Gynecologic Oncology

Two investigated doses of vibostolimab in combination with pembrolizumab resulted in comparable antitumor activity and safety in patients with locally advanced or metastatic cervical cancer who were naïve to PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitors, regardless of PD-L1 status.

The first-in-class, off-the-shelf therapeutic cancer vaccine VB10.16 in combination with atezolizumab generated positive responses in heavily pretreated patients with HPV16-positive advanced cervical cancer.

Bradley J. Monk, MD, FACS, FACOG, discusses the growing role of checkpoint inhibitors in cervical cancer.

The European Commission has granted an approval to the combination of pembrolizumab and chemotherapy, with or without bevacizumab, for the treatment of adult patients with persistent, recurrent or metastatic cervical cancer whose tumors have a PD-L1 combined positive score of 1 or higher.

The European Commission has granted an approval to pembrolizumab for the treatment of patients with select microsatellite instability–high or deficient mismatch repair solid tumors.

An investigative follicle-stimulating hormone receptor–mediated CAR T-cell technology is under exploration in patients with recurrent ovarian cancer.

The addition of durvalumab and tremelimumab to chemotherapy led to encouraging responses and a suitable safety profile as neoadjuvant therapy in patients with advanced ovarian cancer, according to findings from the phase 2 KGOG 3046.

The combination of the novel adenoviral vector NG-641 and nivolumab is being investigated in patients in the phase 1a/b NEBULA trial in patients with previously treated metastatic or advanced epithelial tumors.

The investigational Wee1 inhibitor ZN-c3 was found to be safe and to produce a disease control rate of 90.9% and an objective response rate of 27.3% in patients with advanced or recurrent uterine serous carcinoma.

In the ENDOLA trial, olaparib in combination with metronomic cyclophosphamide and metformin showed a significant non-progression rate in patients with recurrent advanced or metastatic endometrial cancer.

Women of all races and ethnicities who were referred to a colposcopy clinic for cervical cancer screening following an abnormal Pap smear during the COVID-19 pandemic had a higher likelihood of not adhering to their appointment compared with appointment data collected prior to the pandemic.

Specialization in oncology research affords investigators the opportunity to dive into tumor biology and uncover unique approaches to care.

Experts highlight key ongoing trials and emerging therapies for patients with endometrial cancer.

A discussion on the best way to sequence therapies for patients with MSI-high and MMR-proficient endometrial carcinoma.

The addition of relacorilant to nab-paclitaxel improved overall survival compared with nab-paclitaxel alone in patients with recurrent, platinum-resistant ovarian cancer.

Rucaparib significantly improved investigator-assessed progression-free survival over placebo when used as maintenance treatment in newly diagnosed patients with advanced ovarian cancer following successful first-line treatment with platinum-based chemotherapy, according to top-line findings from the monotherapy arm of the phase 3 ATHENA trial.

Shared insight on the management of commonly observed adverse events in patients with endometrial cancer who are receiving combination lenvatinib/pembrolizumab.

A brief review of treatment interruption, discontinuation, and dose modification rates in patients receiving combination lenvatinib/pembrolizumab in the KEYNOTE-775 trial or in the experts’ clinical practice.

The European Medicines Agency’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use has recommended the approval of pembrolizumab for use in combination with chemotherapy with or without bevacizumab in patients with persistent, recurrent, or metastatic cervical cancer who have a PD-L1 combined positive score of 1 or higher.

Durvalumab given concurrently with chemoradiation was not found to significantly improve progression-free survival vs chemoradiation alone in patients with locally advanced cervical cancer, missing the primary end point of the phase 3 CALLA trial.

Oncologists debate the proper treatment of a patient with a grade 2 endometrial carcinoma tumor.

Dr David O’Malley explains when to add and remove trastuzumab during endometrial carcinoma therapy.

An independent data monitoring committee has recommended that the phase 3 INNOVATE-3 trial exploring the safety and efficacy of tumor treating fields in combination with paclitaxel in patients with platinum-resistant ovarian cancer proceed to the final analysis.

Jyoti Mayadev, MD, discusses the phase 1 NRG-GY017 trial evaluating atezolizumab given as an immune primer or concurrently with extended field chemoradiation in patients with locally advanced, node-positive cervical cancer.

The combination of abemaciclib and letrozole produced encouraging responses with an acceptable toxicity profile in patients with estrogen receptor–positive, recurrent or metastatic endometrial cancer with endometrioid histology, according to data from a phase 2 trial.