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Patient-Focused Webinar On Paclitaxel/Carboplatin

The Foundation for Women's Cancer (FWC) hosted a webinar on Oct. 24 titled, You Got This: Getting Prepared for Paclitaxel/Carboplatin Chemotherapy. This patient-focused webinar covered how these chemotherapy drugs work; what to expect on the first day of treatment and their progress; tips and strategies to help prepare for chemotherapy treatment; and the onset and duration of side effects, and when to call their doctor. Speakers included Judith A. Smith, PharmD, BCOP, CPHQ, FCCP, FISOPP; Rebecca A. Brooks, MD and Kim Hurley—an ovarian cancer survivor whose paclitaxel/carboplatin chemotherapy treatment lasted for seven months. Click here to watch.

FDA grants priority review to olaparib for maintenance therapy of BRCA-positive ovarian cancer

The FDA granted priority review to a supplemental new drug application that seeks approval of olaparib tablets for maintenance therapy of women with newly diagnosed BRCA-mutated advanced ovarian cancer. The designation applies to use of the agent for women who are in complete or partial response after first-line standard platinum-based chemotherapy. The FDA is expected to make a decision on the application in the first quarter of 2019. Click here to read more.

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