Elizabeth Mittendorf, MD, PhD, associate professor, Department of Surgical Oncology, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, discusses an upcoming peptide vaccine to prevent recurrence in patients with breast cancer.
Elizabeth Mittendorf, MD, PhD, associate professor, Department of Surgical Oncology, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, discusses an upcoming peptide vaccine to prevent recurrence in patients with breast cancer. Mittendorf says initially there was the HER2 peptide nelipepimut-S (E75) vaccine (NeuVax) that proved to be immunogenic. She says in a recent study, her and her colleagues combined E75 with GMCSF to help prevent recurrence.
Roundtable Roundup: Adjuvant Therapy for HR+, HER2- Breast Cancer
June 17th 2025In separate, live virtual events, William J. Gradishar, MD; and Tiffany A. Traina, MD, discussed multiple scenarios for a patient with hormone receptor–positive, HER2-negative breast cancer to potentially receive hormonal plus endocrine therapy.
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