Gynecologic Cancers

Investigators report acceptable morbidity and health-related quality of life with neoadjuvant chemotherapy plus surgery and concomitant chemoradiotherapy in those with cervical cancer.

The safety profile of tisotumab vedotin-tftv among those with recurrent or metastatic cervical cancer in the phase 3 innovaTV 301 trial appears to be comparable with prior reports of the agent.

Guidelines from the Society of Gynecologic Oncology may help with managing the ongoing chemotherapy shortage in the treatment of patients with gynecologic cancers, according to Brian Slomovitz, MD, MS, FACOG.

Brian Slomovitz, MD, MS, FACOG, notes that sometimes there is a need to substitute cisplatin for carboplatin, and vice versa, to best manage gynecologic cancers during the chemotherapy shortage.

Findings from the phase 3 MIRASOL trial support mirvetuximab soravtansine as a standard treatment option for platinum-resistant ovarian cancer, according to Ritu Salani, MD.

Trastuzumab deruxtecan appears to elicit ‘impressive’ responses among patients with HER2-positive gynecologic cancers regardless of immunohistochemistry in the phase 2 DESTINY-PanTumor02 trial.

Ritu Salani, MD, highlights the possible benefit of a novel targeted therapy and autologous tumor vaccine in patients with platinum-resistant ovarian cancer, and in the maintenance setting after treatment for platinum-sensitive disease.

In addition to potentially moving mirvetuximab into earlier lines of treatment for those with platinum-sensitive ovarian cancer, Ritu Salani, MD, also discusses combining the agent with carboplatin to decrease toxicities and improve quality of life.

Experts from University of California, Los Angeles Health and Mayo Clinic discuss key data presented at the 2023 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting in the gynecologic and gastrointestinal cancer spaces and how they may impact patient care.

Olvimulogene nanivacirepvec virotherapy plus chemotherapy with or without bevacizumab produces a manageable safety profile in platinum-resistant or platinum-refractory ovarian cancer in the phase 2 VIRO-15 trial.

The panel explains how low-grade serous ovarian cancer differs from high-grade, and if an immunotherapy approach is appropriate for treatment.

Robert Coleman, MD, FACOG, FACS, reviews data from a study investigating combination letrozole plus ribociclib in patients with low-grade serous ovarian cancer.

Avutometinib plus defactinib produces no new safety signals among those with low-grade serous ovarian cancer in the phase 2 RAMP 201 trial.

Maintenance with niraparib also produces benefits in chemotherapy-free interval and time to first and second therapy among those with BRCA wild-type recurrent ovarian cancer in the phase 3 NOVA study.

Health-related quality of life data support dostarlimab plus chemotherapy as a standard of care in primary advanced or recurrent endometrial cancer, according to an expert from Copenhagen University Hospital in Denmark.

Maintenance bevacizumab plus durvalumab and olaparib appears to produce a progression-free survival benefit among those with HRD-negative advanced ovarian cancer in the phase 3 DUO-O trial.

Simple hysterectomy may become the new standard of care for patients with low-risk, early-stage cervical cancer, according to an expert from Université Laval in Quebec City, Canada.

Drs Eskander and Lewin discuss the sequencing immune checkpoint inhibitors for women with recurrent endometrial cancer.

Sharyn Lewin, MD, FACS, shares how she discusses side effects with patients receiving immune checkpoint inhibitors for advanced/recurrent endometrial cancer.

Data from the phase 3 DUO-E trial indicate that the safety of durvalumab/chemotherapy with or without olaparib/durvalumab or durvalumab monotherapy maintenance in recurrent endometrial cancer was consistent with previous reports of each agent.

Experts explain what they are looking forward to in the future of treatment for patients with ER/PR+ and P53 wild-type or mutated advanced/recurrent endometrial cancer.

The panel discusses their opinions on the use of immunotherapy in different populations of women with advanced/recurrent endometrial cancer.

Ramez Eskander, MD, presents data from the GY018 study investigating pembrolizumab versus placebo in addition to carboplatin/paclitaxel in patients with advanced/recurrent endometrial cancer.

Prexasertib is currently under investigation as part of a phase 2 trial as a treatment for patients with platinum-resistant ovarian cancer, endometrial adenocarcinoma, and urothelial cancers.

Based on findings from the phase 3 MIRASOL trial, investigators plan to submit a supplemental biologics license application for mirvetuximab soravtansine in folate receptor α–positive platinum-resistant ovarian cancer.