Gynecologic Cancer News

The relative survival rate for an individual with HPV-associated cancer appeared largely dependent on demographic characteristics such as sex, race and age, according to a population-based study.

Women with HIV on ART had a lower prevalence of high-risk HPV infection, high-grade cervical lesions and invasive cervical cancer than women who were not receiving ART, according to results of a recent meta-analysis.

Nearly 2 years after former Vice President Joe Biden unveiled the cancer moonshot initiative, The Lancet Oncology Commission has detailed a roadmap to deliver on the recommendations of the moonshot’s blue ribbon panel.

Platinum-based chemotherapy should not be delayed in favor of nonplatinum-based chemotherapy for the treatment of women with partially platinum-sensitive progressing ovarian cancer, according to a randomized controlled study published in Journal of Clinical Oncology.

The FDA approved IV rolapitant in combination with other antiemetic agents to prevent delayed nausea and vomiting associated with initial and repeat courses of emetogenic cancer chemotherapy for adults.

This week, researchers reported that one out of nine adult men in the U.S. have oral human papillomavirus, likely contributing to the rise in oropharyngeal cancers today.

The FDA granted priority review to olaparib for the treatment of patients with germline BRCA-mutated, HER-2-negative metastatic breast cancer who have been previously treated with chemotherapy in the neoadjuvant, adjuvant or metastatic settings.

Oncology leaders who participated in an American Association for Cancer Research webinar this afternoon highlighted several advances in cancer research and emphasized the importance of robust medical research funding.

Women with high levels of cadmium exposure appeared to have increased risk for endometrial cancer, according to a population-based, case-control study published in PLOS One.

NIH launched the Partnership for Accelerating Cancer Therapies, a 5-year public-private research collaboration.