Breast Cancer

Findings from the SqeDCIS trial indicated that DCISionRT was predictive of radiotherapy benefit in patients with ductal carcinoma in situ of the breast.

Premenopausal women with hormone receptor-positive, HER2-negative breast cancer saw a survival benefit when treated with adjuvant chemotherapy.

Utilizing aromatase inhibitors compared with tamoxifen reduce recurrence in estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer in patients who were menopausal and received ovarian suppression.

Black patients may have poorer outcomes during breast cancer treatment than White patients.

Research presented at the 2021 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium highlighted survival improvements for postmenopausal women with hormone receptor–positive HER2-negative advanced breast cancer when treated with ribociclib plus letrozole over placebo.

Those with higher Oncotype DX scores may be more likely to complete the recommended 5 years of endocrine therapy for breast cancer.

Pooled efficacy and safety data confirm that patients who self-identify as Black or Hispanic can be safely treated with palbociclib plus endocrine therapy for hormone receptor–positive, HER2-negative advanced breast cancer.

Experts close out their discussion on the management of HER2+ metastatic breast cancer by highlighting their hopes for future treatment strategies.

Centering their conversation on a patient case, experts discuss the sequencing and monitoring of therapy in patients with HER2+ metastatic breast cancer.

Panelists field questions from a live audience regarding the optimal selection of therapy for patients with metastatic breast cancer.

Results of a phase 3 trial presented at 2021 SABCS indicated that entinostat plus exemestane improved progression-free survival for Chinese patients with advanced hormone receptor–positive breast cancer vs placebo.

The latest podcast episode of Oncology Peer Review On-The-Go features a conversation with Tzvia Bader and Karine Perreault on TrialJectory’s platform, which seeks to guide patients with cancer on their treatment journey.

Patients with hormone receptor-positive, HER2-negative early breast cancer did not see a benefit when adjuvant palbociclib was added to standard endocrine therapy.

Patients with previously untreated, locally recurrent, inoperable, or metastatic triple-negative breast cancer derived a statistically significant survival benefit following treatment with pembrolizumab and chemotherapy.

A phase 3 trial analysis found that metformin does not improve invasive disease-free survival or overall survival rates for patients, regardless of hormone receptor status.

Fulvestrant plus palbociclib after aromatase inhibitor plus palbociclib led to improvements in progression-free survival for patients with hormone receptor–positive, HER2-negative metastatic breast cancer.

Elacestrant significantly improved progression-free survival in estrogen receptor–positive HER2-negative metastatic breast cancer.

A pooled analysis found that genomic alterations identified through multigene sequencing led to progression-free survival improvements over maintenance chemotherapy for HER2-negative metastatic breast cancer.

Black women with breast cancer had a 3.5-fold higher rate of lymphedema over 24 months compared with White women.

Treatment with tamoxifen for primary breast cancer may result in increased risk of developing subsequent uterine cancer by activating the PI3K pathway.

Experts discuss the use of trastuzumab-deruxtecan (T-DXd) in clinical practice.

Sara A. Hurvitz, MD, briefly describes the treatment landscape for HER2+ breast cancer and the panelists take an in-depth look at the data from the DESTINY-Breast03 trial.

Olaparib, which was granted priority review by the FDA, has been shown to improve invasive disease-free survival for patients with BRCA-mutated HER2-negative high-risk early breast cancer.

In another patient case, panelists break down third-line therapy options for someone with HER2+ metastatic breast cancer and lung disease.

Moving to optimal treatment approaches in second-line therapy, experts close out a patient case of HER2+ metastatic breast cancer.