Breast Cancer

Latest News


Latest Videos


CME Content


More News

In the first 11 months following the FDA approval of the CDK4/6 inhibitor abemaciclib as a single agent and in combination with endocrine therapy for the treatment of hormone receptor-positive, HER2-negative metastatic breast cancer, it is being used heterogeneously, including in patients with characteristics indicative of worse prognosis.

Tiffany A. Traina, MD, medical oncologist, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, discusses the FDA approval of fam-trastuzumab deruxtecan-nxki (Enhertu; DS-8201) for patients with HER2-positive, locally advanced, or metastatic breast cancer who have been treated with trastuzumab (Herceptin) and pertuzumab (Perjeta) and have disease progression after ado-trastuzumab emtansine (T-DM1; Kadcyla).