ESMO Congress: Breast Cancer

Sacituzumab govitecan plus pembrolizumab may maintain quality of life in patients with previously untreated, PD-L1–positive metastatic TNBC.

T-DXd plus pertuzumab generated consistent PFS benefits among HER2+ breast cancer subgroups.

Sara A. Hurvitz, MD, FACP, shares 5-year efficacy updates from the phase 3 NATALEE trial in HR-positive HER2-negative breast cancer.

Erica L. Mayer, MD, MPH, discusses primary efficacy outcomes for giredestrant in the phase 3 evERA trial in ER-positive, HER2-negative advanced breast cancer.

Sacituzumab govitecan reduced the risk for disease progression or death by 38% vs chemotherapy in previously untreated, locally advanced, unresectable or metastatic triple-negative breast cancer.

Gedatolisib plus fulvestrant, with or without palbociclib, improved PFS in pretreated, HR-positive, HER2-negative, PIK3CA wild-type advanced breast cancer.

Sac-TMT bested chemotherapy in terms of PFS in previously treated HR+, HER2– metastatic breast cancer.

Neoadjuvant T-DXd followed by THP improved pathological complete response rate in high-risk, HER2-positive early-stage breast cancer.

T-DXd significantly improved IDFS vs T-DM1 in high-risk, HER2-positive primary breast cancer with residual invasive disease after neoadjuvant therapy.

Adjuvant ribociclib plus an aromatase inhibitor was safe and displayed long-term efficacy in hormone receptor–positive, HER2-negative early breast cancer.

The addition of adjuvant abemaciclib to endocrine therapy provided an OS benefit vs endocrine therapy alone in hormone receptor–positive breast cancer.

Breast cancer experts vote on their most anticipated abstracts on social media ahead of the 2025 ESMO Congress.

Ahead of the 2025 ESMO Congress, breast cancer experts share the most anticipated research being presented during the meeting.

Dual HER2 blockade with trastuzumab plus pertuzumab may serve as an effective option for hormone receptor–positive, HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer.

Patients with HR-positive breast cancer who conceived during a break from endocrine therapy found breastfeeding feasible and safe.

Elacestrant plus abemaciclib demonstrated clinical activity and manageable safety in pretreated ER+/HER2– metastatic breast cancer.

Frontline abemaciclib plus ET demonstrated a superior ORR vs chemotherapy in HR+/HER2– advanced breast cancer with aggressive disease characteristics.

Adding ribociclib to a NSAI in the adjuvant setting prolonged invasive and distant disease-free survival in HR-positive, HER2-negative early breast cancer.

T-DXd improved time to deterioration for pain and other subscores, with no decline in overall QOL in HER2 low/ultralow breast cancer.

Neoadjuvant pembrolizumab plus chemotherapy, followed by adjuvant pembrolizumab, improved overall survival in triple-negative breast cancer.

Neoadjuvant endocrine therapy or paclitaxel combined with trastuzumab and pertuzumab achieved notable survival benefits in HR-positive, HER2-positive early breast cancer.

Tumor infiltrating lymphocytes may have prognostic utility for OS outcomes with adjuvant chemotherapy and trastuzumab in early HER2-positive breast cancer.

Response predictive subtype–guided treatment identified patient cohorts with breast cancer that were more likely to achieve pCR with Dato-DXd plus durvalumab.

Nancy U. Lin, MD, discusses the DESTINY-Breast12 trial of T-DXd in patients with HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer with or without brain metastases.

T-DXd showcased overall and intracranial activity in patients with HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer with stable and active brain metastases.

Heather Lynn McArthur, MD, MPH, discusses the primary results from the phase 3 KEYNOTE-756 study of neoadjuvant pembrolizumab plus chemotherapy in early-stage, high-risk, estrogen receptor–positive, HER2-negative breast cancer.

Datopotamab deruxtecan elicited a statistically significant and clinically meaningful improvement in progression-free survival vs chemotherapy for patients with hormone receptor-positive, HER2-low or -negative, metastatic breast cancer.