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Richard T. Penson, MD, and Don S. Dizon, MD, on Ovarian Cancer: SOLO3 Trial on Olaparib vs Chemotherapy in Relapsed Disease

2019 ASCO Annual Meeting

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Don S. Dizon, MD, of the Lifespan Cancer Institute, and Richard T. Penson, MD, of Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, discuss phase III study findings on the PARP inhibitor olaparib, which showed a significantly higher objective response rate vs nonplatinum chemotherapy for patients with ovarian cancer who relapsed, are platinum-sensitive, and have BRCA-mutant disease (Abstract 5506).

 



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