Sunday 24 March 2019

Niraparib extends time without symptoms in ovarian cancer

(HealthDay)—Women with recurrent ovarian cancer who receive the poly ADP ribose polymerase (PARP) inhibitor niraparib as maintenance therapy after treatment have both more time without side effects and significantly longer progression-free survival (PFS) than those on placebo, according to a study presented at the Society of Gynecologic Oncology Annual Meeting on Women's Cancer, held from March 16 to 19 in Honolulu.

* This article was originally published here