PARP inhibitor plus chemotherapy improves progression-free survival for advanced ovarian cancer patients
Abstract: LBA3
Researchers from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center reported study results showing that initial treatment with the PARP inhibitor veliparib in combination with chemotherapy significantly increased progression-free survival (PFS) for patients with newly diagnosed, metastatic high-grade serous ovarian cancer, according to the results of the VELIA trial.
The Phase III randomized study, was led...
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