Breast Cancer

Adopting a maintenance program of everolimus combined with aromatase inhibitors, outcomes were not improved in patients with metastatic breast cancer who were deemed possible candidates for first-line chemotherapy. Read More ›

Recognition of the common use of chemotherapy and its potential negative impact on quality of life during the final month of life of patients with metastatic breast cancer is essential to efforts to mitigate this practice. Read More ›

Results of a second interim analysis demonstrate real-world outcomes of treatment with ribociclib, a selective CDK4/6 inhibitor in combination with endocrine therapy. Read More ›

The majority of patients with metastatic breast cancer receiving treatment with CDK4/6 inhibitors had progression-free survival, behaving similarly when used as first-line therapy or after adjuvant hormonal therapy. Read More ›

For patients with hormone receptor–positive, HER2-negative metastatic breast cancer, response rates for platinum-based chemotherapy were lower than historically observed in patients with triple-negative breast cancer, associated with poor outcomes. Read More ›

Early locoregional therapy with surgery and radiation does not improve overall survival (OS) in women with newly diagnosed stage IV breast cancer and an intact primary tumor compared with systemic therapy alone, according to the results of the randomized ECOG-ACRIN E2108 phase 3 clinical trial. Read More ›

Pembrolizumab (Keytruda) in combination with chemotherapy demonstrated a statistically significant and clinically meaningful improvement in progression-free survival (PFS) compared with chemotherapy alone as a first-line treatment for patients with metastatic triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) whose tumors express PD-L1. Read More ›

San Antonio, TX—Although capecitabine (Xeloda) is approved for metasta­tic breast cancer, it is not clear whether it should be used in early breast cancer, and its optimal role remains to be established. Read More ›

Barcelona, Spain—Late-breaking data from 2 clinical trials presented at ESMO 2019 will likely change the treatment paradigm for pre- or postmenopausal women with hormone receptor (HR)-positive, HER2-negative breast cancer, regardless of menopausal status. The MONALEESA-3 study and the MONARCH-2 study showed an improved overall survival (OS) with the addition of the CDK4/6 inhibitor ribociclib (Kisqali) or abemaciclib (Verzenio) to endocrine therapy as first- or second-line therapy. The results were presented at the Presidential Session of the meeting. Read More ›

The past week in oncology-related news includes shortages of crucial pediatric cancer drug, results of a study of racial disparities in multiple myeloma, and new drug on the horizon for HER2 metastatic breast cancer. Read More ›