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.

Evolving Treatment Paradigms for Early-Stage Breast Cancers

December 20th 2023

Expert insights into the evolving therapeutic landscape for early-stage breast cancers, emphasizing targeted therapies and genomic testing for personalized treatment paradigms.

Addition of Tucatinib to Breast Cancer Maintenance Therapy Aims to Fill Unmet Need for Patients With Brain Metastases

December 20th 2023

Tucatinib, which inhibits phosphorylation of HER2/3 resulting in inhibition of downstream MAPK and AKT signaling and cell proliferation, has shown promise for patients with brain metastases as the small molecule inhibitor of HER2 can cross the blood-brain barrier.

Dr Brufsky on the FDA Approval of Capivasertib Plus Fulvestrant in PIK3CA/AKT1/PTEN-Altered HR+/HER2– Breast Cancer

December 19th 2023

Adam M. Brufsky, MD, PhD, FACP, discusses the significance of the FDA approval of capivasertib in combination with fulvestrant for patients with hormone receptor-positive, HER2-negative, locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer harboring 1 or more PIK3CA, AKT1, or PTEN alterations.

Elacestrant vs Standard-of-Care in ER+/HER2- Advanced or Metastatic Breast Cancer (mBC) With ESR1 Mutation: Key Biomarkers and Clinical Subgroup Analyses From the Phase 3 EMERALD Trial

December 19th 2023

Aditya Bardia, MD, presents key data from biomarker and subgroup analyses of the EMERALD trial.

An Overview of HR+, HER2- Metastatic Breast Cancer

December 18th 2023

Experts provides an overview of HR-positive , HER2-negative metastatic breast cancer and current treatment approaches.

Dr Bardia on the Efficacy and Safety of Dato-DXd in HR+/HER2– Breast Cancer

December 15th 2023

Aditya Bardia, MD, MPH, discusses key efficacy results from the phase 3 TROPION-Breast01 trial of datopotamab deruxtecan in hormone receptor–positive, HER2-negative breast cancer.

Dr Tolaney on the Real-World Efficacy of T-DXd in HER2+ or HER2-Low Breast Cancer

December 15th 2023

Sara M. Tolaney, MD, MPH, discusses the real-world efficacy of fam-trastuzumab deruxtecan in patients with HER2-positive or HER2-low metastatic breast cancer, including patients who experienced changes in HER2 status during the treatment course.

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.

Dr Khan on Optimizing Local Therapy Using MRI and a 12-Gene Expression Assay in DCIS

December 8th 2023

Seema A. Khan, MD, discusses 5-year clinical outcomes from the ECOG-ACRIN E4112 trial, which is evaluating the use of MRI and a 12-gene expression assay to optimize local therapy for patients with ductal carcinoma in situ.

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.

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.

Adjuvant T-DM1 Provides Sustained Survival Benefit in HER2+ Early Breast Cancer

December 8th 2023

Adjuvant ado-trastuzumab emtansine continued to improve overall survival and invasive disease-free survival vs trastuzumab after 8.4 years of follow-up in patients with HER2-positive early breast cancer and residual invasive disease following neoadjuvant therapy enrolled in the phase 3 KATHERINE trial.

SIM0270 Demonstrates Early Antitumor Activity in ER+/HER2– Advanced/Metastatic Breast Cancer

December 8th 2023

The brain-penetrant oral selective estrogen receptor degrader SIM0270 exhibited a favorable safety profile and early signals of antitumor activity in patients with estrogen receptor-positive, HER2-negative locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer, including those with ESR1 mutations.

Ribociclib Plus Nonsteroidal Aromatase Inhibitor Improves iDFS in HR+ HER2- Early Breast Cancer

December 8th 2023

A continued statistically significant improvement in iDFS was observed for patients with HR-positive, HER2-negative early-stage breast cancer who received ribociclib plus a nonsteroidal AI vs a nonsteroidal AI alone, according to the final iDFS analysis of the phase 3 NATALEE trial.

Elacestrant Improves PFS in ESR1-Mutant Metastatic Breast Cancer Subgroups

December 8th 2023

Treatment with elacestrant led to a clinically meaningful improvement in progression-free-survival compared with standard-of-care therapy among patients with estrogen receptor–positive/HER2-negative, ESR1-mutated advanced or metastatic breast cancer.

Dr Cortés on Analyzing Outcomes With T-DXd in HER2+ Breast Cancer With Brain Metastases

December 7th 2023

Javier Cortés, MD, PhD, discusses the rationale for analyzing outcomes with trastuzumab deruxtecan in patients with HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer who have brain metastases.

Dr Damodaran on Futibatinib Plus Fulvestrant in FGFR1-Amplified HR+/HER2– Breast Cancer

December 7th 2023

Senthil Damodaran, MD, PhD, discusses the efficacy of futibatinib plus fulvestrant in patients with FGFR1-amplified metastatic hormone receptor–positive, HER2-negative breast cancer according to findings from the phase 2 FOENIX-MBC2 trial.