Breast Cancer

Phase 2 data support the use of fuzuloparib with or without apatinib in HER2-negative metastatic breast cancer harboring BRCA1/2 germline mutations.

Findings suggest that patients with breast cancer and consistently negative circulating tumor DNA tests tend to have improved clinical outcomes.

Biennial screening mammography is recommended for those who are 40 to 74 years old rather than individualizing screening decisions in this age group.

Patients with overexpressing breast and gastric cancers may now receive trastuzumab-strf, which has been approved by the FDA.

Findings from the phase 3 DESTINY-Breast06 trial will be presented at a future medical meeting and shared with regulatory authorities.

Further research may validate identified biomarkers and refine patient selection criteria for pembrolizumab therapy in breast cancer.

Roshni Rao, MD, FACS, discussed the use of neoadjuvant chemoimmunotherapy and its complications in the treatment of patients with triple-negative breast cancer.

DCISionRT is a risk-assessment test for patients designed to predict RT benefit and develop their recurrence risk after surgery alone or with radiation.