The OncLive Breast Cancer condition center page is a comprehensive resource for clinical news and expert insights on various types of breast cancer, including those that are triple negative, hormone receptor positive, and/or HER2 positive. This page features news articles, interviews in written and video format, and podcasts that focus on treatment advances and ongoing research in breast cancer.
NCCN Guidelines Endorse FES PET for Workup of Recurrent/Metastatic ER+ Breast Cancer
May 25th 2023The National Comprehensive Cancer Network Guidelines now recommend the use of 18F-Fluorestradiol positron emission tomography in certain circumstances during the systemic staging workup for patients with recurrent or metastatic for estrogen receptor–positive breast cancer.
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Ribociclib/Fulvestrant Combo Generates PFS Improvement in Metastatic Breast Cancer
May 23rd 2023Ribociclib plus switch endocrine therapy induced a statistically significant progression-free survival benefit compared with placebo plus switch endocrine therapy in patients with hormone receptor–positive, HER2-negative, metastatic breast cancer.
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China’s NMPA Accepts sNDA for Toripalimab Plus Chemo in Advanced TNBC
May 23rd 2023The National Medical Products Administration has accepted the supplemental new drug application seeking the approval of toripalimab in combination with nab-paclitaxel in patients with untreated metastatic or recurrent triple-negative breast cancer and a PD-L1 combined positive score of at least 1.
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FDA Grants Priority Review to Lumisight Optical Imaging Agent for Breast Cancer Detection
May 23rd 2023The FDA has granted priority review to a new drug application seeking the approval of the optical imaging agent Lumisight for use in patients with breast cancer, according to an announcement from Lumicell, Inc.
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Adjuvant Abemaciclib Provides Survival Benefit in Chinese Breast Cancer Population
May 18th 2023Abemaciclib plus endocrine therapy delivered sustained survival benefits with a tolerable safety profile when used as adjuvant treatment in Chinese patients with high-risk, hormone receptor–positive, HER2-negative early breast cancer.
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Elacestrant Highlights Promise of Oral SERDs in HR+/HER2– Metastatic Breast Cancer
May 18th 2023Antoinette R. Tan, MD, MHSc, discussed the promise of oral SERDs as they continue to be developed for the treatment of patients with ER-positive, HER2-negative breast cancer, factors that inform treatment decisions following disease progression on a CDK4/6 inhibitor, and the growing role of antibody-drug conjugates across the breast cancer spectrum.
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Lida A. Mina, MD, discusses the evolving role of ADCs across breast cancer subtypes, current data on the use of CDK4/6 inhibitors in HR-positive, HER2-negative breast cancer, and the increased use of genomic testing and NGS to improve the sequencing of agents in triple-negative breast cancer.
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Capivasertib plus fulvestrant provided a clinically meaningful improvement in progression-free survival over fulvestrant alone in patients with hormone receptor–positive advanced breast cancer, including those who previously received a CDK4/6 inhibitor, chemotherapy in the advanced setting, or had baseline liver metastases.
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OP-1250 Plus Palbociclib Demonstrates Activity, Safety in HR+/HER2– Metastatic Breast Cancer
May 14th 2023The combination of OP-1250 and palbociclib produced a tolerable safety profile and elicited tumor responses and disease stabilization in patients with hormone receptor–positive, HER2-negative metastatic breast cancer.
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The frontline combination of ribociclib and letrozole significantly prolonged overall survival over letrozole alone in a subset of patients with hormone receptor–positive, HER2-negative advanced breast cancer who had de novo metastatic disease or late recurrence from neoadjuvant therapy, according to data from an exploratory analysis of the phase 3 MONALEESA-2 trial.
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Neoadjuvant Atezolizumab Plus Chemotherapy Numerically Improves Survival in Early TNBC
May 12th 2023The addition of atezolizumab to neoadjuvant chemotherapy generated numerical improvements in event-free survival, disease-free survival, and overall survival compared with chemotherapy plus placebo in patients with early-stage triple-negative breast cancer.
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Sacituzumab govitecan-hziy produced comparable efficacy outcomes for patients with metastatic triple-negative breast cancer who had a higher incidence of grade 2 or 3 diarrhea and neutropenia vs patients in the overall population, according to a post hoc analysis of the phase 3 ASCENT trial presented at the 2023 ESMO Breast Cancer Annual Congress.
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Fam-trastuzumab deruxtecan-nxki was associated with better efficacy outcomes compared with treatment of physician’s choice in patients with HER2-low, estrogen receptor-low metastatic breast cancer, according to findings from a subgroup analysis of the phase 3 DESTINY-Breast04 study.
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Trilaciclib Prior to Sacituzumab Govitecan Shows Early Potential in Metastatic TNBC
May 12th 2023Administration of trilaciclib followed by sacituzumab govitecan showed early signals of efficacy and may reduce the incidence of adverse effects in heavily pretreated patients with unresectable locally advanced or metastatic triple-negative breast cancer, according to preliminary results from a phase 2 study.
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