San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (SABCS)

Patients with multiple ipsilateral breast cancer might benefit from having a preoperative MRI before proceeding with breast conservation therapy, according to Judy C. Boughey, MD, of Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota.

Results from the phase 3 STIC CTC trial found an improved overall survival when circulating tumor cells were used as a guide in combination with chemotherapy or endocrine therapy in patients with hormone receptor–positive/HER2-negative breast cancer.

Patients with estrogen receptor–positive, HER2-negative metastatic breast cancer did not derive further benefit when palbociclib was added to fulvestrant.

Patients with ER-positive/HER2-negative metastatic breast cancer had improved progression-free survival when treated with elacestrant compared with standard of endocrine therapy.

Results from the real-world analysis of the phase 2 HER2CLIMB trial showed a good safety profile with the tucatinib triplet regimen in patients with HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer.

ARV-471 monetherapy showed clinical benefit in an expansion cohort of patients with locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer, according to data from the VERITAC trial.

Treatment with a range of camizestrant monotherapy doses resulted in a survival benefit compared with fulvestrant in a post-menopausal patient population diagnosed with estrogen receptor–positive, HER2-negative advanced breast cancer.

Patients with HER2-low or HER2-0 metastatic breast cancer who previously received at least 1 chemotherapy agent garnered similar benefit from eribulin mesylate vs standard physician's choice chemotherapies.

Results from the phase 3 CAPItello-291 trial indicated that the combination of capivasertib plus fulvestrant produced improved progression-free survival in patients who have hormone-receptor–positive/HER2-negative advanced breast cancer.

Trastuzumab deruxtecan improved survival outcomes vs trastuzumab emtasine in patients with HER2-positive breast cancer, according to updated results from the DESTINY-Breast03 trial.

Data from the phase 2 TRIO-US B-12 TALENT trial indicate that fam-trastuzumab deruxtecan-nkxi in the neoadjuvant setting with or without endocrine therapy could be beneficial for patients with hormone receptor–positive, HER2-low breast cancer.

Yoga and conventional exercises also demonstrated long-term improvement in quality of life during treatment for non-metastatic breast cancer, according to results presented at the 2022 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium.

Patients with advanced HER2-positive breast cancer had improved progression-free and overall survival when treated with trastuzumab deruxtecan compared with capecitabin-based treatment, according to recent findings.

Experts believe that use of the Breast Cancer Index test in patients with early-stage, hormone receptor–positive breast cancer who are undergoing treatment with endocrine therapy may help to identify those who could be good candidates for the addition of ovarian function suppression.

The phase RIGHT Choice trial yield a 46% reduction in disease progression when ribociclib was added to endocrine therapy for patients with pre/perimenopausal hormone-receptor–positive/HER2-negative advanced breast cancer.

A racial disparity was determined when the tumor microenvironment of metastasis doorway density was found to be higher in Black women vs White women.

Non-Hispanic Black patients with HR+ breast cancer experienced worse overall outcomes compared with other patient subgroups despite similar recurrence scores, according to a recent analysis of the phase 3 RxPONDER trial.

Everolimus failed to improve survival outcomes when added to adjuvant endocrine therapy in patients with HR+/HER2- breast cancer, according to findings from the phase 3 SWOG S1207 trial.

The prespecified overall survival analysis of the phase 3 monarchE trial when abemaciclib was added to endocrine therapy in patients with hormone receptor–positive, HER2-negative, node-positive early breast cancer.

Pre- and postmenopausal women with breast cancer may experience cognitive impairment with chemotherapy and endocrine therapy, which may return to baseline after 36 months.

Patients with HER2-mutant breast cancer given neratinib combinations saw improved efficacy.

Paolo Tarantino, MD, hosted a Twitter Takeover during the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium where he discussed abstract presentations and key takeaways in a #CNRealTimeReport.

Research from the 2021 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium suggests pathologic complete response and event-free survival were not significantly impacted by race for women with high-risk breast cancer who underwent targeted neoadjuvant chemotherapy.

Patients with gremlin BRCA1/2 mutations and high-risk HER2-negative early breast cancer can have amenable adverse effects after being treated with chemotherapy before utilize olaparib.

Investigators were able to identify breast cancer immunohistochemistry markers including Ki-67, estrogen receptor, and progesterone receptor status utilizing deep learning–based artificial intelligence algorithms

Patients with hormone receptor-positive breast cancer who were treated with samuraciclib plus fulvestrant saw tumor activity.

Circulating tumor DNA should be utilized early to help detect relapse in patients with triple-negative breast cancer.

Second-line fam-trastuzumab deruxtecan-nxki prolonged survival and led to higher responses over ado-trastuzumab emtansine for patients with HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer.

Patients with HER2-positive breast cancer appeared to derive a higher overall survival benefit after being treated with pyrotinib plus capecitabine vs lapatinib plus capecitabine.

Utilizing neratinib or abo-trastuzumab emtansine for patients with HER2-positive early stage breast cancer reduced the risk of distant recurrence.