What is the preferred second line agent for a woman with metastatic vulvar cancer who has progressed on carboplatin/paclitaxel?
She has metastatic disease beyond the pelvis (lungs).
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Medical Oncology · University of Florida College of Medicine
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There is not one preferred second line agent for women with metastatic vulvar cancer who have progressed on carboplatin/paclitaxel. My preference is to put those patients on clinical trial, if possible. Next generation sequencing of the tumor could guide placement into a trial (such as MATCH or TAPU...
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Medical Oncology · Johns Hopkins University/Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center
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We generally extrapolate treatment of vulvar carcinoma from data on cervical cancer as both are lower genital tract HPV-associated cancers. Vulvar cancer is rare enough that randomized trials and even single arm phase II trials have not typically been done. Thus, I usually add bevacizumab to initial...
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