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A blood test that examines a panel of 11 specific proteins could help distinguish between benign tumors and malignant ovarian cancer, reducing the need for unnecessary surgeries and leading ... Read more

June 19, 2019

Lynparza Approved in Europe as Initial Maintenance Therapy for Some OC

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Women in the European Union with BRCA-mutated advanced ovarian cancer can now receive Lynparza (olaparib) as a first-line maintenance treatment, AstraZeneca and Merck (known as MSD outside the U.S. and ... Read more

June 12, 2019

Rubraca Maintenance Delays Disease Progression in Subsequent Treatments for Recurrent OC, Phase 3 Trial Shows

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Maintenance treatment with Rubraca (rucaparib) delays the need for additional treatments among women with platinum-sensitive recurrent ovarian cancer — and then extends the time to disease worsening after those ... Read more

June 5, 2019June 5, 2019

Lynparza Better Than Chemo for BRCA-mutated Advanced Ovarian Cancer, Phase 3 Trial Shows

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Lynparza (olaparib), given to advanced ovarian cancer patients with BRCA mutations who were previously treated with at least two lines of platinum chemotherapy, had significantly better response rates and progression-free ... Read more

May 10, 2019

Dutch Researchers Develop Mini Ovarian Cancers to Improve Personalized Therapies

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Dutch researchers have developed a new experimental protocol that allowed them to culture mini ovarian cancers (organoids) in the lab that retained their three-dimensional structure and captured the cellular ... Read more

April 29, 2019

Ovarian Cancer Patients Being Recruited to Test HPN536 Immunotherapy in Phase 1/2a Trial

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Harpoon Therapeutics has begun dosing participants in its Phase 1/2a trial evaluating the investigational immunotherapy HPN536 in patients with advanced cancers that produce the mesothelin protein. The study (NCT03872206) ... Read more

April 3, 2019

DPX-Survivac Treatment Continues to Show Promise in Women with Advanced Ovarian Cancer, Early Data Show

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Treatment with DPX-Survivac plus intermittent low-dose cyclophosphamide continues to show promise in women with advanced recurrent ovarian cancer, the second part of a Phase 1/2 trial shows. Interim data ... Read more

March 6, 2019

FPA150 Trial Begins Dosing Ovarian, Breast, Endometrial Cancer Patients

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Five Prime Therapeutics’ ongoing Phase 1 clinical trial has advanced to its Phase 1b expansion portion, in which researchers have begun giving breast, ovarian, and endometrial cancer patients an optimal ... Read more

March 4, 2019

Phase 2 Trial Completes Dosing First OC Patient with Aivita’s Cell Therapy

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A Phase 2 trial exploring Aivita Biomedical’s cell therapy AVOVA-1 for ovarian cancer has treated its first patient and continues to recruit participants across eight sites in the United States. So ... Read more

March 1, 2019

UPMC Trial to Explore Ampligen Combo for Recurrent Ovarian Cancer

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A new investigator-sponsored clinical trial is recruiting women with recurrent, platinum-sensitive ovarian cancer to study a combination of Hemispherx Biopharma’s investigational product Ampligen (rintatolimod) plus chemo-immunotherapy, the company announced. The Phase 1/2 ... Read more

Posts by: Alice Melão

Alice Melão

New Blood Test May Improve Ovarian Cancer Diagnosis, Study Suggests

Lynparza Approved in Europe as Initial Maintenance Therapy for Some OC

Rubraca Maintenance Delays Disease Progression in Subsequent Treatments for Recurrent OC, Phase 3 Trial Shows

Lynparza Better Than Chemo for BRCA-mutated Advanced Ovarian Cancer, Phase 3 Trial Shows

Dutch Researchers Develop Mini Ovarian Cancers to Improve Personalized Therapies

Ovarian Cancer Patients Being Recruited to Test HPN536 Immunotherapy in Phase 1/2a Trial

DPX-Survivac Treatment Continues to Show Promise in Women with Advanced Ovarian Cancer, Early Data Show

FPA150 Trial Begins Dosing Ovarian, Breast, Endometrial Cancer Patients

Phase 2 Trial Completes Dosing First OC Patient with Aivita’s Cell Therapy

UPMC Trial to Explore Ampligen Combo for Recurrent Ovarian Cancer

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