Ovarian Cancer

A new drug application for SH-105 has been accepted by the FDA to potentially treat patients with breast and ovarian cancer.

For patients with gynecologic cancer for whom platinum-based chemotherapy is no longer effective, antibody-drug conjugates are an exciting second-line option.

The FDA has granted priority review to mirvetuximab soravtansine for folate receptor α (FRα)–positive, platinum-resistant epithelial ovarian, fallopian tube, or primary peritoneal cancer.

Olaparib did not significantly improve overall survival compared with chemotherapy in recurrent, platinum-sensitive ovarian cancer.

Hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy, also known as hot chemotherapy bath, showed a long-term overall survival improvement in patients with stage III primary epithelial ovarian cancer.

A drug used to treat leukemia may also have potential in treating small cell carcinoma of the ovary, hypercalcemic type (SCCOHT).