Gynecologic Oncology

The FDA has granted a priority review designation to a supplemental biologics license application for niraparib for the treatment of patients with advanced ovarian, fallopian tube, or primary peritoneal cancer who have been treated with ≥3 or more prior chemotherapy regimens, and who have either a BRCA mutation or have homologous recombination deficiency and progressed >6 months after their last platinum-based chemotherapy.

Mansoor Raza Mirza, MD, chief oncologist in the Department of Oncology in Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, Denmark, discusses the rationale for the AVANOVA study in patients with platinum-sensitive recurrent ovarian cancer.

Japan’s Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency approved olaparib as a maintenance treatment for patients with BRCA-mutant ovarian cancer after undergoing first-line chemotherapy.

Mihaela C. Cristea, MD, emphasizes the use of molecular testing over tumor testing in ovarian cancer.

Thanh H. Dellinger, MD, provides insight on the treatment of patients with newly diagnosed advanced ovarian cancer.

Mihaela C. Cristea, MD, discusses the impact of the SOLO-1 trial on current approaches to frontline maintenance therapy as well as the trials that are underway with niraparib, rucaparib, and the investigational PARP inhibitor veliparib.

Ana Oaknin, MD, principal investigator, Gynecological Malignancies Group, Vall d’Hebron Institute of Oncology, head of Gynecologic Tumors Unit, senior medical oncologist and attending physician, Medical Oncology Department, Vall d’Hebron University Hospital, discusses the safety profile of dostarlimab (TSR-042) in patients with endometrial cancer.

With nearly 40% of the adult population in the Unites States classified as obese, gynecologic oncologists must be ready to address the specific needs and considerations for this population, including for patients who have entered survivorship.

The FDA has granted a breakthrough therapy designation to the tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte therapy LN-145 for the treatment of patients with recurrent, metastatic, or persistent cervical cancer with disease progression on or after chemotherapy.

Floor J. Backes, MD, associate professor, Division of Gynecologic Oncology, at The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, discusses the utility of sentinel lymph node mapping in patients with cervical cancer.

Ana Oaknin, MD, provides insight into the implications of the GARNET trial and the promise of dostarlimab in endometrial cancer.

David S. Hong, MD, deputy director of the Department of investigational Cancer Therapeutics, Division of Cancer Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, discusses the design of the InnovaTV 201 trial in cervical cancer.

David S. Hong, MD, deputy director of the Department of investigational Cancer Therapeutics, Division of Cancer Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, discusses the safety profile of tisotumab vedotin (HuMax-TF-ADC) in patients with cervical cancer.

Se Ik Kim, MD, research fellow, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Seoul National University Hospital, discusses the use of minimally invasive surgery and laparotomic surgery in patients with cervical cancer.

Matthew P. Schlumbrecht, MD, associate professor and co-director of Cancer Prevention and Control, Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami Health System, discusses investigational treatment strategies in uterine leiomyosarcoma.

Dmitriy Zamarin, MD, PhD, medical oncologist at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, discusses priming strategies in ovarian cancer.

Floor J. Backes, MD, associate professor, Division of Gynecologic Oncology, at The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, discusses the use of sentinel lymph node mapping in patients with cervical cancer.

The European Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use has recommended approval of olaparib as a frontline maintenance treatment for patients with BRCA-mutant advanced high-grade epithelial ovarian, fallopian tube, or primary peritoneal cancer who are in complete or partial response following first-line platinum-based chemotherapy.

Britta Weigelt, PhD, discusses germline and somatic mutations in ovarian cancer that confer potential implications on treatment decisions, as well as those that carry an added cancer risk.

Paul Sabbatini, MD, clarifies where the field stands regarding the use of bevacizumab, intraperitoneal therapy, and a 3-week dosing schedule of chemotherapy versus a weekly dose-dense regimen in the frontline setting of newly diagnosed ovarian cancer.