Dr. Peter Beitsch on the Benefits of Grouping Patients With Breast Cancer by Subtype for Trials

Accurately stratifying hormone receptor–positive, HER2-negative breast cancer using BluePrint and MammaPrint assays demonstrated comparable 3-year recurrence-free survival rates between Black and White patients despite disparities in the distribution of molecular subtypes.

In season 3, episode 3 of Targeted Talks, William J. Gradishar, MD, discusses the latest version of the NCCN Clinical Practice Guideline for managing early-stage breast cancer.

Adding pembrolizumab to neoadjuvant chemotherapy followed by adjuvant pembrolizumab with endocrine therapy demonstrated improvements pathologic complete responses in key subsets of patients with early-stage, high-risk, estrogen receptor–positive/HER2-negative breast cancer.

In season 1, episode 3 of Targeted Talks, the importance of precision medicine in breast cancer, and how that vitally differs in community oncology compared with academic settings, is the topic of discussion.

Patients with hormone receptor-positive, HER2-negative, node-positive, high-risk early breast cancer given abemaciclib for 2 years in addition to endocrine therapy demonstrated an association between ctDNA positivity and disease recurrence.

Patient-reported outcomes of the CAPItello-291 study of capivasertib plus fulvestrant showed a positive benefit-risk profile for the combination in patients with HR-positive, HER2-negative advanced breast cancer.