Gynecologic Cancer News

In its 2022 Cancer Disparities Progress Report, American Association for Cancer Research discussed advances made in closing substantial gaps in care while underscoring the need for further progress.

Recent findings suggest that with HPV tests, intervals between cervical screenings can be extended to 5 years after a negative result in women aged 25 to 49 years and even longer for women aged older than 50 years.

CHICAGO — Rucaparib monotherapy significantly prolonged PFS compared with placebo in the first-line maintenance setting among women with advanced ovarian cancer, regardless of BRCA mutation and homologous recombination deficiency status.

CHICAGO — Patients and prescribers should be more aware of the potential for major adverse cardiac events after immune checkpoint inhibitor-based therapy, according to retrospective study results presented at ASCO Annual Meeting.

CHICAGO — The keynote speaker at ASCO Annual Meeting urged attendees to focus on social and organizational innovations that can advance equity in cancer care.

Women demonstrated a 34% increased risk for severe adverse events from any cancer treatment compared with men, according to a study published in Journal of Clinical Oncology.

As telemedicine use increased during the COVID-19 pandemic, Black patients with cancer had lower usage levels than white patients, according to study results presented during a virtual press briefing ahead of the ASCO Annual Meeting.

Increased state spending on social services such as Medicaid correlated with improved 5-year overall survival among Black adults with cancer, according to study results scheduled for presentation at ASCO Annual Meeting.

ASCO and the Association of Community Cancer Centers have jointly developed recommendations for improving equity, diversity and inclusion in cancer clinical trials.

Most patients with cancer demonstrated antibody responses to COVID-19 vaccination after two doses of the mRNA-1273 vaccine, according to an observational study published in JAMA Oncology.