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An update on current pharmacotherapy for vulvar cancer

Authors :
Giorgio Bogani
Innocenza Palaia
Giorgia Perniola
Federica Tomao
Antonella Giancotti
Daniele Di Mascio
Giuseppe Capalbo
Ludovico Muzii
Pierluigi Benedetti Panici
Violante Di Donato
Source :
Expert opinion on pharmacotherapy.
Publication Year :
2022

Abstract

Limited data on the role of pharmacotherapy for patients with locally advanced, recurrent, or metastatic vulvar cancer are available.This article aims to provide an overview of the current treatment options for patients with vulvar cancer. PubMed (MEDLINE), Embase, CENTRAL, Scopus, and Web of Science databases, as well as ClinicalTrials.gov were searched to review the current evidence as well as future perspectives on the role of pharmacotherapy in patients with vulvar carcinoma.There has been no consensus on the pharmacotherapy for patients with locally advanced, recurrent, or metastatic vulvar cancer. Concurrent platinum-based chemoradiation is the most widely used treatment modality for primary treatment or for neoadjuvant settings. Chemotherapy in metastatic disease is considered a palliative treatment. Anti-EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitors seem to show promising anti-tumor activity in patients harboring EGFR alteration. Similarly, growing evidence supports the adoption of immune checkpoint inhibitors in both neoadjuvant and metastatic settings. Molecular and genomic profiling is advocated to identify target mutations. The

Details

ISSN :
17447666
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Expert opinion on pharmacotherapy
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....471d3285ddefedb74773c3f1a2c42244