Sydney Oesch 4/1/25 Sydney Oesch 4/1/25

Gestational Trophoblastic Neoplasia and GTN Chemotherapy

This episode, we discuss gestational trophoblastic neoplasia (GTN), including subtypes, diagnosis, management strategies, and specifics of chemotherapies used.

Sydney Oesch 3/18/25 Sydney Oesch 3/18/25

Vaginal Cancer

In this episode, we discuss the diagnosis and staging, primary treatment algorithms, and treatment of recurrent metastatic vaginal cancers.

Sydney Oesch 3/4/25 Sydney Oesch 3/4/25

Chemotherapy: Biologics

In this episode, we’ll be discussing biologic and other targeted therapies in gyn oncology, including indications and management of toxicities.

Sydney Oesch 2/18/25 Sydney Oesch 2/18/25

Chemotherapy: IO

In this episode, we’ll discuss mechanisms of action, indications for use, and toxicities associated with immunotherapies (Immune Related Adverse Events, IRAE) in gynecologic cancers.

Sydney Oesch 2/4/25 Sydney Oesch 2/4/25

Vulvar Part 3: Paget’s, Melanoma

This is the last of three episodes covering vulvar cancer. In this episode dive into the unique topics of vulvovaginal melanoma and vulvar Paget’s disease. We will review the diagnosis, staging, and treatment guidelines for each.

Sydney Oesch 1/21/25 Sydney Oesch 1/21/25

Vulvar Part 2: Advanced

This is the second of three episodes covering vulvar cancer. In this episode we review the evolution and management of locally advanced vulvar cancer, discuss the utility of chemoradiation versus radiation alone, review the data on systemic therapy and biomarker directed therapies, and explore treatment options for progressive and recurrent vulvar cancer.

Sydney Oesch 1/7/25 Sydney Oesch 1/7/25

Vulvar Part 1: Early Stage

This is the first of three episodes covering vulvovaginal cancer. In this episode we discuss the epidemiology and prognostic markers for vulvar cancer, review the staging of vulvar cancer, and explore the treatment for early stage vulvar cancer.

Sydney Oesch 12/10/24 Sydney Oesch 12/10/24

Radiation: Toxicities

In our second episode on radiation oncology, we review acute and chronic toxicities of therapeutic radiation, with a focus on organ-specific toxicities. We also discuss diagnosis and management of radiation emergencies.

Sydney Oesch 11/26/24 Sydney Oesch 11/26/24

Radiation: The fundamentals

In this episode, we discuss the fundamentals of radiation oncology for the gynecologic oncologist. We’ll review radiation physics and biology, radiation sources, types of administration of radiation in gynecologic cancers, and general principles of dosing and fractionation.

Sydney Oesch 11/12/24 Sydney Oesch 11/12/24

Cervix: Part 3

The third and final part of our series on the Cervix. This episode covers the current standard of care in cervical cancer, including new options for treatment of persistent, metastatic, and recurrent cervical cancer.