Elahere for Ovarian Cancer: How to Manage Side Effects

August 15, 2023 9:00 am

A new drug approval is providing hope for many people living with ovarian cancer.

Some women have what is known as “platinum-resistant” cancer, that means the disease is no longer responding to platinum-based chemotherapy, the most common chemo drug used … Read more

Tumor Testing May Be Increasingly Useful in Ovarian Cancer

May 8, 2023 3:00 pm

Testing tumors with next-generation sequencing in patients with ovarian cancer can provide teams insight into targetable mutations that may affect treatment decisions, although this approach is not the current standard of care for all patients, an expert said.

Among 1,092 patients with ovarian cancer, 27.5% underwent next-generation sequencing; 96.1% had one or more genetic alteration; 25.9% had an alteration that aligned with targeted treatment

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Mirvetuximab Soravtansine Continues to Outperform Chemo in FRα-High Ovarian Cancer

May 3, 2023 9:19 am

by Jordan Sava

Impressive efficacy data and consistent safety data continue to be seen with mirvetuximab soravtansine for the treatment of patients with platinum-resistant ovarian cancer, according to data from the confirmatory MIRASOL trial.

Mirvetuximab sorvtansine-gynx (Elahere) demonstrated statistically significant

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