SABCS Highlights
By Phoebe Starr
News you can use from the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium. Read More ›
By Wayne Kuznar
San Antonio—Using fertility preservation and/or assisted reproductive technologies (ART) did not adversely impact 3-year cancer recurrence rates among patients with hormone receptor (HR)–positive breast cancer who paused endocrine therapy to become pregnant. Read More ›
By Phoebe Starr
Adjuvant ado-trastuzumab emtansine (T-DM1) continued to improve invasive disease-free survival (IDFS) and overall survival (OS) versus adjuvant trastuzumab in patients with high-risk HER2-positive early breast cancer, according to 7-year follow-up of the phase 3 KATHERINE trial. Read More ›
By Wayne Kuznar
San Antonio—Dual HER2-directed therapy with tucatinib and trastuzumab emtansine (T-DM1) extended progression-free survival (PFS) compared with T-DM1 alone in patients with previously treated, resectable, locally advanced or metastatic HER2-positive breast cancer. Read More ›
By Wayne Kuznar
San Antonio—A 9-month twice weekly structured exercise program improved measures of fatigue and quality of life among patients with metastatic breast cancer, according to a randomized controlled trial presented by Anne M. May, PhD, professor, Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center, Utrecht, The Netherlands, at the 2023 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium. Read More ›
Young women with early-stage, hormone receptor (HR)-positive breast cancer attempting to become pregnant can safely pause endocrine therapy and resume it later, according to initial results from the international POSITIVE trial. Read More ›
By William King
In patients with hormone receptor (HR)-positive, HER2-low or -negative, locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer resistant to aromatase inhibitors, the addition of the investigational first-in-class AKT inhibitor capivasertib (AZD5363) to fulvestrant (Faslodex) led to a statistically significant and clinically meaningful improvement in progression-free survival (PFS) compared with placebo plus fulvestrant. Read More ›
By William King
Patients with hormone receptor (HR)-positive, HER2-negative advanced breast cancer, including those with visceral crises, treated with the CDK4/6 inhibitor ribociclib (Kisqali) plus endocrine therapy had a significantly longer progression-free survival (PFS) and fewer adverse events (AEs) compared with those treated with combination chemotherapy, according to results from the phase 2 RIGHT Choice trial. Read More ›