Breast Cancer | Specialty

The OncLive Breast Cancer condition center page is a comprehensive resource for clinical news and expert insights on various types of breast cancer, including those that are triple negative, hormone receptor positive, and/or HER2 positive. This page features news articles, interviews in written and video format, and podcasts that focus on treatment advances and ongoing research in breast cancer.


Pfizer Seeks FDA Approval for Palbociclib

August 18th 2014

Pfizer has submitted a New Drug Application for palbociclib plus letrozole as a frontline treatment for postmenopausal women with ER-positive, HER2-negative advanced breast cancer, based on findings from the phase II PALOMA-1 trial.

Dr. O'Regan Discusses Updates in HER2-Positive Breast Cancer

August 14th 2014

Ruth M. O'Regan, MD, director, Translational Breast Cancer Research, professor, hematology and oncology, medical oncology, Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University, discusses updates in the field of adjuvant therapy for HER2-positive breast cancer.

Favorable Safety Profile of T-DM1 Confirmed in Large Study

August 13th 2014

The favorable safety profile of T-DM1 makes it apt to be looked at in other settings of breast cancer.

Tripathy Offers Perspective on HER2-Positive Breast Cancer

August 13th 2014

The ever-evolving treatment landscape for patients with HER2-positive breast cancer leaves several questions unanswered regarding therapeutic sequences and whether an optimal standard of care exists.

Dr. Brufsky Discusses Future Research into Bisphosphonates

August 11th 2014

Adam M. Brufsky, MD, PhD, professor of medicine, associate chief, Division of Hematology/Oncology, University of Pittsburgh, discusses future research into bisphosphonates.

Utilizing Bisphosphonates in Breast Cancer

August 7th 2014

TEXT/SOFT Findings in HR-Positive Breast Cancer

August 7th 2014

Adjuvant Everolimus and CDK4/6 Trials in Breast Cancer

August 7th 2014

Managing the Toxicity of Everolimus in Breast Cancer

August 7th 2014

Second-Line Everolimus in Metastatic Breast Cancer

August 7th 2014

Frontline Treatment of ER-Positive Breast Cancer

August 7th 2014

T-DM1 Plus Pertuzumab in the MARIANNE Trial

August 7th 2014

Fitting T-DM1 Into Established Upfront Treatment Paradigms

August 7th 2014

Utilizing pCR in Breast Cancer Trials

August 7th 2014

Upfront T-DM1 in HER2-Positive Breast Cancer

August 7th 2014

HER2 Testing Challenges in Metastatic Breast Cancer

August 7th 2014

First-Line Treatment of HER2-Positive MBC

August 7th 2014

Exceptional Responders in Breast Cancer

August 7th 2014

Nab-Paclitaxel in Metastatic Breast Cancer

August 7th 2014

Introduction: Chemotherapies for Advanced Breast Cancer

August 7th 2014