CURE® Women's Cancers 2021 Special Issue

Doctors and survivors urge women to consider the future both before and after receiving a cancer diagnosis.

Although COVID-19 has shaken our lives in so many ways, it’s important to keep our health one of our top priorities while also staying safe. We must find widely acceptable ways to screen for cancer in this new era so that we don’t turn the clock back on the gains we have made in the past few decades.

The phase 3 ARIEL4 trial evaluated Rubraca (rucaparib) versus chemotherapy in patients with ovarian cancer and a BRCA mutation who did not respond to two or more lines of chemotherapy.

A three-time cancer survivor discusses the importance of genetic testing, listening to your body and teaching family members about your experiences to potentially protect them from future cancers.

Fertility treatments led to a cancer diagnosis but also opened the door to adoption and a new view on life.

The HPV vaccine has been shown to help prevent cervical cancer, but what if you didn’t get the vaccine in time to prevent the disease?

Postponing tests or doctor visits during the pandemic may increase women’s risk of cancer.

As more is learned about the biology of endometrial cancer, new treatment possibilities emerge.

How should fertility preservation be addressed in patients who may not be thinking about having children yet?

Although most patients reported satisfaction after undergoing a mastectomy without breast reconstruction surgery, 20.7% of women felt that their surgeon was not supportive of their decision to do so.

Patents with HER2-positive breast cancer had a similar rate of overall survival with Perjeta plus chemotherapy and trastuzumab compared with placebo plus chemotherapy and trastuzumab, although longer follow-up is needed to determine whether a benefit exists in that area.

Women who underwent radiation after cancer surgery had improved distant metastases-free survival rates, although this benefit was not evident in overall survival.

In an interview with CURE®, the “Felicity” and “Scandal” actor spoke about his experience as a caregiver to his mother, and why women should not just watch and wait for their ovarian cancer to recur.

Women with ovarian cancer report a better quality of life when treated with a combination of Keytruda, Avastin and oral metronomic cyclophosphamide.

This study also found that women with higher waist circumferences had a higher risk for cancer-related and all-cause death compared with those with lower waist circumferences.