SGO 2019: Maintenance Rucaparib Effective for All Age Groups in Ovarian Cancer

March 22, 2019 5:00 pm

By Christina Bennett, MS

Rucaparib, a poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) inhibitor, was effective as a maintenance therapy across all age groups of patients with recurrent ovarian cancer, according to the results of a post-hoc exploratory analysis of ARIEL3 presented at … Read more

‘End of the Road’ for Trabectedin in Ovarian Cancer?

March 21, 2019 7:00 pm

By Ian Ingram

Trial stopped for futility, but 13-month OS improvement seen in patients with BRCA mutations.

Trabectedin (Yondelis) plus pegylated liposomal doxorubicin (PLD) failed to improve survival in a phase III trial of third-line ovarian cancer, but a survival … Read more

Patients Need Access to More Information About the Cost of Cancer Care

March 21, 2019 5:00 pm

By Brielle Benyon

Financial distress puts a major burden on patients with cancer and their families. And while there are numerous resources that clinicians can share with their patients to help with co-pays and other money-related issues, they are not … Read more

Avelumab Combo Falls Short in Advanced Ovarian Cancer

March 20, 2019 7:00 pm

By Ian Ingram

But showed promise in PD-L1-positive group.

Adding avelumab (Bavencio) to pegylated liposomal doxorubicin (PLD) failed to improve survival outcomes for patients with platinum-resistant or refractory ovarian cancer in a phase III trial reported here.

In the intent-to-treat … Read more

SGO 2019: Less Worry, More Symptoms and Regret With Risk-Reducing Salpingo-Oophorectomy

March 20, 2019 5:00 pm

By Christina Bennett, MS

Women at increased risk for hereditary ovarian cancer who underwent risk-reducing salpingo-oophorectomy experienced less worry but worse menopausal symptoms and more regret compared with those who underwent salpingectomy with delayed oophorectomy, the Women Choosing Surgical Prevention … Read more

Early Data Send Strong Signal in Advanced Gyn Cancers

March 19, 2019 7:00 pm

By Ian Ingram

Clinical benefit rate tops 90% in pair of single-center studies.

Two early trials of novel combinations showed promising clinical activity in gynecologic cancers at a late-breaking abstract session at the Society of Gynecologic Oncology (SGO) meeting here.… Read more

New Class of Drugs Could Treat Ovarian Cancer

March 19, 2019 5:00 pm

A team of researchers across The University of Manchester have shown that a new class of drugs are able to stop ovarian cancer cells growing.

The Cancer Research UK and Wellcome Trust funded study, published in the journal Cancer CellRead more

SGO 2019: Pembrolizumab Combo Shows Clinical Benefit for Recurrent Epithelial Ovarian Cancer

March 19, 2019 3:00 pm

By Christina Bennett, MS

Pembrolizumab in combination with bevacizumab and oral metronomic cyclophosphamide showed clinical activity in patients with recurrent epithelial ovarian cancer, according to the results of an open-label phase II trial (LBA4) presented at the 2019 Society of … Read more

Individualized Dosing Regimen Reduces Side Effects in Ovarian Cancer Maintenance Therapy

March 18, 2019 7:00 pm

By Kristie L. Kahl

Side effects decreased among patients with high-risk ovarian cancer who received an individualized starting dose of Zejula (niraparib), based upon baseline bodyweight and platelet counts, compared with a fixed starting dose, according to a recent analysis

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When PARP Inhibitors Fail in Ovarian Cancer

March 18, 2019 6:00 pm

By Ian Ingram

Study identifies subgroup for whom another go could be worthwhile.

Lack of response to a PARP inhibitor in epithelial ovarian cancer didn’t necessarily mean patients were resistant to all such agents, a small retrospective study indicated.

Among … Read more

Lenvatinib Combo Yields Favorable Responses in Ovarian, Endometrial Cancers

March 18, 2019 3:30 pm

By Kristie L. Kahl

Lenvatinib (Lenvima) in combination with weekly paclitaxel induced activity among those with recurrent endometrial and platinum-resistant epithelial ovarian cancer, resulting in a 65% overall response rate (ORR), according to results from a phase I study presented … Read more

PARP Inhibitor Benefit Gets a TWiST in Recurrent Ovarian Cancer

March 17, 2019 6:00 pm

By Ian Ingram

In delaying disease progression in recurrent ovarian cancer, maintenance therapy with the PARP inhibitor niraparib (Zejula) also increased patients’ time without symptoms or toxicity (TWiST), an analysis of the phase III NOVA trial found.

Compared with placebo, … Read more

SGO 2019: Dendritic Cell-Based Immunotherapy Appears Promising for Recurrent Ovarian Cancer

March 16, 2019 5:00 pm

The treatment offers long-lasting anti-tumor immunity.

The addition of a dendritic cell immunotherapy to chemotherapy has been found to prolong overall survival significantly in patients with recurrent ovarian cancer. The combination of chemotherapy + immunotherapy corresponded to 73% survival after … Read more

Patients and Their Teams Are Celebrated at the Second Annual Ovarian Cancer Heroes Event

March 16, 2019 5:00 pm

By Katie Kosko and Jessica Skarzynski

The importance of teamwork between patients and their caregivers was a common theme at the second annual Ovarian Cancer Heroes event held in Honolulu, Hawaii.

A cancer diagnosis can be a very lonely thing. … Read more

Clearity’s Scientific Director, Dr. Deb Zajchowski, Presents Poster at SGO: Genomic Mutation Profiles of Paired Ovarian Cancers Across Time

March 16, 2019 9:00 am

Clearity’s Scientific Director, Dr. Deb Zajchowski, presented a poster at the SGO’s 50th Annual Meeting on Women’s Cancers entitled: Genomic Mutation Profiles of Paired Ovarian Cancers Across Time.

The data presented describes some of the research being done utilizing The … Read more

Cancer Biomarker for PARP Inhibitor Effectiveness Discovered

March 15, 2019 5:00 pm

Since tumors often have unique defects in the DNA damage response (DDR) pathway, identifying the molecular mechanisms that underlie how cells repair various DNA lesions is critical to selecting the appropriate clinical treatments. Inhibitors to poly-(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) are examples … Read more

Ovarian Cancer Survivors Carry Burden of Severe Long-Term Fatigue

March 14, 2019 5:00 pm

By Will Pass

Women who have survived epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) more often report severe long-term fatigue than healthy women, according to a case-control study involving more than 600 individuals.

Ovarian cancer survivors had a higher rate of sleep disturbance, … Read more

Targeting Stem-Like Cells Could Prevent Ovarian Cancer Recurrence

March 12, 2019 5:00 pm

Ovarian cancer is not the most common form of cancer, but it’s among the deadliest. That’s because about 70 percent of cases recur. A new study by researchers at the University of Pittsburgh, UPMC Hillman Cancer Center, Magee-Women’s Research Institute … Read more

SXSW Panel: ‘Frontiers of Cancer: Racing Toward A Cure’

March 9, 2019 6:00 pm

Clearity’s Executive Director, Hillary Theakston, spoke on a panel of industry leaders at SXSW on ‘Frontiers of Cancer: Racing Toward A Cure’. Hillary, along with fellow panelists Amy Puliafito, Bobbie Rimel, MD, and Karl Handelsman discussed major investments, … Read more

Lymphadenectomy Found Not Beneficial in Advanced Ovarian Cancer

March 7, 2019 3:00 pm

By Susan Moench

The results from the Lymphadenectomy in Ovarian Neoplasms (LION) trial, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, which compared systematic pelvic and paraaortic lymphadenectomy with no lymphadenectomy in some women with advanced ovarian cancer, showed … Read more