GYNECOLOGIC CANCERS

Andreas du Bois, MD, discusses the background, rationale, and results for the exploration of maintenance pazopanib as a treatment for patients with advanced ovarian cancer.

In advance of the 2013 ASCO Annual Meeting, Targeted Healthcare spoke with Mike Thompson, MD, PhD, about the use of social media in the field of oncology.

A phase III study of the investigational peptibody trebananib has met its primary endpoint of an improvement in progression-free survival.

Data from the French National Cancer Institute showed an increase in testing for BRCA1/2 for breast and ovarian cancer, though not for the MMR mutation for Lynch syndrome.

Krishnansu S. Tewari, MD, describes a phase III trial conducted by the Gynecologic Oncology Group exploring treatment with bevacizumab for patients with recurrent cervical cancer.

Electra D. Paskett, PhD, Professor, College of Medicine, The Ohio State University, describes the use of vinegar (acetic acid) as a cervical cancer screening tool.

Carol Aghajanian, MD, from the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, discusses a phase III trial of pazopanib versus placebo in women who have not progressed after first-line chemotherapy for advanced epithelial ovarian, fallopian tube, or primary peritoneal cancer.

Mark J. Levis, MD, PhD, discusses the design and results of a phase II trial of quizartinib in patients with FLT3-ITD positive or negative relapsed/refractory acute myeloid leukemia.