Showing posts with label gyn cancer research. Show all posts
Showing posts with label gyn cancer research. Show all posts

Sunday, March 19, 2023

SGO Meeting Preparations

 

 

Thanks to support from my Cancer Center, I am heading south to Tampa for the SGO Annual Meeting on Friday. The theme of the meeting is Patients | Purpose | Progress. I'm so excited to be meet up with other survivors/advocates and to learn from the researchers who are making advances to improve the care of patients diagnosed with a gynecologic cancer. 

When I arrive on Friday, barring any airline delays, I hope to attend at least part of the Patients and Advocates Education Forum and Luncheon. I have attended them in the past and have always found them beneficial. This is the first once to be held in person since Covid began. 

Saturday, March 25th, will be an especially busy day for me. 

As a member of the SGO Communications Committee I will be part of a presentation on Saturday ( 2:45pm Ballroom A) . This Education Forum, Ready for Primetime: Media Readiness will present strategies of how to best respond and state your position when asked questions by the media.  

Following the Forum, the Scientific Plenary II session (East Hall, 4pm) will take place.  Survivor/advocate, Annie Ellis, will be presenting Long-term survivors speak: patient perspectives on progress, an abstract she and I co-authored. I will share more about the abstract after the meeting.

There are a number of other sessions I am looking forward to attending and am busy working on the app to set up my schedule and work in some time to meet up with some of my gyn onc friends. 

On Twitter,  be sure to follow the hashtags #SGOmtg and #gyncsm for news from the meeting. 

I'll be posting highlights here once the meeting concludes.

Dee
Every Day is a Blessing! 



Tuesday, March 22, 2022

Planning My SGO 2022 Meeting Posts, Observations and Thank you's


 

I am back from my first ever, in-person SGO 2022 Annual Meeting. This meeting was solely gynecologic cancer research but covered a range of topics - from mouse studies to the use of FDA approved drugs , from disparities in treatment of endometrial cancer to the impact of  packaging's impact on financial toxicity. And in my opinion each and every study was valuable. I will report on these topics over the next few days.

Rare Gyn Cancers
Disparities and Equity Research Across Gyn Cancers 
Ovarian Cancer
Endometrial Cancer 
Cervical Cancer
 
Making connections and reconnecting at meetings is an important part of the in-person meeting. For example,  I had a chance to chat with Dr Fiona Simpkins and Dr Sarah Adams. A few years ago, while I was on the Board of the Kaleidoscope of Hope Ovarian Cancer Foundation, these gyn oncs received grants from the Foundation. Seeing them present their research and lead sessions at a national meeting made me smile. To all the foundations raising funds to support ovarian cancer research,  your grants are making a significant difference in the careers of the scientists you support. Please continue your support.

I would like to thank Annie Ellis, survivor and advocate extraordinaire, for her guidance about attending the meeting in person and for gathering advocates and patients attending the meeting so that we could network with each other. I also want to thank the SGO President, Dr Yamada and Meeting Chairs, Dr Adams ( yes the same Dr Adams supported by the KOH grant)  and Dr Nickles Fader for the outstanding meeting and for including patients / advocates on panels.  And finally thank you to each and every gyn cancer researcher, fellow and resident for the work you do.

Stay tuned for my meeting blog posts. 
 
Dee
Every Day is a Blessing! 

Wednesday, June 2, 2021

#ASCO21 Begins Soon

 The ASCO Annual meeting runs from June 7, 2021 to June 8, 2021. I am happy to once again attend this meeting which shares cancer research from across the globe. I wish it was in person but once more we will be meeting virtually. 

This year's theme is EQUITY: EVERY PATIENT EVERY DAY EVERY WHERE.

Here is a list of the sessions that relate to Gynecologic Cancer that I hope to attend.


I have also made a list of a  few abstracts of research that I would like to learn more about so I don't miss out on the discussion during the meetings sessions or online. 

ORAL ABSTRACTS  

5502 Oral Abstract Session

Maintenance vigil immunotherapy in newly diagnosed advanced ovarian cancer: Efficacy assessment of homologous recombination proficient (HRP) patients in the phase IIb VITAL trial. Abstract 5502   (Vigil, an autologous tumor cell vaccine transfected with a DNA plasmid encoding GMCSF and bi-shRNA-furin for TGFβ expression control, following frontline platinum-based chemotherapy)

 

5501 Oral Abstract Session

Optimal treatment duration of bevacizumab (BEV) combined with carboplatin and paclitaxel in patients (pts) with primary epithelial ovarian (EOC), fallopian tube (FTC) or peritoneal cancer (PPC): A multicenter open-label randomized 2-arm phase 3 ENGOT/GCIG trial of the AGO Study Group, GINECO, and NSGO (AGO-OVAR 17/BOOST, GINECO OV118, ENGOT Ov-15, NCT01462890). (BEV treatment duration of 15 months remains standard of care vs 30 months)

 

5504

Mirvetuximab soravtansine, a folate receptor alpha (FRα)-targeting antibody-drug conjugate (ADC), in combination with bevacizumab in patients (pts) with platinum-agnostic ovarian cancer: Final analysis  5504

The combination of MIRV with BEV demonstrates impressive anti-tumor activity with durable responses and favorable tolerability in high FRα recurrent ovarian cancer.

5503 Oral Abstract Session

Phase 3, randomized, single-dose, open-label study to investigate the safety and efficacy of pafolacianine sodium injection (OTL38) for intraoperative imaging of folate receptor positive ovarian cancer. intraoperative near-infrared fluores- cence (NIRF) imaging with pafolacianine sodium may offer a novel real-time adjunct to current surgical imaging practice in ovarian cancer surgery. 

5506 Oral Abstract Session

Intensive versus minimalist follow-up in patients treated for endometrial cancer: A multicentric randomized controlled trial (The TOTEM study—NCT00916708). Intensive follow-up in endometrial cancer treated patients showed a weak and uncertain advantage in detecting earlier asymptomatic relapses but did not improve OS, even in HiR patients, nor influenced HRQL.

POSTERS:

5513 Poster Discussion Session 

Evaluation of a RAD51 functional assay in advanced ovarian cancer, a GINECO/GINEGEPS study. RAD51-deficient EOC have im- proved outcome after neoadjuvant platinum. Conversely, the RAD51 assay also identified a small subset of RAD51-high BRCAmut tumors with poor platinum response. Whether this RAD51 functional assay may also predict PARP inhibitor benefit is currently 

 

5519 Poster Discussion Session

Molecular results and potential biomarkers identified from MILO/ENGOT-ov11 phase 3 study of binimetinib versus physicians choice of chemotherapy (PCC) in recurrent low- grade serous ovarian cancer (LGSOC). higher response rates and longer PFS were seen in those patients with LGSOC treated with binimetinib who harbored MAPK mutations, most commonly in KRAS. Somatic tu- mor testing should be routinely performed in patients with recurrent LGSOC to aid in clinical decision making.

5521 Poster Discussion Session

Dendritic cell vaccine (DCVAC) combined with chemotherapy (CMT) in patients with newly diagnosed epithelial ovarian carcinoma (EOC) after primary debulking surgery (PDS): Biomarker exploratory analysis of a phase 2, open-label, randomized, multicenter trial. DCVAC improved PFS and OS outcomes in patients with newly diag- nosed EOC, predominantly in patients with immunologically “cold” tumors, 

 

5544 Poster Session

Nanoanalysis of plasma volatile organic compounds using novel DNA-decorated carbon nanotube vapor sensors to noninvasively distinguish ovarian and pancreatic cancer from benign and control samples. Prescreening test diagnostic approach based on vapor detection of ovarian and pancreatic cancer is achievable.

5548 Poster Session

Circulating tumor DNA as a noninvasive marker of resectability in ovarian carcinomas. ctDNA may be a promising non-invasive marker to assess peritoneal cancer spreading and to predict surgical resectability after neoadjuvant chemotherapy 

5553 Poster Session

Next generation sequencing in ovarian cancer patients: Does personalized medicine improve oncological outcomes? Our study suggests an OS benefit among the NGS tested cohort. We identified Loss of heterozygosity as a prognostic biomarker

 

5552 Poster Session- Disparities

Disparities in ovarian cancer treatment and overall survival according to race: An update. Overall survival remains worse for black patients, regardless of whether their care adhered to NCCN guidelines as defined by our study. This suggests that while receipt of care that is not adherent to NCCN guidelines seems to be negatively associated with overall survival, 

5571 Poster Session- Disparities

Race-related disparities in patterns of uterine cancer recurrence. non-White race is potentially contributory to distant recurrence of uterine can- cer, even when accounting for histopathologic differences, stage at presentation, and other traditional covariates.


Have you looked at the abstracts? Did some catch your eye? Please let me know and tag me ( @womenofteal in a tweet). Please be sure to use #gyncsm when you are tweeting from  the meeting too. 

I'll catch you all up on what I have learned with a few posts about this year's meeting. Stay tuned!

Dee

Every Day is a Blessing!




 


Wednesday, June 5, 2019

Gyn Cancer Education Sessions at #ASCO19

Here is a short summary( Tweets) and notes from the Gyn Cancer Education Sessions I attended at this year's ASCO Annual Meeting. Please note these sessions were not necessarily only ovarian cancer sessions.
Abstracts are available online at https://abstracts.asco.org/239/IndexView_239.html

6/1/2019 Pharma to Table
Levinson  - Immunotherapy in Gyn Cancers


Rubin- Recognizing and Managing Immun-related Toxicities
irAE = immun-related Adverse Events
Events could include - cough, colitis, endocrine issues, pneumonitis
With adverse events is was recommended to not reduce the dose but rather hold the dose

Moore - Response Predictions and Signatures for Immuntherapy
Tumor Burden is number of mutations in a tumor.


Dorigo - The Future of Immunotherapy in Gyn Cancers
TIL - Tumor Infiltrating Lymphocytes
Trials ongoing with HPV positive ovarian cancer ( yes , HPV can cause more than cervical and head and neck cancers. ) , CAR-T cells and vaccines
Trials like this one opening soon.
6/2/2019 Are We Hitting the Bull's -eye with Targeted Therapy
Clinical Science Symposium
This session reviewed a number of Abstracts.
Abstract 5509 - Sex hormone, Insulin and insulin-like growth factors in High stage endometrial cancers
Drs Huang, Bae-Jump


Abstract 5010 - Phase 2 trial ribociclib and letrozole in ER positive ovarian and endometrial cancers Drs  Colon-Otero and Mackay


Abstract 5011 - Phase 2 avelumab plus entinostat or placebo in epithelial ovarian cancer
Drs. Cadoo and Hays



6/2/2019 Wanna Get Away - Continuous treatment vs Treatment Holidays in Gyn Cancers
Dr Buckanovich - Successful Maintenance?

Dr  Oza - Maintenance Standard of Care


 Dr Rustin - Maintenance - Not Ready for Prime Time

Dr. Trent - Sarcoma Perspective

6/2/2019 Gyn Cancers is it Time to Put Away the Knife? 
For this session I did not have a good view of the screen so here are the high points from my notes.

Dr. Duska  - Adv OC -Time to Put Away the Knife?
NACT ( Neoadjuvent chemotherapy) is a viable option for a certain population of patients with ovarian cancer

Dr Pfisterer  We need a sharper smarter knife
Residual Tumor is an independent prognostic indicator. The Goal is R0 ( no visible disease left) . What prevents R0 . Factors that influence R0 are Inoperability (sugery not tolerated), Insufficiency (surgeon not capable of performing surgery . Patient survival better when surgery is done by a gyn onc.) Irresectability ( surgery not possible due to location of tumor.)

Dr Ramirez Has Laparoscopy Sung its Final Song in Cervix Cancer
Reported on LACC Study (https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1806395)  Study found that radical hysterectomy by MIS (minimally invasive survery ) lead to lower rates of disease free survival compared to open hysterectomy.

Dr Boggess - There is still a Role of MIS in Cervical Cancer 

6/3/2019 The More Things Change the Ovarian Cancer Edition
Monk - Is It Time to Change Upfront Chemotherapy For Ovarian Cancer

Dr Randall HIPEC: Standard of Care or Hype



Dr. Grisham - Low Grade Ovarian Carcinoma: Fitting the Square Peg in the Round Hold



 Tomorrow  I will share information from sessions dealing with communication ( Tweets Chats & Posts and Navigating a New Cancer Diagnosis).


Dee
Every Day is a Blessing!

Monday, June 5, 2017

#ASCO17 Twitter Highlights

I was not able to attend this year's ASCO Annual Meeting in Chicago so instead I followed the latest oncology news from the meeting via Twitter (#ASCO17).  I appreciate all the attendees who used the #gyncsm hashtag too.

Below find the tweets I found most interesting in the areas of gynecologic cancers, social media and survivorship.

Let's start first with how to read cancer related news:
Patient Reported Outcomes Leads to Improved survival
Impact of HPV vaccinations:

PD-1 Pathways in Gynecologic Cancers: 


Progress in High Grade Serous Ovarian Cancer:

Liquid Biopsy

Parp Inhibitors in Ovarian Cancer:

Resection of Recurrent OC:

ICON6:
"ICON6 is designed to evaluate the safety and efficacy of platinum-based chemotherapy in combination with cediranib in women with platinum-sensitive relapsed ovarian cancer . Cediranib is an oral targeted small molecule inhibitor of a key signalling molecule Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF) which is an oral inhibitor of tyrosine kinase (TK) activity and acts through blockade of the TK receptor. Cediranib (AZD2171)" source :http://www.icon6.org/


OC risk reduction w/ BRCA mutation:


BRCA testing - ovarian cancer:


Endometrial Cancer and Genetic Testing:
Homologous Recombination Deficiency:

Germline Testing:

Abstract 1524 http://abstracts.asco.org/199/AbstView_199_187114.html

from this study https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3048908/

Immunotherapy:

Screening for OC:


Fallopian Tube /Ovarian Cancer:

Based on this study: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3048908/

Social Media:

session description- https://iplanner.asco.org/am2017/#/session/12030
 
Li-Fraumeni Syndrome:

Cost of Care:


I hope I'll get the opportunity to report live from ASCO 2018.

Dee
Every Day is a Blessing!