
Opinion|Videos|January 23, 2025
Endocrine Sensitivity and the Prognostic and Clinical Implications
Author(s)Katherine Clifton, MD, Shipra Gandhi, MD
Dr. Gandhi and Dr. Clifton explore the prevalence and mechanisms of resistance to first-line endocrine therapy combined with CDK4/6 inhibitors in hormone receptor–positive/HER2-negative (HR+/HER2–) breast cancer.
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Video content above is prompted by the following:
- What proportion of patients with HR+/HER2– breast cancer experience resistance to first-line endocrine therapy plus CDK4/6 inhibitor?
- What are some of the mechanisms of resistance that can emerge following endocrine therapy and CDK4/6 inhibitors in HR+/HER2– breast cancer?
- How you think about endocrine resistance in the post-CDK4/6 setting? What signals—clinical, molecular, or otherwise—influence your treatment sequencing decisions?
- How does treatment resistance after first-line treatment create challenges in selecting second-line therapies?
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