October 30th 2024
Providers advised to halt use, monitor patients, and report any complications with BioZorb devices to the FDA.
October 30th 2024
22nd Annual School of Breast Oncology
November 7-9, 2024
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42nd Annual CFS: Innovative Cancer Therapy for Tomorrow®
November 13-15, 2024
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Community Practice Connections™: 5th Annual Precision Medicine Symposium – An Illustrated Tumor Board
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Community Oncology Connections™: Controversies and Conversations About HER2-Expressing Breast Cancer… Advances in Management from HER2-Low to Positive Disease
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Emerging Treatments and Evolving Paradigms in HER2-Low Breast Cancer
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Matching the Right Patients to the Right Therapies in TNBC: Case-Based Applications of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors, PARP Inhibitors, and TROP2-Targeted ADCs
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Matching the Right Patients to the Right Therapies in TNBC: Case-Based Applications of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors, PARP Inhibitors, and TROP2-Targeted ADCs
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Clinical Vignettes™: The Experts Explain How They Integrate PET Imaging into Metastatic HR+ Breast Cancer Care Settings
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School of Breast Oncology® Live Video Webcast: Clinical Updates from San Antonio
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Annual Hawaii Cancer Conference
January 25-26, 2025
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41st Annual CFS®: Innovative Cancer Therapy for Tomorrow
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42nd Annual Miami Breast Cancer Conference®
March 6 - 9, 2025
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The Evolving Tool Box in Advanced HR+/HER2– Breast Cancer: What You Need to Know About Next-Generation SERDs, PI3K/AKT, ADCs, CDK4/6 and Beyond…
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Next-Generation Endocrine Therapy for ER+/HER2- Breast Cancer: Addressing Unmet Needs and Keys to Optimization in Clinical Practice
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Identifying Health Care Inequities in Screening, Diagnosis, and Trial Access for Breast Cancer Care: Taking Action With Evidence-Based Solutions
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Empowering Breast Cancer Patients with Non-Opioid Pain Management Innovations
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Leveraging Multidisciplinary Teams in an Evolving Treatment Landscape for Early- Stage HR+, HER2- Breast Cancer
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Coffee Talk™: Navigating the Impact of HER2/3, TROP2, and PARP from Early Stage to Advanced Breast Cancer Care
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Community Practice Connection™: Leveraging Multidisciplinary Teams in an Evolving Treatment Landscape for Early- Stage HR+, HER2- Breast Cancer
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How We Do It™: Defining HER2 Low on Your Pathology Reports to Make Informed Decisions in Breast Cancer Treatment
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Clinical Case Vignette Series™: 41st Annual Miami Breast Cancer Conference®
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Fighting Disparities and Saving Lives: An Exploration of Challenges and Solutions in Cancer Care
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24th Annual International Congress on the Future of Breast Cancer® West
July 18-19, 2025
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24th Annual International Congress on the Future of Breast Cancer® East
July 11-12, 2025
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Differentiating Adverse Events for Antibody-Drug Conjugates Across Solid Tumor Management
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Community Practice Connections™: 23rd Annual International Congress on the Future of Breast Cancer West
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School of Breast Oncology® (SOBO) Slide & Lecture Library
Joyce O’Shaughnessy, MD
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Meisel Reviews Systemic Therapies for Breast Cancer With 2 Case Studies
July 17th 2019Jane Lowe Meisel, MD, reviewed systemic therapy options for treating patients with breast cancer with a group of physicians during a <em>Targeted Oncology </em>live case-based peer perspectives discussion. Meisel explained the treatment considerations she makes for treating patients with breast cancer during the dinner event in terms of 2 case studies.
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Encouraging SOLAR-1 Trial Results Lead to Alpelisib Approval
July 8th 2019The SOLAR-1 findings were presented during a satellite symposium at the 2019 European Society for Medical Oncology Breast Cancer Annual Congress in Berlin, Germany. The trial demonstrated the role of <em>PIK3CA </em>as a predictive marker for alpelisib’s clinical efficacy, said Peter A. Fasching, MD, associate professor of gynecology and obstetrics at Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nuremberg in Germany, during the symposium.
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Tolerability Improves With Prophylactic Strategies for Adjuvant Neratinib in HER2+ Breast Cancer
July 8th 2019Preventive strategies for severe diarrhea associated with adjuvant treatment with neratinib improved tolerability for the agent when patients received budesonide or colestipol-with-loperamide prophylaxis, according to findings from the CONTROL study.
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With Biomarker Expansion, Combinations and Personalized Medicine Continue to Rise
July 5th 2019Biomarker expansion has enjoyed a boom since 2006, with patient incidence of positive biomarkers reaching up to 50% in non–small cell lung cancer and melanoma and 25% in acute myeloid leukemia and myelodysplastic syndromes, according to the <em>Global Oncology Trends 2018</em> report.
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Patients With MBC Have Reduced Toxicity Burden With Dual HER2-Targeted Therapy in the Front Line
July 4th 2019Patients with HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer receiving frontline HER2-targeted therapy with pertuzumab and trastuzumab followed by T-DM1 in the second-line setting may be able to forgo chemotherapy without increasing the risk of early death, according to results from the phase II PERNETTA trial.
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Explaining PFS2 in the MONALEESA-7 Trial for HR+/HER2- Breast Cancer
July 3rd 2019Debu Tripathy, MD, of the Department of Breast Medical Oncology, Division of Cancer Medicine, MD Anderson Cancer Center, was an investigator in the phase III MONALEESA-7 trial. The purpose of the study was to examine how endocrine therapy, in combination with a cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor, affects progression-free survival and overall survival in premenopausal patients with HR-positive, HER2-negative advanced breast cancer.
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Neratinib Combo Seeking FDA Approval in HER2+ Metastatic Breast Cancer
July 1st 2019A supplemental New Drug Application has been submitted to the FDA for the potential approval of neratinib in combination with capecitabine for the treatment of patients with HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer who have progressed on 2 or more prior HER2-targeted treatments.
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A Look Back at FDA News from June 2019
July 1st 2019In June 2019, the FDA approved a number of agents many fields, including diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, head and neck squamous cell carcinoma, small cell lung cancer, gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumors, and multiple myeloma. The FDA also approved the fifth biosimilar for trastuzumab and another biosimilar for bevacizumab across several indications.
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Cristofanilli Reviews CDK 4/6 Inhibitors in the Case of a Patient With ER-Positive Breast Cancer
June 29th 2019During a recent <em>Targeted Oncology </em>case-based peer perspectives live dinner event, Massimo Cristofanilli, MD, explained the options for treatment based on the case scenario of a woman with ER-positive breast cancer.<br />
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Discussing Targeted Treatment With PARP Inhibitors for BRCA-Mutant Patients Across Tumor Types
June 25th 2019Susan Friedman, executive director and founder, FORCE, a non-profit organization supporting education, advocacy, and research around breast and ovarian cancer, explains the relevance of PARP inhibitors and the recent developments in oncology research that may improve cancer treatment for patients with genetic mutations.
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Treatment Patterns at End of Life Explored in Large, National Database
June 20th 2019The American Cancer Society, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Baptist Cancer Center, and the Mayo Clinic report that treatment patterns varied markedly by cancer type and care facility setting for patients with de novo metastatic disease who died within 1 month after diagnosis, based on an analysis of data from 100,848 patients collected from the National Cancer Database, a hospital-based cancer registry that captures 70% of patients in the United States with a new diagnosis.
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FDA Issues Draft Guidance to Broaden Clinical Trial Inclusion
June 19th 2019The FDA recently released 5 new draft guidance documents that promote broader patient eligibility for cancer clinical trials. The policies encourage inclusion of certain individuals who were previously disqualified due to medical conditions or biological factors, including brain metastases, organ dysfunction, prior or concurrent malignancies, chronic infections, and age.
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