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How would you sequence adjuvant chemo-immunotherapy (paclitaxel/carbo/pembro or paclitaxel/carbo/dostarlimab) with EBRT and vaginal cuff brachytherapy in advanced uterine cancer that meets clinical criteria for both EBRT and chemo-IO?

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Radiation Oncology · Abramson Cancer Center, University of Pennsylvania

A common misapplication of RUBY/GY018 is giving IO in patients with non-measurable advanced uterine cancer. Radiation as part of the trial was not included in these studies. The role for chemo-IO vs chemo alone (with or without radiation) for high risk non-measurable uterine cancer was tested in GOG...

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Gynecologic Oncology · University of Alabama at Birmingham

I would not give EBRT to a patient that meets the criteria for chemo-IO. There is evidence to show this could potentially decrease the TME immune cell population as well as disrupt lymphatic channels, thereby decreasing the effectiveness of IO. A recent molecular analysis (presented at SGO 2024, Cle...

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