The Potentiation of Checkpoint Blockade With Oncolytic Virus

A regimen using the PD-L1 inhibitor atezolizumab in the neoadjuvant and adjuvant settings did not improve outcomes in patients with triple-negative breast cancer.

In this episode of Emerging Experts, Yu Fujiwara, MD, shares his journey from Japan to the United States and his path to becoming a specialist in hematology and oncology.

A phase 2 trial showed ctDNA detection in HR-positive early breast cancer was linked to larger tumors, higher residual cancer burden, and increased recurrence after neoadjuvant endocrine therapy.

Matthew Hadfield, DO, discusses his passion for early-stage clinical trials and the need for more research into immunotherapy toxicities during the third episode of Emerging Experts.

In the phase 3 EUROPA trial, exclusive postoperative radiation therapy led to better health-related quality of life and fewer treatment-related adverse events in older patients with stage I luminal-like breast cancer at 24 months.

Progression-free survival was superior with first-line maintenance of palbociclib in HR-positive, HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer.