Pignata, S. (S.)

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    Chemotherapy-free treatments: are we ready for prime time?
    (Elsevier BV, 2019) Lorusso, D. (D.); González-Martín, A. (Antonio); Pignata, S. (S.)
    Epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) is most frequently diagnosed at an advanced stage and, despite high response rates to initial taxane-platinum-based chemotherapy, more than 70% of patients will develop recurrent disease and will receive several chemotherapy treatments. At present, the 5-year overall survival (OS) for women diagnosed with stage III–IV disease is 46% and patients with genetic impairments of DNA repair pathways [BRCA mutations and in general homologous recombination deficiency (HRD)] live longer and possibly will receive even more lines of chemotherapy.