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The combination of toripalimab, bevacizumab, and platinum-based chemotherapy elicited responses in patients with refractory, recurrent or metastatic cervical cancer.

Maintenance niraparib did not produce a statistically significant overall survival benefit compared with placebo in patients with recurrent ovarian cancer, according to data from an updated exploratory OS analysis of the phase 3 ENGOT-OV16/NOVA study.

Treatment with the oral, small-molecule Wee1 kinase inhibitor adavosertib was clinically active but not well tolerated in patients with recurrent or persistent uterine serous carcinoma who previously received platinum-based chemotherapy.

The combination of durvalumab, tremelimumab, and hypofractionated radiotherapy demonstrated early tolerability in patients with gynecologic malignancies and elicited objective responses in those with PD-L1–high tumors.

Robert L. Coleman, MD, FACOG, FACS, discusses an analysis of the phase 3 SORAYA trial evaluating response rates in patients with platinum-resistant ovarian cancer who received mirvetuximab soravtansine at different points in their disease course.

Ursula A. Matulonis, MD, discusses final overall survival results from the phase 3 NOVA trial in patients with ovarian cancer.

Women with ovarian cancer may be effectively assessed for frailty status via the Carolina Frailty Index Score.

The recommended phase 2 dose of olaparib plus selumetinib generated a clinical benefit in patients with endometrial or ovarian cancer harboring RAS mutations, according to findings from the dose-expansion portion of the phase 1b SOLAR trial.

The use of an individualized starting dose and dose modifications due to treatment-emergent adverse effects did not impact the efficacy of maintenance niraparib in patients with newly diagnosed ovarian cancer, irrespective of BRCA mutation status.

Neoadjuvant treatment with the combination of durvalumab plus tremelimumab and chemotherapy elicited a promising 12-month progression-free survival rate in patients with advanced-stage ovarian cancer.

The gynecological cancer lymphedema questionnaire and the lower extremity lymphedema screening questionnaire showed moderate to substantial agreement across different cutoff points.

Administration of hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy with cytoreductive surgery did not have a negative impact on health-related quality of life compared with cytoreductive surgery alone in patients with newly diagnosed ovarian cancer, according to findings from a phase 2 trial.

Although the immune system plays a vital role in attacking tumor cells, the immune mechanisms vary from tumor to tumor, and factors in the tumor microenvironment can reduce the effectiveness of the body’s immune response.

Despite a perhaps overwhelming number of combination regimens available for use in the frontline setting for patients with renal cell carcinoma, treatment decisions can still largely boil down to a patient’s risk status. For second-line therapy, investigators are looking to contemporary trials for guidance.

Patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer have traditionally been burdened by a poor outlook; however, emerging therapeutic targets and novel agents directed at them are poised to affect change in this population.

Hyman B. Muss, MD, discusses the potential benefits of metronomic chemotherapy and which patients with metastatic breast cancer could be candidates, as well as how to approach end-of-life conversations and decisions for patients.

Lisa A. Carey MD, ScM, FASCO, discusses the use of response-guided therapy in HER2-positive breast cancer.

Patrick I. Borgen, MD, discusses on the importance of addressing the opioid epidemic through the lens of breast cancer care.

In a single-center study, investigators assessed real-world outcomes in patients with metastatic metastatic triple-negative breast cancer treated with the antibody-drug conjugate sacituzumab govitecan-hziy.

Lindsay Avner Kaplan and Nancy G. Brinker, the keynote speakers of the 40th Annual Miami Breast Cancer Conference, discuss the need to confront social determinants of health for patients and drive the public conversation and interpretation of personal and clinical stories in health care.

After settling the debate of which patients with early-stage, hormone receptor–positive breast cancer require chemotherapy in addition to endocrine therapy, investigators have set their sights on determining whether ovarian function suppression can deliver the same effects of chemotherapy and when to recommend abemaciclib and olaparib.

Novel selective estrogen receptor modulators, selective estrogen receptor degraders, and proteolysis-targeting chimera inhibitors have demonstrated early efficacy for patients with breast cancer who experience disease progression following CDK4/6 inhibitor treatment.

Brain metastases are a common complication in patients with breast cancer, and although systemic therapies for patients with HER2-positive disease have displayed promise in penetration of the blood-brain barrier, work remains for subsets of patients with central nervous system metastases.

Anees Chagpar, MD, MBA, MPH, FACS, FRCS(C), discusses the unmet needs regarding financial toxicities for patients with breast cancer.

The growth of artificial intelligence allows physicians to see tumors in unprecedented ways.

Steven J. Chmura, MD, PhD, discusses the current management strategies for oligometastatic breast cancer.

Kevin Kalinsky, MD, MS, discusses the evolving treatment landscape for patients with triple-negative breast cancer and how to best sequence antibody-drug conjugates within this population.

By moving away from adjuvant- to neoadjuvant-based protocols, such as I-SPY, investigators may be better able to develop effective treatments for patients in less time by refining the understanding of who will benefit from therapy, enabling strategies with multiple pathway targets, and testing approaches earlier in the disease course.

As additional antibody-drug conjugates continue to emerge for the treatment of patients with HER2-negative breast cancer, identifying optimal sequencing strategies and managing toxicities associated with these agents remain top priorities for their use, according to Hope S. Rugo, MD.

Kelly K. Hunt, MD, FACS, FSSO, discusses technical considerations for axillary reverse mapping in breast cancer for the reduction or prevention of lymphedema.