Breast Cancer
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VIDEO: Dr. William Gradishar says tools to define patients for targeted therapy are on the horizon
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Ovarian suppression during breast cancer chemotherapy helped preserve long-term function
Key clinical point: Ovarian suppression with triptorelin, a luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone analogue, helped stop chemotherapy from inducing...
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T-DM1 trial points way to de-escalation of breast cancer therapy
Key clinical point: T-DM1 as neoadjuvant monotherapy enables selected breast cancer patients to avoid neoadjuvant chemotherapy and/or endocrine...
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ESR1 mutations linked with poorer survival from ER-positive breast cancer
Key clinical point: Women with estrogen receptor–positive advanced breast cancer who have an ESR1 mutation are at increased risk for death. Major...
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Cancer incidence higher in men, blacks
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Neratinib shows consistent breast cancer benefit at 3 years
Key clinical point: The significant benefit of delayed adjuvant neratinib following chemotherapy and trastuzumab remains unabated at 3 years’...
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TH3RESA: T-DM1 prolongs survival in heavily pretreated HER2-positive breast cancer
Key clinical point: T-DM1 is safe and efficacious for treating heavily pretreated HER2-positive breast cancer. Major finding: The median overall...
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Beta-blocker prevents trastuzumab-related LVEF drop
Bisoprolol prevents the trastuzumab-related decline in left ventricular ejection fraction in breast cancer patients.
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‘Clinical equipoise’ surrounds neoadjuvant carboplatin for TNBC
Is neoadjuvant carboplatin for triple negative breast cancer ready for routine use?
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Avelumab shows selective efficacy in metastatic breast cancer
The investigational PD-L1 inhibitor avelumab showed clinical efficacy in specific subsets of metastatic breast cancer patients.