According to a study recently published in JAMA Network Open, a high proportion of older adults with average cancer risk are overscreened for colorectal, cervical, and breast cancers after surpassing specified upper age limits recommended by the US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF). In this interview, Jennifer L. Moss, PhD, first author of the study, discusses the significance of these findings, explains the risks of overscreening, and shares advice for reducing overscreening among older a...

Overscreening for colorectal, cervical, and breast cancer is prevalent among older adults in the United States, according to the results of a new study. While routine cancer screening for adults with average cancer risk is recommended by the US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF), it is recommended that screening be discontinued once individuals reach a specified upper age limit, defined as age 75 for colorectal cancer, age 65 for cervical cancer, and age 74 for breast cancer. However, many ...

Last weekend, in the 2020 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Virtual Scientific Program, Andrés Poveda, MD, presented results of the phase 3 SOLO2/ENGOT Ov-21 trial, reporting that olaparib significantly increased median overall survival compared with placebo in patients with platinum-sensitive BRCA-mutated relapsed ovarian cancer. In this interview with i3 Health, Dr. Poveda, Executive Co-Director of Initia Oncology in Valencia, Spain, discusses the significance of the trial's results...

In patients with platinum-sensitive BRCA-mutated relapsed ovarian cancer, olaparib maintenance therapy significantly increased median overall survival compared with placebo, according to results of the final analysis of the phase 3 SOLO2/ENGOT Ov-21 trial to be presented this coming weekend in the 2020 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Virtual Scientific Program. The trial enrolled 295 patients with BRCA-mutated relapsed ovarian cancer who were previously treated with at least two lin...

Olaparib (Lynparza®, AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals, LP), in combination with bevacizumab (Avastsin®, Genentech), is now FDA approved as first-line maintenance treatment for adult patients with advanced epithelial ovarian, fallopian tube, or primary peritoneal cancer who have had a complete or partial response to first-line platinum-based chemotherapy. Patients must also have cancer that is associated with homologous recombination deficiency (HRD)-positive status defined by either a deleterious or ...