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Immunotherapy and Targeted Therapies Continue to Improve Patient Outcomes in Lung Cancer

March 20, 2023

Updated data from key trials in non–small cell lung cancer continue to demonstrate the superiority of immunotherapy and targeted therapy regimens for non–small cell lung cancer treatment, but the optimal use of these agents in the adjuvant vs neoadjuvant settings is still contested.

New Findings in Breast Cancer Trials Call for Restructuring of Disease Subtypes

July 06, 2022

Gregory Vidal, MD, PhD, including the evolution of treatment options for HER2-low breast cancer, emerging antibody-drug conjugates in triple-negative disease, and the viability of HER3 as an emerging target in breast cancer

Enobosarm Generates Overdue Excitement in AR+/ER+ Metastatic Breast Cancer

December 22, 2021

Lee S. Schwartzberg, MD, discusses the culmination of research with androgen-targeted agents in metastatic androgen receptor–positive, estrogen receptor–positive breast cancer and ongoing research that could lead to a paradigm shift in the second-line setting.

Schwartzberg on Bringing Seminal Observations on AR From Bench to Bedside in ER+ Breast Cancer

December 20, 2021

Dr. Schwartzberg discusses the rationale to evaluate enobosarm in androgen receptor-positive, estrogen recepetor-positive advanced breast cancer, phase 2 data with the agent, and expectations for the ongoing phase 3 ARTEST trial in this population.

Grothey Spotlights the Growing HER2+ Paradigm in GI Cancers

February 25, 2021

Axel Grothey, MD, discusses the excitement surrounding HER2-directed therapies in gastrointestinal malignancies, the approval of trastuzumab deruxtecan in HER2-positive metastatic gastric/gastroesophageal junction cancer, and the investigational agents patritumab deruxtecan and zanidatamab that are poised to further advance the paradigm.

Trastuzumab Deruxtecan Slated for Study in HER2+ Gastric/GEJ Cancer

February 15, 2021

Fam-trastuzumab deruxtecan-nxki is under study alone and in combination for the treatment of patients with HER2-overexpressing locally advanced, unresectable or metastatic gastric or gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma in the ongoing phase 1b/2 DESTINY-Gastric03 trial.