San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium | Conference

Trastuzumab Deruxtecan With or Without Pertuzumab Demonstrates Early Safety and Efficacy Signals in HER2+ MBC

December 9th 2022

Trastuzumab deruxtecan, both as monotherapy and in combination with pertuzumab, displayed encouraging efficacy with no new safety signals among patients with HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer, according to findings from the dose expansion part of the phase 1b/2 DESTINY-Breast07 trial.

Dr. Jacot on Ribociclib Dose Reduction in HR+/HER2– Advanced Breast Cancer

December 9th 2022

William Jacot, MD, PhD, discusses updated efficacy and safety results from the phase 2 AMALEE trial.

CTC Count-driven Approach to First-line Treatment in Metastatic Breast Cancer Improves Survival

December 9th 2022

Using circulating tumor cell count as a guide to first-line treatment, either with chemotherapy or endocrine therapy, resulted in an improvement in overall survival compared with physician’s choice of treatment without CTC count for patients with metastatic, hormone receptor–positive/HER2-negative breast cancer.

Benefit of Elacestrant Improves With Longer Duration of CDK4/6 Inhibition in Patients With ER+/HER2– Metastatic Breast Cancer

December 8th 2022

Treatment with the oral selective estrogen receptor degrader elacestrant following treatment with CDK4/6 inhibitors improved progression-free survival outcomes vs standard care options in patients with estrogen receptor-positive, HER2-negative metastatic breast cancer.

Palbociclib Plus Fulvestrant Fails to Improve PFS in ER+/HER2- Breast Cancer After Progression on a CDK4/6 inhibitor

December 8th 2022

Palbociclib plus fulvestrant did not elicit a progression-free survival benefit vs fulvestrant alone in patients with estrogen receptor–positive/HER2-negative breast cancer who had progressed on prior treatment with a CDK4/6 inhibitor and aromatase inhibitor.

ARV-471 Monotherapy Demonstrates Clinical Benefit in ER+/HER2- Advanced Breast Cancer

December 8th 2022

ARV-471 monotherapy elicited a significant clinical benefit rate in patients with estrogen receptor–positive/HER2-negative locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer who had undergone prior hormonal therapy and chemotherapy, including those with ESR1 mutations.

Camizestrant Provides Survival Benefit Vs Fulvestrant in ER+/HER2- Advanced Breast Cancer

December 8th 2022

Two separate doses of single-agent camizestrant monotherapy improved progression-free survival vs standard-of-care fulvestrant in patients with estrogen receptor-positive, HER2-negative advanced breast cancer.

Dr. Bardia on Elacestrant in ER+/HER2– Metastatic Breast Cancer

December 8th 2022

Aditya Bardia, MD, MPH, discusses the use of elacestrant in patients with estrogen receptor–positive, HER2-negative metastatic breast cancer.

Capivasertib Plus Fulvestrant Elicits PFS Benefit in HR+/HER2- Advanced Breast Cancer

December 8th 2022

The combination of capivasertib plus fulvestrant significantly improved progression-free survival vs fulvestrant alone in patients with hormone receptor–positive/HER2-negative advanced breast cancer, including those with AKT pathway–altered tumors.

Real-world Data Confirm Safety Profile for Tucatinib Plus Trastuzumab/Capecitabine in HER2+ Breast Cancer

December 8th 2022

The safety profile for the combination of tucatinib, trastuzumab, and capecitabine from the phase 3 HER2CLIMB trial was confirmed with real-world data for patients with HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer.

Dr. Hurvitz on Trastuzumab Deruxtecan in Unresectable/Metastatic HER2+ Breast Cancer

December 7th 2022

Sara A. Hurvitz, MD, discusses updated survival data with fam-trastuzumab deruxtecan-nxki in HER2-positive, unresectable/metastatic breast cancer.

Eribulin Demonstrates Comparable Efficacy to Traditional Chemotherapy Options in HER2-low and HER2-0 Metastatic Breast Cancer

December 7th 2022

Eribulin mesylate demonstrated a trend toward improved outcomes vs other chemotherapy options of physician’s choice in patients with HER2-low or HER2-0 metastatic breast cancer who were previously treated with at least 1 chemotherapy.

Yoga, Exercise Associated With Better Survival in Nonmetastatic Breast Cancer

December 7th 2022

Patients with non-metastatic breast cancer undergoing treatment who added yoga to conventional exercises experienced improvements in disease-free survival, overall survival, and long-term quality of life vs those who did conventional exercises alone.

Trastuzumab Deruxtecan Continues to Best T-DM1 Survival Rates With Longer Follow-Up in HER2+ Metastatic Breast Cancer

December 7th 2022

Patients with HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer experienced a significant survival benefit when treated with fam-trastuzumab deruxtecan compared with trastuzumab emtansine.

Trastuzumab Deruxtecan, With or Without Endocrine Therapy, Shows Promising Responses in Operable HR+, HER2-Low Breast Cancer

December 7th 2022

Neoadjuvant treatment with trastuzumab deruxtecan showed promising responses in patients with early-stage breast cancer.

Trastuzumab Deruxtecan Generates PFS, OS Benefit Vs Capecitabine-based Regimens in Pretreated HER2+ Breast Cancer

December 7th 2022

Trastuzumab deruxtecan demonstrated a 64% reduction in the risk of disease progression or death compared with physician's choice of treatment in patients with advanced HER2-positive unresectable and/or metastatic breast cancer who previously received ado-trastuzumab emtansine.

Dr. Abdou on Race and Clinical Outcomes in Breast Cancer

December 7th 2022

Yara Abdou, MD, discusses racial disparities in breast cancer outcomes in patients enrolled to the phase 3 RxPONDER trial.

Dr. Krop on Trastuzumab Deruxtecan in HER2+ Metastatic Breast Cancer

December 7th 2022

Ian Krop, MD, PhD, discusses findings from the phase 3 DESTINY-Breast02 trial in patients with HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer.

Breast Cancer Index Risk Scores Are Prognostic for Premenopausal Women With HR+ Breast Cancer Receiving Adjuvant Endocrine Therapy

December 7th 2022

The Breast Cancer Index test reliably identified premenopausal women undergoing adjuvant endocrine therapy for early-stage, hormone receptor–positive breast cancer who would derive benefit from the addition of ovarian function suppression.

Black Women With HR+ Breast Cancer Have Worse Outcomes, Despite Similar Recurrence Scores

December 7th 2022

Non-Hispanic Black patients with hormone receptor–positive/HER2-negative breast cancer were more likely to have worse outcomes vs non-Hispanic White, Asian, and Hispanic patients, according to an analysis of the phase 3 RxPONDER trial.