Gynecologic Cancer

Adding Keytruda to chemotherapy improved survival outcomes in patients with endometrial cancer, regardless of their mismatch repair or PD-L1 status.

A phase 3 trial determined that Tivdak showed “game-changing results” for certain patients with cervical cancer, an expert told CURE®.

When I received a diagnosis of uterine cancer, I felt like I was falling into Wonderland, just like Alice.

The Food and Drug Administration granted a full approval to Elahere for the treatment of certain patients with platinum-resistant gynecologic cancers.

My genetic testing covered 648 gene variants. Of course, researchers only know the significance of a fraction of those variants.

Keytruda plus chemotherapy has been granted a priority review by the FDA to treat certain patients with endometrial cancer.

“When you have support, you have answers to some of your unknowns and that can provide stability and ease in anxiety and depression, and truly propel you into thriving,” a cervical cancer survivor and advocate tells CURE®.

The Food and Drug Administration will speed up their review of Enhertu for previously treated patients with certain HER2-positive solid tumors.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has recently approved Keytruda (pembrolizumab) plus chemoradiotherapy for the treatment of patients with stages 3 to 4A cervical cancer.

Last week, the FDA provided updates on two cancer therapies. In this episode, we discuss those decisions and more.

The FDA granted a Fast Track Designation to RC88, a novel antibody-drug conjugate, to treat patients with platinum-resistant gynecologic cancers.

Nearly 40% of patients who received treatment for cervical cancer were still being prescribed outpatient opioids for pain management six months later, according to recently published study findings.

The Food and Drug Administration approved Keytruda plus chemoradiotherapy for stage 3-4A cervical cancer.

The Food and Drug Administration has accepted a supplemental Biologics License Application (sBLA) intended to convert the accelerated approval granted to Tivdak (tisotumab vedotin-tftv) in 2021 to full approval for the treatment of patients with recurrent or metastatic cervical cancer with disease progression on or after first-line therapy.

Next-generation sequencing was more successful in finding patients with endometrial and colorectal cancer with dMMR disease, indicating that they were eligible for immunotherapy.

A novel antibody drug conjugate was granted a Fast Track designation for certain patients with ovarian cancer.

The Food and Drug Administration approved Udenyca Onbody, an administration device for Udenyca, a biosimilar of Neulasta.

A treatment combination of avutometinib and defactinib is being evaluated in a new phase 3 trial for patients with low-grade serous ovarian cancer.

Cervical cancer survival and Cervivor ambassador Kate Weissman provides advice on conversations patients with cervical cancer should be having with their care teams.

A phase 3 trial demonstrated progression-free survival improvements with Tecentriq-chemotherapy combination in patients with endometrial carcinoma.

CURE® editors take a look back on last week’s major oncology headlines, from the cancer drug shortage to FDA approvals and the potential benefit of sexual activity for cervical cancer survivors.

The addition of Keytruda to external beam radiotherapy and concurrent chemotherapy, followed by brachytherapy, resulted in statistically significant and clinically meaningful improvements in progression-free survival in patients with newly diagnosed, previously untreated, high-risk locally advanced cervical cancer.

Platinum-based chemotherapy, when administered before chemoradiotherapy, improved progression-free and overall survival for patients with locally advanced cervical cancer.

Information about gynecologic cancers found on TikTok may not be credible or reliable, according to findings from a recent study.