Gynecologic Cancer
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Consider hysterectomy in patients with post-irradiated residual cervical cancer
This is a viable option, particularly if women may not receive adequate radiation.
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Obesity-related cancers increasing in younger adults
Half of obesity-related cancers have increased in incidence among younger adults over the past two decades.
Case-Based Review
Epithelial Ovarian Cancer: Management of Advanced Disease
Case-Based Review
Epithelial Ovarian Cancer: Evaluation, Staging, Surgery, and Stage I and II Disease Management
Opinion
When NOT to perform a Pap test
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Avelumab active in recurrent or refractory ovarian cancer
Another cancer immunotherapy agent has positive results in ovarian cancer, which supports ongoing investigations of this checkpoint inhibitor in...
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CRS/HIPEC safety concerns may be outdated
In a retrospective study of more than 34,000 patients, CRS/HIPEC had a 30-day mortality rate of 1.1%, compared with rates of 2.5%-3.9% for other...
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BMI changes in adolescence linked to later cancer risk
Adiposity changes during the peripubertal period may have more of an impact on ovarian cancer risk than adiposity changes during adulthood.
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Actionable mutations more likely in women with both breast and uterine cancer
At least one actionable mutation was seen in 14% of women with breast and uterine cancer, compared with 9.3% of women with breast cancer only, in...
News
FDA approves olaparib for maintenance treatment of BRCA-mutated advanced ovarian cancer
The FDA also approved a companion diagnostic, the BRACAnalysis CDx test, to identify patients with gBRCAm advanced epithelial ovarian, fallopian...
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Low BMP-10 levels correlate with poor ovarian cancer survival
Studies of ovarian cancer tissues and cell lines suggest that bone morphogenetic protein-10 (BMP-10) may be a tumor suppressor.