BREAST CANCER

During a Targeted Oncology™ Case-Based Roundtable™ event, William J. Gradishar, MD, discussed dosing and toxicity considerations related to elacestrant in metastatic breast cancer with participants.

The FDA has approved capivasertib with fulvestrant for adult patients with hormone receptor-positive, HER2-negative, locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer harboring 1 or more PIK3CA, AKT1, or PTEN alterations.

In 2 separate, live virtual Case-Based Roundtable events, physicians from across the country discussed the treatment path from frontline therapy to second-line sacituzumab govitecan for patients with metastatic TNBC.

Following the FDA’s denial of a de novo classification request of ProSense, citing concerns about the choice of comparator group used in the ICE3 trial, IceCure is working to identify a more representative comparator group.

In an interview with Targeted Oncology, Peter Schmid, FRCP, MD, PhD, discussed the implication of findings from the KEYNOTE-522 trial of the addition of pembrolizumab to neoadjuvant chemotherapy in patients with high-risk triple-negative breast cancer.

During a Targeted Oncology™ Case-Based Roundtable™ event, Igor Makhlin, MD, reviewed data from the TROPiCS-02 study of sacituzumab govitecan and the DESTINY-Breast04 study of trastuzumab deruxtecan in patients with metastatic breast cancer.

Findings from the phase 2 AVATAR trial suggest stereotactic ablative body radiotherapy may postpone the use of systemic therapy, offering patients with ER-positive/HER2-negative metastatic breast cancer another option.

In the second article of a 2-part series, Aditya Bardia, MD, MPH, discusses the favorable toxicity profile of sacituzumab govitecan for patients with metastatic breast cancer and how he handles neutropenia through the course of treatment.

In an interview, Funda Meric-Bernstam, MD, discussed the phase 2 DESTINY-PanTumor02 trial and the data on fam-trastuzumab deruxtecan-nxki for the treatment of patients with HER2-expressing cancers.

Rhenium obisbemeda shows potential to address the unmet need of new treatment options for patients with breast cancer and leptomeningeal metastases and will continue to be evaluated in the ReSPECT-LM program.

The primary end point of progression-free survival was met in TROPION-Breast01, a phase 3 study of datopotamab deruxtecan for patients with hormone receptor-positive/HER2-negative breast cancer.

Treatment with datopotamab deruxtecan led to a statistically significant and clinically meaningful improvement in progression-free survival in patients with metastatic hormone receptor-positive breast cancer.

Findings from a recent analysis of the DESTINY-Breast04 trial demonstrate improvement in efficacy when trastuzumab deruxtecan monotherapy is used for patients with HER2-low metastatic breast cancer.

Adding pembrolizumab to chemotherapy reduced the risk for disease recurrence, progression, complications, or death compared with chemotherapy alone in the treatment of triple-negative breast cancer.

Extending abemaciclib with endocrine therapy for 2 years continues to lower the risk of invasive disease and distant relapse in hormone receptor-positive, HER2-negative breast cancer, as demonstrated in the 5-year efficacy findings from the monarchE trial.

During a Targeted Oncology™ Case-Based Roundtable™ event, Laura Huppert, MD, and participants discussed treatment approaches for a patient HR-positive, HER2-negative breast cancer with liver and lung metastases who continues to progress on endocrine therapy and CDK4/6 inhibitors.

In the first article of a 2-part series, Aditya Bardia, MD, MPH, explains how recent survival outcomes with sacituzumab govitecan impressed physicians treating patients with metastatic breast cancer.

During a Targeted Oncology™ Case-Based Roundtable™ event, Reshma L. Mahtani, DO, discussed with other physicians their experience with elacestrant in patients with estrogen receptor–positive, HER2-negative breast cancer. This is the second article based on this event.

At a live virtual event, Jane Lowe Meisel, MD, provided insights into the latest practice updates for patients with hormone receptor–positive, HER2-negative metastatic breast cancer.

A medical oncologist discusses challenges with conducting molecular testing and reviews clinical trials focused on biomarkers for patients with ER+/HER2- metastatic breast cancer.

A review of results from the EMERALD trial investigating elacestrant in patients with ESR1-mutated metastatic breast cancer.

Rebecca A. Shatsky, MD, reviews biomarker testing guideline recommendations for patients with breast cancer and discusses testing practices upon progression.

An expert on breast cancer provides clinical insights on liquid and tissue biopsies for patients with metastatic disease.