European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO)

In a prospective trial, the VEGFR-2 small-molecule inhibitor apatinib has shown promising efficacy and safety signals. Read More ›

Fatigue and neuropathy were found to be common in patients treated with olaparib, and should be identified and managed early. Read More ›

A groundbreaking report presented today at ESMO conveyed data from an interim analysis of a phase 2b trial demonstrating that the combination of NPS + trastuzumab is safe and may provide clinically meaningful benefit to women with HER2 low-expressing breast cancer, with a particularly marked benefit in the subgroup with triple-negative breast cancer. Read More ›

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The French SIGNAL and PHARE projects have collected data on more than 9800 patients with breast cancer since 2006. In evaluating the outcomes of sequential and concomitant administration of trastuzumab within this cohort, this study provides insight into the ideal administration protocol for patients with human epidermal growth factor receptor 2–positive (HER2+) breast cancer. Read More ›

The 21-gene Recurrence Score® is the result of a commercial genomic test that evaluates the likelihood that breast cancer will recur, and the likely benefit from chemotherapy and/or radiation therapy. This study evaluates disparities in hormone receptor–positive (HR+) breast cancer outcome by age and 21-gene Recurrence Score®. Read More ›

Previous studies have reported that an elevated neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio is associated with an increased risk of relapse and worse survival in women with breast cancer. Additional data about the prognostic role for this biomarker in patients with early breast cancer are presented here. Read More ›

In this ongoing phase 2 study, postmenopausal women with hormone receptor–positive (HR+)/human epidermal growth factor receptor 2–negative (HER2–) breast cancer are being treated with abemaciclib (a selective inhibitor of cyclin-dependent kinases 4 and 6), anastrozole (an aromatase inhibitor), or both simultaneously. Read More ›

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This study is designed to compare treatment with palbociclib (a cyclin-dependent kinase 4/6 inhibitor) in combination with letrozole (an aromatase inhibitor) versus placebo with letrozole in postmenopausal women with estrogen receptor–positive (ER+)/human epidermal growth factor receptor 2–negative (HER2–) advanced breast cancer. A secondary outcome measure of the study, the analysis of tumor tissue biomarkers, is presented here. Read More ›