Ovarian Cancer Perspective

• Highlights in Ovarian Cancer From ASCO 2020   Dr Maurie Markman reports on key ovarian cancer presentations from ASCO 2020, including the eagerly awaited DESKTOP III trial, results of maintenance olaparib from the SOLO-2, and the PAOLA-1 study.
  Medscape, June 24, 2020
• Defining Standard of Care in Oncology -- Not so Simple   How do you define the standard of care when exciting anticancer strategies enter the scene almost daily? There is no simple answer, says Dr Maurie Markman.
  Medscape Oncology, May 07, 2020
• COVID-19 Diary Day 12: The Challenge of Continuing Clinical Trials Don Dizon struggles to continue his clinical trial during the pandemic, but in the process he realizes the power of his professional communities.
  Medscape Oncology, April 22, 2020
• SGO 2020 Read clinically focused news coverage of key developments from SGO 2020
  Medscape Oncology, April 01, 2020
• How Long Is It Safe to Delay Gynecologic Cancer Surgery? Many health systems have defined which surgeries they consider permissible during the pandemic, typically by using time parameters (days/weeks/hours) by which a patient would not be caused harm.
  Medscape Medical News, March 26, 2020
• Oncologists Are 'Sacrificing Common Sense' in Pursuit of Innovation Dr Bishal Gyawali on how reaction to a recent ovarian cancer study reveals a troubling trend among oncologists of doubting negative results.
  Medscape Oncology, March 03, 2020
• As Home Genetic Tests Flood Market, Are Physicians Being Left Behind?   Direct-to-consumer genetic testing has made it more accessible to patients. Drs Kathy Miller and Susan Domchek discuss the implications involved with this testing for patients and physicians.
  Medscape Oncology, January 22, 2020
• The 8 Most Notable Cancer Clinical Trials of 2019 Expert oncologists share the trials most likely to change your approach to patient care going forward.
  Medscape Oncology, December 13, 2019
• Overall Survival Is an Outdated Requisite for Drug Approval   In an era when cancer has become a chronic condition, insisting on overall survival as a prerequisite for cancer drug approval makes no sense, Dr Maurie Markman argues.
  Medscape Oncology, November 21, 2019
• Metastatic Breast Cancer Highlights From ESMO 2019 Metastatic breast cancer highlights from ESMO 2019 confirm that CDK4/6 inhibition gives survival benefit in HR+/HER2- breast cancer and that immunotherapy is active in the neoadjuvant setting in TNBC.
  Medscape, October 22, 2019
• Top News From ESMO 2019: Slideshow Potentially practice-changing research in metastatic melanoma, as well as lung, ovarian, breast and prostate cancer, featured prominently at ESMO 2019.
  Medscape News Slideshows, October 21, 2019
• PARP Inhibitors Center Stage for Ovarian Cancer   Dr Susana Banerjee reviews three trials using PARP inhibitors that are likely to change first-line therapy for ovarian cancer.
  Medscape Oncology, October 07, 2019
• Couldn't Be Easier: A Handy Chart for Well-Woman Care   This interactive chart is a helpful reminder of best practices in well-woman preventive screening and care.
  Medscape Ob/Gyn, September 06, 2019
• Genetic Testing in Breast Cancer: The Rules Are Changing In this interview, Lidia Schapira talks with Allison Kurian about cancer genetics in patients with or at risk for breast cancer.
  Medscape Oncology, September 05, 2019
• New Data Suggest Earlier Olaparib for BRCA+ Ovarian Cancer   Results of the SOLO3 trial show that the PARP inhibitor olaparib is a promising strategy for recurrent ovarian cancer.
  Medscape Oncology, August 13, 2019
• 'An Emotional Slap in the Face': The Language of Cancer   Did the patient fail treatment, or did the treatment fail the patient? Don Dizon speaks with Tatiana Prowell about how the language we use with patients actively influences our and their thoughts.
  Medscape Oncology, June 17, 2019
• How Safe Is HRT After Risk-Reducing Salpingo-oophorectomy?   A new analysis pulls together data from case-control studies to answer this question.
  Medscape Oncology, June 14, 2019
• A Simple Way to Make Genetic Counseling More Efficient   Does information up-front improve patient knowledge after genetic counseling?
  Medscape Oncology, June 14, 2019
• Deep Medicine: Restoring the Doctor-Patient Relationship   Siddhartha Mukherjee talks with Eric Topol about Topol's new book and how AI can prevent burnout, improve efficiency, and renew our faith in medical science.
  Medscape, March 28, 2019
• Landmark Trial Halts Aggressive Surgery in Ovarian Cancer   Maurie Markman discusses recent results from a phase 3 randomized trial of lymphadenectomy in advanced ovarian cancer.
  Medscape Oncology, March 28, 2019