Late-breaking ESMO 2026 data show PFS gains with 3 antibody-drug conjugates, a 6-year OS benefit with adjuvant ribociclib, and no OS gain with pembrolizumab.
|Videos|June 6, 2017
Updated Results of the MONALEESA-2 Trial in HR+/HER2- Breast Cancer
Author(s)Sunil Verma, MD
Sunil Verma, MD, department head, Clinical Department of Oncology, Calgary Zone, medical director, Tom Baker Cancer Centre, discusses updated results of the phase III MONALEESA-2 trial of first-line ribociclib plus letrozole in hormone receptor-positive, HER2-negative advanced breast cancer during the 2017 ASCO Annual Meeting.
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Sunil Verma, MD, department head, Clinical Department of Oncology, Calgary Zone, medical director, Tom Baker Cancer Centre, discusses updated results of the phase III MONALEESA-2 trial of first-line ribociclib (Kisqali) plus letrozole (Femara) in hormone receptor-positive, HER2-negative advanced breast cancer during the 2017 ASCO Annual Meeting.
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