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Neoadjuvant Systemic Therapy for HER2+ eBC: Clinical Considerations and Evolving Modalities

June 29, 2023

Panelists expand upon the most important clinical factors that inform selection amongst available systemic therapy regimens in the neoadjuvant setting of HER2+ eBC, comment on the potential for treatment de-escalation in lower-risk patients, and discuss exciting treatments on the horizon.

HER2+ Early Breast Cancer: Treatment Optimization and Review of Standard-of-Care Neoadjuvant Regimens

June 29, 2023

Heather McArthur, MD, and Debu Tripathy, MD, lead a discussion on risk stratification and optimizing treatment for HER2+ early breast cancer (eBC), followed by a review of standard-of-care systemic therapy regimens in the preoperative/neoadjuvant setting.

Biliary Tract Cancers: Standard of Care Treatment Strategies

June 27, 2023

Drs Javle and Goff review standard of care treatment strategies for the management of biliary tract cancer and discuss recent NCCN guideline updates for the combination of durvalumab + cisplatin + gemcitabine.

Dr Raghav on the Rationale Behind DESTINY-CRC02 in HER2+ mCRC

June 23, 2023

Kanwal P. S. Raghav, MBBS, MD, discusses the rationale behind the phase 2 DESTINY-CRC02 trial evaluating fam-trastuzumab deruxtecan-nxki in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) with HER2 amplification or overexpression.

Combination Therapies May Spur Evolution of the Myelofibrosis Treatment Paradigm

June 22, 2023

Prithviraj Bose, MD, discusses the development of non-myelosuppressive JAK inhibitors for patients with myelofibrosis, where the future of combination therapy is headed in this population, and the importance of enrolling patients in clinical trials that are tailored to their disease subset and treatment needs.

Prevalence of Premenopausal Patients With Breast Cancer

June 21, 2023

Expert oncologists Matteo Lambertini, MD, PhD, and Virginia Kaklamani, MD, DSc, reflect on the subset of patients with breast cancer who are premenopausal and how that impacts their approach to disease management.