Experts across Europe are sharing resources and know-how to improve the access of people with rare gynecological cancers to novel treatments and clinical trials.
FLORENCE, Italy — Cross-border tumor boards of Europe an experts have been meeting virtually to discuss the treatment of patients with rare and complex gynecological cancers . The effort has resulted in new treatment recommendations and improved access to clinical trials, according to a 6-year study that was presented here at the
Most patients presented with rare epithelial ovarian tumors , malignant ovarian germ cell tumors , and gestational trophoblastic tumors . Other cancers discussed included rare uterine, rare cervical, and sex cord-stromal cancers. Half the cases involved relapse and disease progression discussions, while 40% involved primary treatment discussions.
At 1-year follow-up, 46% of patients were alive and without disease, 34% still had the disease, and 12% had died, while follow-up data were missing for the remaining 8% of patients.
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