Over the last decade, there has been tremendous progress in the treatment of patients with gynecologic cancers with a changing therapy landscape. This summary provides an overview of U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approvals for gynecologic cancers from 2010-2020, totaling 17 new indications. Current FDA thinking on drug development opportunities and regulatory initiatives currently underway is discussed.

Arora S, Narayan P, Ison G, Berman T. U.S. FDA Drug Approvals for Gynecological Malignancies - A Decade in Review. Clinical Cancer Research. 2021 Oct 28; DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-21-2599.

U.S. FDA Drug Approvals for Gynecological Malignancies - A Decade in Review


HPV in Oropharyngeal and Cervical Cancers

Click here to read about cervical cancer and HPV-associated oropharyngeal cancer (OPC). Despite the common etiologic role of HPV in the development of cervical cancer and HPV-associated OPC, great disparity exists between incidence, screening modalities (or lack thereof), treatment, and prevention in these 2 very distinct cohorts. These differences in cervical cancer and HPV-associated OPC and their impact are discussed here.

Berman TA, Schiller JT. Human papillomavirus in cervical cancer and oropharyngeal cancer: One cause, two diseases. Cancer. 2017 Jun 15;123(12):2219-2229. doi: 10.1002/cncr.30588. Epub 2017 Mar 27. PMID: 28346680.


FDA Approval Summary for ovarian cancer maintenance regimen