Ovarian Cancer

Diane Mahoney, PhD, DNP, FNP-BC, WHNP-BC, APRN, discusses her study on how social determinants of health impact the health perceptions of Black and Hispanic ovarian cancer survivors, highlighting significant health disparities.

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Social determinants of health (SDOH) factors significantly impact the overall health perceptions of Black and Hispanic ovarian cancer survivors.

Metformin use is linked to improved survival rates in patients with ovarian cancer, particularly among those with diabetes and serous cancers, though further research is needed to confirm these findings.

Minority patients with gynecologic cancers are more likely than White patients to receive treatment at academic facilities, a recent study found.

Researchers found no significant differences in disease-free survival, overall survival, and recurrence rates between fertility-sparing surgery and radical surgery for patients with stage I epithelial ovarian cancer.

High neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio (NLR) and platelet to lymphocyte ratio (PLR) are associated with worse progression-free survival and 5-year overall survival in patients with ovarian cancer.

Supportive care interventions could help address concerns and help patients during the recurrence of ovarian cancer.

The association between residual tumor volume after primary cytoreduction and survival was less consistent in patients with low-grade serous ovarian carcinoma (LGSOC) compared with other histology types, highlighting variability in surgical outcomes across ovarian cancer subtypes.

Patients with stage IV epithelial ovarian cancer (OC) treated with surgery and chemotherapy exhibit the best prognosis.

There may be a causal relaPatients with hyperthyroidism are at increased risk of ovarian cancer (OC), although the link between the conditions is not yet fully understood.

Exercise and dietary interventions reduced fatigue and improved both fat-free mass and physical functioning in patients with ovarian cancer (OC), but no significant differences in improvement were found between the intervention and control groups.

Surgery and chemotherapy significantly improved both overall survival (OS) and cancer-specific survival (CSS) in patients with liver metastases originating from ovarian cancer (OC), who generally face a poor prognosis with a 5-year survival rate of less than 30%.

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The researchers identified age, tumor metastasis, and surgical treatment as key independent prognostic factors for cardiovascular mortality in patients with ovarian cancer, highlighting the need for individualized treatment and surveillance strategies.

Patients diagnosed with ovarian cancer (OC), particularly those older than 60 years or with a disease duration exceeding 5 years, had a higher incidence of subsequent dry eye disease (DED), suggesting a potential correlation between OC and DED.

Adding olaparib to maintenance therapy with bevacizumab was associated with significantly longer survival for patients with ovarian cancer whose tumors have a BRCA-like genomic profile, but not among those with non-BRCA-like tumors, a study found.

This study indicates a declining trend in morbidity and mortality rates among patients with ovarian cancer and liver metastases, highlighting the efficacy of surgery and chemotherapy in improving survival outcomes.

Non-Hispanic Black (NHB) patients with ovarian cancer (OC) receive lower-quality end of life (EOL) care compared to their non-Hispanic White (NHW) counterparts, according to a study.

There was greater use of neoadjuvant chemotherapy among US patients with ovarian cancer (OC) during the COVID-19 pandemic to reduce potential COVID-19 exposure and cancer treatment-related complications.

A new study suggests routine gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy is not needed for most patients with mucinous ovarian cancer in the perioperative setting due to a lack of statistically significant overall survival benefits.

A recent study suggests a modified model incorporating diffusion-weighted MRI can more accurately predict ovarian cancer primary debulking surgery outcomes compared with the standard, widely used Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center risk model.

An abstract presented at the 2024 Society of Gynecologic Oncology Annual Meeting on Women’s Cancer explored patient-reported health-related quality of life (HRQOL) among patients treated with mirvetuximab soravtansine compared with standard chemotherapy.

Mirvetuximab soravtansine-gynx (Elahere) received full FDA approval for the treatment of folate receptor alpha–positive (FRα+), platinum-resistant ovarian cancer (PROC) based on findings from the confirmatory phase 3 MIRASOL trial.

Ronald D. Alvarez, MD, MBA, provides closing commentary on the current ovarian cancer treatment landscape and the promising outlook over the next 20 years.