Ovarian Cancer | Specialty

The OncLive Ovarian Cancer condition center page is a comprehensive resource for clinical news and expert insights on ovarian cancer and evolving treatment approaches, including PARP inhibitors, antibody-drug conjugates, chemotherapy and more. This page features news articles, interviews in written and video format, and podcasts that focus on unmet needs, treatment advances, and ongoing research in ovarian cancer.

Soft Tissue Sarcoma: Selecting Among Frontline Options

November 14th 2017

First-line Options in Soft Tissue Sarcoma

November 14th 2017

Initial Treatment Approach in Soft Tissue Sarcoma

November 14th 2017

Common Pitfalls With Treating Soft Tissue Sarcoma

November 14th 2017

Collaboration of Experts in Soft Tissue Sarcoma

November 14th 2017

Ongoing Management Decisions in Soft Tissue Sarcoma

November 14th 2017

Multidisciplinary Team in Soft Tissue Sarcoma

November 14th 2017

How Sarcoma Experts Work With Community Oncologists

November 14th 2017

Histopathological Diagnosis in Soft Tissue Sarcoma

November 14th 2017

Heterogeneity of Soft Tissue Sarcomas

November 14th 2017

Dr. Sehouli on Considering Secondary Cytoreductive Surgery in Ovarian Cancer

November 10th 2017

Jalid Sehouli, MD, professor, director of the Clinic Campus Virchow and Campus Benjamin Franklin Charité Center Gynecology, Charité – Universitatsmedizin Berlin, advises physicians on considering secondary cytoreductive surgery in ovarian cancer.

PARPs Bring Excitement to Ovarian Treatment

November 10th 2017

PARP inhibitors offer exciting opportunities to improve outcomes for patients with ovarian cancer and hopefully will be moved to the front-line setting if the evidence warrants it, said Susana M. Campos, MD.

How Reliable Is PD-L1 Expression as a Predictor of Immune Response?

November 9th 2017

There is a great need—and opportunity—to improve ovarian cancer outcomes by understanding the immune milieu of ovarian cancers and harnessing the power of immunotherapy.

Dr. Sabbatini on the Future of Dose-Dense Therapy in Ovarian Cancer

November 9th 2017

Paul Sabbatini, MD, deputy physician-in-chief for clinical research, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, discusses the future of dose-dense therapy in ovarian cancer.

Final Results Confirm OS Benefit Associated with Olaparib in Relapsed Platinum-Sensitive Serous Ovarian Cancer

November 9th 2017

Maintenance therapy with olaparib monotherapy provides clinically significant, long-term treatment benefits and is safe in patients with platinum-sensitive relapsed serous ovarian cancer.

Dr. Sessa Discusses ATR Inhibitors in BRCA-Mutated Tumors

November 8th 2017

Cristiana Sessa, MD, head of Phase I-II Unit and Pharmacology, vice head of Medical Oncology and Head of Clinical Research, Oncology Institute of Southern Switzerland, discusses ataxia–telangiectasia and Rad3 related (ATR) inhibitors in patients with ovarian cancer who have BRCA-mutated tumors.

Dr. Ledermann on the Results of the ARIEL3 Trial in Ovarian Cancer

November 8th 2017

Jonathan Ledermann, MD, professor of medical oncology, UCL Cancer Institute, London, United Kingdom, discusses the results of the ARIEL3 trial in ovarian cancer.

Expert Discusses Rucaparib Maintenance in Ovarian Cancer

November 8th 2017

Jonathan Ledermann, MD, discussed these results, as well as the future of PARP inhibitors in the maintenance setting for patients with ovarian cancer.

Survey Shows Patients Consider Several Factors of Maintenance Therapy for Ovarian Cancer Treatment

November 8th 2017

Patients with ovarian cancer were unified in their responses regardless of age, disease stage, or whether they had primary or recurrent disease, and were more likely to opt to receive maintenance therapy if it could offer delay of disease progression and allow patients to maintain or improve their quality of life.

PALB2 Mutation Implicated in Higher Risk of Breast Cancer, Not Ovarian

November 8th 2017

Deleterious mutations in the PALB2 gene may account for the development of breast cancer in women with an elevated risk due to a family history of breast or ovarian cancer, but who test negative for the BRCA1 or BRCA2 genes.