Breast Cancer

Rena D. Callahan, MD, assistant clinical professor of medicine, University of California, Los Angeles Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, discusses the use of endocrine therapy in patients with estrogen receptor (ER)-positive breast cancer.

Aashini Master, DO, assistant clinical professor, Division of Hematology/Oncology, University of California, Los Angeles Medical Center, discusses the WINS and WHEL trials in patients with breast cancer.

Maggie DiNome, MD, associate professor of surgery, University of California, Los Angeles Medical Center, discusses the evolution of surgical approaches in patients with breast cancer.

Nadine M. Tung, MD, discusses the role of PARP inhibitors for patients with BRCA-positive breast cancer and the importance of genetic testing.

Women with HER2-negative metastatic breast cancer associated with a germline BRCA mutation may have a slight survival advantage with a PARP inhibitor instead of chemotherapy.

Laura M. Freedman, MD, discusses the impact of the updated NCCN guidelines on clinical applications of radiation therapy in patients with breast cancer.

Ruta D. Rao, MD, elaborates on the findings of the ABCSG-16, SOFT, and TEXT clinical trials and how they have shaped adjuvant treatment for ER-positive breast cancer.

Kimberly L. Blackwell, MD, medical oncologist, Duke Cancer Institute, discusses the treatment of young women with breast cancer.

Frances Valdes-Albini, MD, assistant professor of clinical medicine, Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami Health System, discusses the FDA approval of adjuvant pertuzumab (Perjeta) in patients with HER2-positive breast cancer.

Anees B. Chagpar, MD, FACS, associate professor, Department of Surgery, Yale School of Medicine, assistant director, Global Oncology, Yale Comprehensive Cancer Center, discusses surgery of the primary tumor in the metastatic setting of breast cancer.

Eleftherios (Terry) P. Mamounas, MD, medical director of the Comprehensive Breast Program at the University of Florida Health Cancer Center, discusses the management of neoadjuvant chemotherapy for patients with breast cancer.

Reshma L. Mahtani, DO, assistant professor of clinical medicine, Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, discusses side effects of ovarian suppression in patients with breast cancer.

Heather Han, MD, discusses emerging approaches for combating endocrine resistance in patients with ER-positive breast cancer.

An analysis of clinical characteristics, gene expression, and 21-gene Breast Recurrence Score results identified distinctive biologic features of breast cancer in men.

Susan Domchek, MD, director of the Basser Center for BRCA at Penn Medicine, discusses areas of investigation in breast cancer.

A panel of experts discusses the role of BRCA1/2 mutation testing and how and when to incorporate PARP inhibitors into the care of patients with BRCA-positive TNBC.

The European Medicines Agency has accepted a marketing authorization application for olaparib to treat women with BRCA-mutated, HER2-negative metastatic breast cancer who previously received chemotherapy in the neoadjuvant, adjuvant, or metastatic setting.

Jean-Bernard Durand, MD, professor in the Department of Cardiology at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, discusses advice for community oncologists on managing patients that are experiencing symptoms from treatment for HER2-positive breast cancer.

A novel inhibitor that targets the AKT node in the PI3K pathway may offer a treatment option in cases of resistance to chemotherapy in 2 patient populations: triple-negative breast cancer or ER-positive/HER2-negative breast cancer with certain molecular aberrations.

Mark D. Pegram, MD, Susy Yuan-Huey Hung Professor, co-director, Stanford’s Molecular Therapeutics Program, director, Breast Cancer Oncology Program, Stanford Women’s Cancer Center, discusses developing agents for patients with HER2-positive breast cancer who have brain metastases.

Hung T. Khong, MD, medical oncologist, Moffitt Cancer Center, discusses the use of neoadjuvant endocrine therapy.

Heather S. Han, MD, research director, medical oncologist, Department of Breast Oncology, Moffitt Cancer Center, discusses the differences between CDK 4/6 inhibitors, and their efficacy as both single- and combination agents.