Society of Gynecologic Oncology Annual Meeting on Women’s Cancer (SGO)

Findings from the phase 2 SKYSCRAPER-04 trial support dual targeting of TIGIT and PD-L1 in patients with PD-L1–positive cervical cancer, says Ritu Salani, MD.

Data from the phase 3 MIRASOL trial support mirvetuximab soravtansine as a new standard of care for patients with folate receptor α–positive, platinum-resistant ovarian cancer, says Kathleen N. Moore, MD, MS.

A recovery tracker and other digital tools may be useful in helping to manage patient symptoms following debulking surgery for gynecologic cancer, according to an expert from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.

Common symptoms following debulking surgery for gynecologic cancer appear to include pain, diarrhea, and nausea, according to an expert from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.

Patients who use a recovery tracker tool appear to experience lower hospital readmission rates following gynecologic cancer debulking surgery compared with those who did not.

Medical oncologists and gynecologic oncologists alike have a shared responsibility to help treat symptoms of neuropathy in patients undergoing chemotherapy for gynecologic cancer, according to an expert from Duke University Medical Center.

Experts from UCLA Health discuss key data presented at The Society of Gynecologic Oncology 2023 Annual Meeting on Women’s Cancer and how they may apply to clinical practice.

Future research assessing cryocompression for those with gynecologic cancers will make use of different products to make the intervention easier and more accessible for patients.

Cryocompression demonstrates potential for preventing chemotherapy-induced neuropathy for those with gynecologic cancers, according to an expert from Duke University Medical Center.

Investigators report that most patients with gynecologic cancers were able to tolerate cryocompression to help manage chemotherapy-induced neuropathy, according to an expert from Duke University Medical Center.

The addition of radiation to chemotherapy did not improve overall survival in patients with advanced endometrial cancer, according to an expert from Northwestern Medicine.

Dostarlimab plus chemotherapy appears to improve progression-free survival vs placebo plus chemotherapy in patients with recurrent endometrial cancer in the phase 3 RUBY trial.

Pembrolizumab plus chemotherapy followed by maintenance pembrolizumab reduced the risk of death or disease progression in patients with mismatch repair proficient or deficient advanced endometrial cancer.

Patients with resistant or refractory ovarian cancer experience clinical benefits after receiving botensilimab plus balstilimab in the phase 1 C-800 study.

Toripalimab plus bevacizumab and platinum-based chemotherapy produces a “promising” response rate in those with metastatic cervical cancer, according to an expert from Peking Union Medical College.

Adavosertib does not appear to be well tolerated in patients with previously treated recurrent or persistent uterine serous carcinoma in the phase 2b ADAGIO trial.

Durvalumab plus tremelimumab and hypofractionated radiotherapy yields observable clinical benefits in patients with gynecologic cancers, according to an expert from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.

Niraparib maintenance therapy for recurrent ovarian cancer does not yield a significant overall survival benefit in an updated analysis of the phase 3 ENGOT-OV16/NOVA study.

An expert from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute discusses findings from the final overall survival analysis of the phase 3 ENGOT-OV16/NOVA trial.

Patients with advanced endometrial cancer experience early responses to lenvatinib plus pembrolizumab in both patients who were mismatch repair proficient and all-comers.

The Carolina Frailty Index Score indicates that patients with ovarian cancer classified as frail are highly more likely to die than patients classified as robust.

In the SOLAR phase 1b trial, a clinical benefit was observed when patients with RAS-mutated ovarian or endometrial cancer were given olaparib plus selumetinib.

The lower extremity lymphedema screening questionnaire and gynecological cancer lymphedema questionnaire appear to demonstrate comparable utility in assessing lymphedema in patients with advanced endometrial cancer.

A post hoc analysis demonstrated that dose modifications to frontline niraparib maintenance therapy did not affect progression-free survival among patients with newly diagnosed, advanced ovarian cancer.

The use of palliative care in ovarian cancer resulted in a decrease in overall readmissions and index hospitalization costs.

Durvalumab plus tremelimumab in combination with neoadjuvant chemotherapy did not yield any major adverse effects in patients with newly diagnosed advanced ovarian cancer in the phase 2 KGOG3046 trial.

Minimally invasive surgery for interval debulking resulted in a lower mortality at the 30- and 90-day time points compared with laparotomy in advanced ovarian cancer.

Vadim Gushchin, MD, says that treatment with cytoreductive surgery and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy should not be limited by concerns of negatively impacting health-related quality of life in ovarian cancer.

An ongoing trial assessing neoadjuvant mirvetuximab soravtansine plus carboplatin in advanced folate receptor α–positive ovarian was reviewed by Jhalak Dholakia, MD, at The Society of Gynecologic Oncology 2022 Annual Meeting on Women’s Cancer.

At SGO 2022, Catherine Watson, MD, spoke about the 2 arms of a randomized education trial presented at the conference.