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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