Breast Cancer

Earlier diagnosis and more effective therapeutic options are enabling physicians to deliver better rates of disease control and improved quality of life to patients with hormone receptor–positive, HER2-negative metastatic breast cancer.

Massimo Cristofanilli, MD, discusses the clinical utility of liquid biopsies—specifically focusing on circulating tumor cells and cell-free DNA—and highlights ongoing research in the space.

Denise Yardley, MD, senior investigator, Sarah Cannon Research Institute, discusses the importance of tailoring treatment approaches to the different subtypes of patients with breast cancer.

Komal Jhaveri, MD, discusses the 3 major classes of drugs showing potential in the TNBC pipeline.

Denise A. Yardley, MD, discusses key data presented at the 2018 SABCS and the impact of the SOLAR-1 findings.

Howard A. “Skip” Burris, MD, highlights some of the exciting updates from the 2018 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium and what can be expected in the breast cancer field in the year ahead.

Stephanie L. Graff, MD, director of the Breast Program at the Sarah Cannon Cancer Institute of HCA Midwest Health, and associate director of the Breast Cancer Research Program at Sarah Cannon Research Institute, discusses the use of tamoxifen in the treatment of patients with breast cancer.

Massimo Cristofanilli, MD, professor of medicine (hematology and oncology), Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, discusses using circulating tumor cells to risk stratify patients with advanced breast cancer.

Stephanie L. Graff, MD, discusses the latest updates on escalation and de-escalation of therapy in patients with HR-positive breast cancer.

Susan Domcheck, MD, discusses the updated results of the MEDIOLA trial in patients with germline BRCA-mutated metastatic breast cancer and speaks to the next phase of development with the combination.

Laura J. Esserman, MD, MBA, professor, University of California, San Francisco Helen Diller Comprehensive Cancer Center, 2018 Giant of Cancer Care® for Cancer Diagnostics, discusses the elements of the I-SPY 2 trial in breast cancer.

Kevin Kalinsky, MD, MS, highlights the recent data with alpelisib and CDK4/6 inhibitors, the toxicity differences between the 3 available CDK4/6 agents, and the next steps for both classes of agents.

Joseph A. Sparano, MD, associate director for clinical research, Albert Einstein Cancer Center, Montefiore Medical Center, discusses ways to improve the clinical utility of liquid biopsies in the treatment of patients with breast cancer.

Erika P. Hamilton, MD, discusses the findings from the phase II nextMONARCH 1 study of abemaciclib in HR-positive, HER2-negative advanced breast cancer.

Paula Klein, MD, discusses the research surrounding extended adjuvant therapy in early-stage hormone receptor-positive breast cancer.

Stephen C. Malamud, MD, reflects on the intriguing and practice-changing data presented at the 2018 SABCS.

Meghna Trivedi, MD, highlights 3 classes of agents that are showing promise in patients with metastatic triple-negative breast cancer.

Matthew P. Goetz, MD, chair of the Breast Cancer Disease-Oriented Group and co-leader of the Women’s Cancer Center at the Mayo Clinic, discusses survival data with CDK4/6 inhibitors in patients with hormone receptor-positive breast cancer.

The FDA has issued a complete response letter to Immunomedics regarding its biologics license application for sacituzumab govitecan as a treatment for patients with metastatic triple-negative breast cancer who have received at least 2 prior therapies, citing chemistry, manufacturing, and control matters.

The FDA has issued a letter to healthcare providers that they should monitor patients with a type of peripheral arterial disease who have been treated with vascular balloons that were coated with paclitaxel or stents that release paclitaxel in the femoropopliteal artery in the leg.

Theresa Shao, MD, assistant professor of medicine, hematology and medical oncology, Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai Medical Center, discusses managing toxicities associated with neratinib (Nerlynx) in patients with HER2-positive breast cancer.