November 22nd 2024
A phase 1 trial of α-lactalbumin vaccine for the treatment of patients with triple-negative breast cancer demonstrated safety and tolerability.
November 21st 2024
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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In patients with metastatic or unresectable locally advanced triple-negative breast cancer, frontline treatment with atezolizumab (Tecentriq) plus nab-paclitaxel (Abraxane) significantly reduced the risk of disease progression or death compared with nab-paclitaxel, according to topline results from the phase III IMpassion130 study.
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OS Endpoint Not Met With Palbociclib in PALOMA-3 Breast Cancer Study
June 26th 2018Overall survival was not improved with the combination of palbociclib and fulvestrant compared with fulvestrant and placebo in the phase III PALOMA-3 trial for patients with HR-positive, HER2-negative metastatic breast cancer who received prior endocrine therapy, according to Pfizer, the developer of the CDK4/6 inhibitor.
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Efficiency in Cancer Costs Can be Achieved Without Sacrificing Quality, HICOR Report Finds
June 21st 2018The Hutchinson Institute for Cancer Outcomes Research released the first Community Care Cancer in Washington State: Quality and Cost Report to provide transparency for patients and health providers, establishing a more value-based care model.
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Breaking Down CDK4/6 Resistance in ER+/ HER2- Breast Cancer
June 20th 2018Multiple pivotal studies have led to CDK4/6 inhibitors such as ribociclib, abemaciclib, and palbociclib becoming the standard of care for women with metastatic ER-positive/HER2-negative breast cancer. Speaking at the 11th European Breast Cancer Conference in Barcelona, Spain, Nicholas C. Turner, MD, PhD, a consultant medical oncologist with The Royal Marsden Hospital NHS Trust, explained how tumors resist treatment with CDK4/6 inhibitors and how that resistance can be overcome.
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Tucatinib Demonstrates Activity in Heavily Pretreated HER2+ Breast Cancer
June 20th 2018Promising antitumor activity was seen in patients with heavily pretreated HER2-positive breast cancer with or without brain metastases with the use of tucatinib in combination with capecitabine, trastuzumab, or both agents, according to phase Ib findings published in <em>The Lancet Oncology</em>.
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Questions Raised About Prognostic, Predictive Role of Genomic Signatures in Early Breast Cancer
June 18th 2018In a presentation during a controversy session at the 11th European Breast Cancer Conference, Angelo Di Leo, MD, PhD, explained where genomic signatures have shown the most benefit and potential ways forward to make recurrence scores a truly beneficial marker for clinicians to use.
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Indication for Scalp Cooling System Expanded by FDA to Include All Solid Tumors
June 13th 2018The indication for the Orbis Paxman Hair Loss Cooling System has been expanded by the FDA to include the prevention of chemotherapy-related alopecia in patients with solid tumors, according to Paxman, the maker of the device. The system was previously approved to treat chemotherapy-related alopecia in patients with breast cancer.
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Progression-free survival was found to be almost identical at 48 weeks with MYL-1401O in combination with a taxane as initial therapy followed by MYL-1401O monotherapy as maintenance versus trastuzumab in patients with HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer, according to phase III findings of the HERITAGE trial. Results of the trial were presented at the 2018 ASCO Annual Meeting.
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Talazoparib Granted Priority Review by FDA for BRCA+ Metastatic Breast Cancer
June 7th 2018According to Pfizer, the manufacturer of the PARP inhibitor talazoparib, a priority review was granted by the FDA to a new drug application for this PARP inhibitor for treatment of patients with germline <em>BRCA </em>mutation–positive, HER2-negative locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer.
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