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In the final analysis of the phase III ICON8* study, a weekly dose-dense chemotherapy (CT) regimen comprising paclitaxel and carboplatin did not improve survival outcomes in women with epithelial ovarian cancer** compared with the standard first-line (1L) paclitaxel-carboplatin regimen given once every 3 weeks (Q3W).

Use of pembrolizumab helps maintain or improve health-related quality of life in patients with previously treated, advanced endometrial cancer characterized by high levels of microsatellite instability (MSI) or deficient mismatch repair (MSI-H/dMMR), according to data from the phase II KEYNOTE-158 study.

In the treatment of COVID-19 inpatients, intravenous administration of dexamethasone leads to a shorter hospital stay compared with methylprednisolone, according to a study.

Treatment with cetuximab plus cisplatin 30 mg/m2 and radiotherapy appears safe and well tolerated in women with cervical carcinoma, a study has shown. In addition, fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography/computed tomography (18F-FDG-PET/CT) has exhibited early evidence of response to neoadjuvant cetuximab.

Upfront autologous stem cell transplantation (ASCT) plus lenalidomide, bortezomib, and dexamethasone (RVd) significantly improves progression-free survival (PFS) in patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma (NDMM), results of the phase III DETERMINATION trial showed.