Breast Cancer

Howard A. "Skip" Burris, III, MD, FACP, FASCO, discusses the progress that has been made in metastatic triple-negative breast cancer and the work being done to broaden the utility of novel approaches.

Denise Yardley, MD, discusses the utility of CDK4/6 inhibitors in hormone receptor

Stephanie L. Graff, MD, discusses the importance of using genomic risk to tailor treatment to patients with early-stage hormone receptor-positive, HER2-negative disease, the benefit of extended endocrine therapy, and ongoing research with CDK4/6 inhibitors and immunotherapy.

Stephanie L. Graff, MD, discusses the utility of extended adjuvant therapy in women with early-stage hormone receptor-positive, HER2-negative breast cancer.

Denise Yardley, MD, discusses the implications of CDK4/6 inhibitors in hormone receptor-positive/HER2-negative breast cancer. 

Hope S. Rugo, MD, discusses results of a randomized phase III trial evaluating oral paclitaxel with encequidar in patients with metastatic breast cancer.

In the first 11 months following the FDA approval of the CDK4/6 inhibitor abemaciclib as a single agent and in combination with endocrine therapy for the treatment of hormone receptor-positive, HER2-negative metastatic breast cancer, it is being used heterogeneously, including in patients with characteristics indicative of worse prognosis.