Kongressbericht der 45.Jahrestagung der American society of clinical oncology, orlando 29.5.2.6.2009

Translated title of the contribution: Conference report of the 45th annual meeting of the American society of clinical oncology, orlando, may 29June 2, 2009

K. Schwedler*, L. Hanker, A. Rody, M. Kaufmann

*Corresponding author for this work

Abstract

At the recent ASCO there was a trend towards more individualized cancer therapies. Various presentations and subgroup analyses of larger trials focused on specific questions of adjuvant therapies, such as the influence of the CYP2D6 inhibitor on tamoxifen treatment, which could not be clarified because of 2 discrepant study results. In the palliative treatment of breast cancer, the Ribbon-1 trial demonstrated an improvement of PFS when bevacizumab was added to an anthracycline or capecitabine in first-line treatment. PARP inhibitors were among the most interesting and novel targeted therapies and have shown very promising response rates in the treatment of triple negative or BRCA-associated breast cancer in the metastatic setting. The standard of care for the treatment of epithelial ovarian cancer is a combination of paclitaxel and carboplatine. An increase in efficacy by adding a third non-cross resistant drug could not be shown in the trial OVAR-9. The MRC OV05/EORTC 55955 trial showed that there is no survival benefit from routine CA125 measurements during the follow-up of patients after primary therapy. In the setting of recurrent ovarian cancer the TOWER and CALYPSO trials tried to find more effective chemotherapies with fewer side effects. The CALYPSO trial found a new combination of PLD and carboplatin to be safe and effective in the treatment of platinum-sensitive recurrence. For cervical cancer, a phase III trial showed an improvement through the concurrent and adjuvant administration of gemcitabine in addition to current standard therapy. There was a longer survival period but also a much higher toxicity. A more personalized cancer therapy approach could be shown in the setting of endometrial cancer. A phase II trial showed a good efficacy and tolerability of fulvestrant in receptor positive patients. The GOG 179 study dealing with vulvar cancer confirmed that the sentinel lymph node procedure is feasible and safe in well selected patients.

Translated title of the contributionConference report of the 45th annual meeting of the American society of clinical oncology, orlando, may 29June 2, 2009
Original languageGerman
JournalGeburtshilfe und Frauenheilkunde
Volume69
Issue number7
Pages (from-to)605-610
Number of pages6
ISSN0016-5751
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2009

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