Gynecologic cancers in 2025: a year in review. (PubMed, Int J Gynecol Cancer)
In advanced ovarian cancer, TRUST re-examined surgical timing, supporting primary cytoreduction in selected resectable patients, whereas ICON8B suggested that weekly paclitaxel with carboplatin and bevacizumab may improve outcomes in high-risk disease. Platinum-resistant ovarian cancer saw the most disruptive progress: mirvetuximab soravtansine validated folate receptor-α as a therapeutic target, with overall survival benefit in high-expressing tumors; trastuzumab deruxtecan expanded actionable HER2 disease, with greatest activity in tumors rated 3+ by immunohistochemistry; and combination strategies, including relacorilant plus nab-paclitaxel and pembrolizumab plus weekly paclitaxel ± bevacizumab, delivered clinically meaningful survival signals, underscoring the need for harmonized biomarker strategies and proactive toxicity mitigation...In cervical cancer, pembrolizumab added to definitive chemoradiotherapy set a new benchmark in locally advanced disease, and ultra-sensitive circulating tumor DNA analyses emerged as a powerful prognostic tool to enable post-treatment risk-adapted strategies. Collectively, the 2025 data set reinforces a "right therapy, right patient, right time" paradigm and prioritizes confirmatory antibody-drug conjugate trials, resistance biology, and dynamic biomarkers to translate gains into durable, equitable benefit.