.

Teal Wand showed a 95% positive percent agreement when screening for cervical cancer.

The addition of chemotherapy to radiotherapy did not show significant improvements in OS when compared with radiotherapy alone in patients with intermediate-risk cervical cancer.

Tisotumab vedotin elicited a median OS of 11.5 months vs 9.5 months with chemotherapy in advanced cervical cancer in the phase 3 innovaTV 301 trial.

Increased incidence and mortality rates for cervical cancer among rural women in the US may result from barriers to access to care.

Patients who had recurrence in the radiation field experienced similar responses vs those with recurrence outside the radiation field.

Despite all groups completing chemoradiation within 56 days, delays contributed to a nonsignificant difference in length between Black vs White patients.

Results from the phase 2 DURBAC trial showed BVAC-C/durvalumab improved response in HPV+ cervical cancer.

Combining zimberelimab with lenvatinib produced a manageable safety profile among patients with advanced cervical cancer in a phase 2 trial.