Latest Conference Articles

Hope S. Rugo, MD, discusses the latest advancements in the treatment landscape for patients with TNBC and highlights some data from clinical trials presented at the 2019 ESMO Congress.

Andrea V. Barrio, MD, FACS, discusses how the use of neoadjuvant chemotherapy can help de-escalate axillary node dissection in select patients with breast cancer. Dissection can be a morbid procedure with longterm risks of lymphoma, impacting the quality of life for many patients.

In breast cancer, neoadjuvant endocrine therapy shows promise in a variety of areas, including as an excellent testing platform, Ingrid A. Mayer, MD, MSCI, said in a presentation during the 2019 Lynn Sage Breast Cancer Symposium.

In contemporary breast cancer clinical practice, the correlation between achieving a pathologic complete response after neoadjuvant chemotherapy and significantly improved outcomes after chemotherapy has been well established. However, in a discussion at the 2019 Lynn Sage Breast Cancer Symposium, William J. Gradishar, MD, cautioned colleagues that there is more to the story when one looks at long-term data in these patients.

Monica Morrow, MD, discusses the factors that impact the decision to use nipple sparing mastectomy versus conventional mastectomy in patients with breast cancer. The decision to use a nipple sparing approach in patients is dependent on 2 considerations. These relate to the cancer as well as cosmetic appearance of the breast.

Naoto Tada Ueno, MD, PhD, FACP, discusses the diagnosis and treatment of patients with inflammatory breast cancer and highlights the biggest challenges in both diagnosing and treating this patient population.

Tari King, MD, FACS, chief of Breast Surgery, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Brigham Womens Cancer Center, discusses the role of a multidisciplinary team when considering neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) for patients with breast cancer.

Jonathan B. Strauss, MD, MBA, discussed the role of hypofractionated radiotherapy in patients with breast cancer and offered advice on treatment selection.

As more becomes known about the biology of HER2-positive early breast cancer, C. Kent Osborne, MD, says that a multipronged strategy is the best approach regarding de-escalating chemotherapy in this patient population.

Patricia Ganz, MD, discusses the symptoms related to estrogen hormones that can cause more implications for women with breast cancer, including menopausal symptoms such as hot flashes, vaginal dryness, trouble sleeping, and fatigue.

Edward A. Stadtmauer, MD, discusses the use of selinexor in patients with heavily pretreated, relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma.

Clinical guidelines have been necessary to help oncologists stay current in the face of rapidly evolving knowledge in HER2-positive breast cancer.

Kimberly Van Zee, MD, discusses the importance of preventing invasive recurrence in patients with breast cancer at the 21st Annual Lynn Sage Breast Cancer Symposium.

The combination of nivolumab and ipilimumab appears to have durable clinical activity in patients with recurrent or metastatic cervical cancer.

Men who received cabazitaxel (Jevtana) as a third-line systemic agent for metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer had a significant reduction in radiographic disease progression, leading to a significant increase in overall survival.

Nivolumab extended overall survival compared with chemotherapy in patients with previously treated advanced esophageal squamous cell carcinoma.

Pembrolizumab (Keytruda) did not show an improvement in progression-free survival compared with chemotherapy in patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma.

A population of predominantly Chinese women with advanced hormone receptor–positive/HER2-negative breast cancer obtained significant benefits from treatment with the CDK4/6 inhibitor abemaciclib and endocrine therapy.

The first-line combination of atezolizumab (Tecentriq) and chemotherapy led to an improvement in median progression-free survival compared with placebo/chemotherapy in patients with locally advanced or metastatic urothelial carcinoma.

Treatment with ivosidenib reduced the risk of progression or death by 63% compared with placebo for pretreated patients with IDH1-mutant advanced cholangiocarcinoma.

Olaparib improved radiographic progression-free survival compared with physician's choice of abiraterone acetate or enzalutamide in men with heavily pretreated metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer with homologous recombination repair (HRR) gene alterations.

The tumor-agnostic TRK inhibitor larotrectinib (Vitrakvi) demonstrated marked antitumor efficacy, including objective responses that often persisted for years, and a favorable safety profile.

Dennis J. Slamon, MD, PhD, director, Clinical/Translational Research, Revlon/University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Women's Cancer Research Program, Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, UCLA, discusses the overall survival results of the phase III MONALEESA-3 trial in hormone receptor-positive, HER2-negative breast cancer.

Antonio Gonzalez-Martin, MD, co-director, Department of Medical Oncology, Clinica Universidad de Navarra, discusses the results of the phase III PRIMA trial in advanced ovarian cancer.

The highly selective RET inhibitor selpercatinib (formally LOXO-292) demonstrated robust objective response rates for patients with RET-mutant medullary thyroid cancer and in those with other RET fusion-positive thyroid cancer.

An exploratory biomarker substudy of Impassion130 demonstrated clinical activity of atezolizumab (Tecentriq) and nab-paclitaxel (Abraxane) in a subgroup of patients with triple-negative breast cancer who had immune cell PD-L1 expression by the SP142 immunohistochemistry assay, regardless of the site of the tumor sample.

The addition of the CDK4/6 inhibitor abemaciclib (Verzenio) to fulvestrant (Faslodex) led to a median 9.4-month overall survival benefit compared with fulvestrant with placebo in patients with hormone receptor–positive, HER2-negative advanced breast cancer who progressed on prior endocrine therapy.

With follow-up of nearly 2 years, the addition of atezolizumab to first-line carboplatin plus etoposide for the treatment of extensive stage small cell lung cancer continues to demonstrate improved overall survival compared with placebo plus CP/ET.

Adding abemaciclib (Verzenio) and endocrine therapy to trastuzumab (Herceptin) improved progression-free survival in advanced hormone receptor-positive, HER2-positive breast cancer versus trastuzumab and chemotherapy.

The combination of ribociclib and fulvestrant led to an approximate 28% reduction in the risk of death compared with placebo and fulvestrant in postmenopausal patients with hormone receptor–positive, HER2-negative advanced breast cancer.