Ovarian Cancer

Trung Nguyen, DO, MBA, discusses the evolving options for the treatment of patients with newly diagnosed advanced ovarian cancer.

Amer Karam, MD, discussed surgical options for patients with advanced-stage ovarian cancer and the emergence of neoadjuvant chemotherapy.

Oliver Dorigo, MD, PhD, discusses the promise of immunotherapy in ovarian cancer.

Jonathan S. Berek, MD, MMS, outlines the changing paradigm of ovarian cancer.

Elisabeth Diver, MD, discusses ongoing advances with PARP inhibitors in ovarian cancer.

Shannon N. Westin, MD, MPH, clinical investigator, Department of Gynecologic Oncology and Reproductive Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, discusses PARP inhibitors being tested in clinical trials.

Avelumab (Bavencio) alone or in combination with pegylated liposomal doxorubicin did not induce a statistically significant improvement in overall survival or progression-free survival versus pegylated liposomal doxorubicin alone in patients with platinum-resistant/-refractory ovarian cancer.

Maurie Markman, MD, president of Medicine and Science, Cancer Treatment Centers of America, editor-in-chief, OncologyLive, and 2018 Giant of Cancer Care® for Gynecological Cancers, discusses the future of treatment for patients with ovarian cancer.

Diana P. English, MD, discusses the promise for ADCs in the landscape of ovarian cancer treatment and targeting p53 mutations in patients with ovarian cancer.

The combination regimen of pegylated liposomal doxorubicin with bevacizumab was found to significantly improve progression-free survival versus carboplatin/gemcitabine in select patients with recurrent ovarian cancer.

Long-term maintenance therapy with olaparib (Lynparza) tablets demonstrated a low rate of treatment discontinuation and tolerable safety profile in patients with platinum-sensitive recurrent ovarian cancer.

Trung Nguyen, DO, MBA, clinical assistant professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Gynecologic Oncology, Stanford Medicine, discusses treatment approaches for patients with advanced ovarian cancer.