San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium | Conference

Neoadjuvant Patritumab Deruxtecan ± Letrozole Shows Efficacy in High-Risk HR+/HER2– Breast Cancer

December 11th 2024

Neoadjuvant patritumab deruxtecan with or without letrozole produced pathologic complete responses in high-risk, HR-positive/HER2-negative breast cancer.

SHR-A1811 Shows Initial Antitumor Activity, Tolerability in HER2+ Breast Cancer

December 11th 2024

SHR-A1811 monotherapy demonstrated high clinical activity and was well tolerated in patients with HER2-positive breast cancer.

Adjuvant Olaparib Maintains iDFS Benefit in BRCA1/2+, HER2– Breast Cancer

December 11th 2024

Adjuvant olaparib maintained an efficacy benefit vs placebo in patients with BRCA1/2 mutation–positive, HER2-negative high-risk breast cancer.

Elacestrant Plus Abemaciclib Shows Efficacy in ER+/HER2– Advanced or Metastatic Breast Cancer

December 11th 2024

Elacestrant plus abemaciclib demonstrated clinically important efficacy in ER-positive/HER2-negative advanced or metastatic breast cancer.

Dr Rugo on Elacestrant-Based Combinations in ER+/HER2– Metastatic Breast Cancer

December 11th 2024

Hope S. Rugo, MD, FASCO, discusses updated safety findings from the ELEVATE trial of elacestrant-based combinations in ER+/HER2– metastatic breast cancer.

Risk-Reducing Surgery Improves Survival Outcomes in Younger BRCA+ Breast Cancer

December 11th 2024

Risk-reducing surgery improved survival outcomes in younger patients with breast cancer and a germline BRCA mutation.

T-DXd Improves PFS Irrespective of Time to Progression, Type of Endocrine Resistance in HER2-Low/-Ultralow Metastatic Breast Cancer

December 11th 2024

T-DXd improved PFS vs treatment of physician’s choice in hormone receptor-positive, HER2-low/-ultralow metastatic breast cancer.

Elacestrant Shows Tolerability in Combination With CDK4/6, PI3K Inhibitors in Advanced ER+ Breast Cancer

December 11th 2024

Elacestrant was partnered with multiple targeted agents across varying dose levels and schedules for patients with estrogen receptor–positive advanced breast cancer.

Dr Kaklamani on the Effects of VAF on Elacestrant Outcomes in ER+ Breast Cancer

December 11th 2024

Virginia Kaklamani, MD, DSc, discusses an analysis of ESR1 allelic frequencies in elacestrant-exposed ER+/HER2– metastatic ESR1-mutated breast cancer.

Potential Biomarkers Positively Prognosticate Outcomes With Pembrolizumab Plus Chemo in High-Risk TNBC

December 11th 2024

Pembrolizumab plus chemotherapy conferred an efficacy advantage over chemotherapy alone in high-risk TNBC subgroups defined by potential biomarkers.

Dr Bardia on T-DXd Efficacy By Pace of Prior CDK4/6 Inhibitor Progression in Breast Cancer

December 11th 2024

Aditya Bardia, MD, MPH, FASCO, discusses the efficacy of T-DXd in HER2-low/ultralow metastatic breast cancer by disease progression on prior therapy.

Disitamab Vedotin Combos Show Efficacy in HER2+ and HER2-Low Breast Cancers

January 17th 2024

Disitamab vedotin alone and with ICIs, TKIs, or other antiangiogenic agents had consistent efficacy in patients with HER2-positive or -low breast cancers.

Endocrine Therapy Response Status Is Necessary for Treatment Planning in HR+/HER2– Early Breast Cancer

December 9th 2023

Beyond genomic testing, endocrine therapy response should be used to determine whether patients with hormone receptor–positive, HER2-negative, N0-1 early breast cancer.

Neoadjuvant Nivolumab Plus Carboplatin/Paclitaxel Elicits High pCR Rates in Early-Stage TNBC

December 8th 2023

Neoadjuvant nivolumab and non–anthracycline containing chemotherapy produced promising pathologic complete response rates regardless of whether nivolumab was administered before or during treatment with carboplatin and paclitaxel in patients with stage I to IIB triple-negative breast cancer.

Dr Schmid on the Use of Perioperative Pembrolizumab in TNBC

December 8th 2023

Peter Schmid, MD, PhD, discusses updated event-free survival findings from the phase 3 KEYNOTE-522 trial of neoadjuvant pembrolizumab plus chemotherapy followed by adjuvant pembrolizumab in patients with early-stage triple-negative breast cancer.

EFS Benefit With Neoadjuvant Pembrolizumab/Chemo Combo, Adjuvant Pembrolizumab Upheld in High-Risk Early TNBC

December 8th 2023

Neoadjuvant pembrolizumab combined with chemotherapy followed by adjuvant pembrolizumab compared with placebo plus chemotherapy continued to show a clinically meaningful improvement in event-free survival in patients with high-risk, early-stage triple-negative breast cancer.

Zanidatamab Triplet Shows Positive PFS Outcomes in HR+/HER2+ Metastatic Breast Cancer

December 8th 2023

Zanidatamab in combination with palbociclib and fulvestrant resulted in positive progression-free survival outcomes and exhibited an acceptable safety profile in patients with hormone receptor–positive, HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer.

Atezolizumab Plus Neoadjuvant HP/Chemo Does Not Significantly Improve pCR in HER2+ Breast Cancer

December 8th 2023

The addition of atezolizumab to neoadjuvant trastuzumab plus pertuzumab (HP) and chemotherapy led to a numerical, but not statistically significant, increase in pathologic complete response vs HP/chemotherapy alone in patients with HER2-positive operable breast cancer.

MammaPrint Predicts Likelihood of pCR With Neoadjuvant Chemo in HR+/HER2– Early Breast Cancer

December 8th 2023

Real-world data support the use of the MammaPrint index as a predictor of neoadjuvant chemosensitivity in patients with hormone receptor–positive, HER2-negative early-stage breast cancer.

Obesity May Contribute to Biological Differences in Breast Cancer Tumors

December 8th 2023

Clinical, transcriptomic, and genomic differences that may contribute to aggressive tumor biology were observed between Latin-American and non-Hispanic White patients with breast cancer.