BREAST CANCER

Superior efficacy at 12 weeks was seen with the frontline combination of abemaciclib and endocrine therapy vs standard chemotherapy in patients with advanced breast cancer.

In KEYNOTE-522, treatment with neoadjuvant pembrolizumab and chemotherapy, followed by adjuvant pembrolizumab, led to improvements in overall survival among patients with triple-negative breast cancer.

In a phase 2 trial, datopotamab deruxtecan plus durvalumab achieved a 50% overall pathologic complete response rate in patients with high-risk HER2-negative breast cancer.

Breast cancer diagnostics, therapeutics, and biomarker-driven therapy will be important focal points during the 22nd Annual School of Breast Oncology conference.

During a Case-Based Roundtable® event, Ian Krop, MD, PhD, and event participants discussed how different types of metastases and treatment toxicity would affect therapy given to patients with triple-positive breast cancer in the second article of a 2-part series.

The phase 3 study will investigate fezolinetant for vasomotor symptoms in patients receiving adjuvant endocrine therapy.

During a Case-Based Roundtable® event, Ian Krop, MD, PhD, discussed the use of chemotherapy in patients with HER2- and hormone receptor–positive metastatic breast cancer in combination with trastuzumab.

During a Case-Based Roundtable® event, Reshma Mahtani, DO, discussed the importance of data from the TROPiCS-02 and TROPION-Breast01 trials of antibody-drug conjugates in patients with hormone receptor positive metastatic breast cancer.

Yeon Hee Park, MD, discusses the unmet needs in among premenopausal patients with metastatic breast cancer.

In an interview with Targeted Oncology, Hope S. Rugo, MD, FASCO, discussed data from the ELEVATE trial of elacestrant combinations in ER-positive/HER2-negative metastatic breast cancer.

The FDA has lifted the partial clinical hold on the phase 1 YL202-INT-101-01 trial, allowing enrollment to resume in the US for patients with advanced NSCLC harboring EGFR mutations and HR-positive/HER2-negative breast cancer.

Laura Huppert, MD, discusses a real-world study looking at the implications for using sequential ADCs in patients with breast cancer.

At the ASCO Annual Meeting, Asal Pilehvari, PhD, and colleagues presented a study evaluating the financial benefit of adding a CDK 4/6 inhibitor to hormone therapy for women with metastatic estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer in community settings.

Ali Duffens, MD, discusses the relative effectiveness of different detection modalities in identifying breast cancer recurrences.

Dr. Tarantino provides final thoughts, highlighting unmet needs and future directions in early HER2+ breast cancer on Precision Medicine in Oncology.

Dr. Tarantino discuss the integration of recent trial data into post-neoadjuvant treatment strategies, comparing adjuvant T-DM1 with pertuzumab plus trastuzumab.

Dr. Tarantino summarize the trial's design comparing adjuvant T-DM1 versus trastuzumab for residual invasive disease post-neoadjuvant therapy. Discussions include efficacy comparisons, recent 5-year OS analysis results, and the significant IDFS benefits observed with T-DM1 over an 8+ year follow-up period.

Dr. Tarantino discuss long-term safety and efficacy findings from the APHINITY trial's 8-year follow-up with pertuzumab, and insights from the NeoSphere study's impact on treatment strategies based on efficacy and safety data.

Paolo Tarantino, MD, discusses risk factors in early breast cancer, NCCN guideline-recommended therapies, and the transformative impact of HER2-targeted treatments over the past decade.

Erin E. Hahn, PhD, MPH, discussed the findings and implications of a retrospective study exploring breast cancer surveillance in pre- and post-COVID periods.

Pierfranco Conte, MD, discusses findings and implications of the A-BRAVE study.

A study suggests a PIK3CA mutation and blood tests before and after treatment may predict response to alisertib in HR+/HER2–metastatic breast cancer.

Mridula George, MD, discussed a study investigating ctDNA monitoring during neoadjuvant therapy of breast cancer.

Patients treated with hormone-modulating therapy for breast cancer had a reduced risk of developing Alzheimer disease or dementia compared with patients treated with other agents.