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Meeting Coverage

SABCS

San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium

Skipping Chest-Wall Irradiation After Mastectomy in Intermediate-Risk Breast Cancer

No improvement in survival or impact on recurrence, but pending studies leave door ajar

SABCS over a photo of the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center in San Antonio, TX.

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Mixed Signals From Trials of Perioperative, Neoadjuvant Immunotherapy for Early TNBC

Adding atezolizumab, camrelizumab to chemotherapy improves pCR but not survival endpoints

December 15, 2024
A Setback for TNBC Monitoring With Circulating Tumor DNA in ZEST Trial

Study was stopped early due to enrollment issues, but lessons can still be learned

December 15, 2024
Homing in on Anthracyclines' High-Risk Niche in Early Breast Cancer

Significant improvement in 5-year distant relapse-free interval with higher risk score

December 14, 2024
Better Quality of Life With RT vs Endocrine Therapy in Older Breast Cancer Patients

Radiotherapy also resulted in fewer treatment-related adverse events

December 13, 2024
No Apparent Harm From Omitting Lymph Node Dissection in Selected Breast Cancers

Nearly identical 5-year outcomes with no surgery, sentinel lymph node biopsy

December 13, 2024
Palbociclib Regimen Yields 'Incredible' PFS Gain in Metastatic Breast Cancer

Study results are "historic," expert says

December 12, 2024
Risk-Reducing Surgery May Benefit BRCA Carriers With Early-Onset Breast Cancer

Lower rates of mortality and cancer recurrence with mastectomy, salpingo-oophorectomy

December 12, 2024
Skip Surgery for DCIS in Favor of Active Monitoring?

No invasive cancer increase at 2 years, but editorialists say data don't back active monitoring

December 12, 2024
Oral SERD Impresses in Advanced Breast Cancer With ESR1 Mutations

However, imlunestrant failed to improve PFS among entire trial population

December 11, 2024
Add-On Inavolisib Ups PFS in PIK3CA-Mutated Breast Cancer

Triplet therapy may surpass benefits of current "pretty active doublet" therapy, expert says

December 10, 2023
Bispecific Antibody Combination Active in Metastatic HR+/HER2+ Breast Cancer

Two-thirds of patients progression free at 6 months with zanidatamab, palbociclib, fulvestrant

December 10, 2023
Less-Frequent Surveillance Mammo Feasible in Older Breast Cancer Survivors

No difference for survival outcomes for annual versus around every 2 years

December 9, 2023
Bilateral Mastectomy Not Tied to Better Survival in BRCA1-Positive Breast Cancer

However, the surgery did reduce risk of contralateral breast cancer

December 9, 2023
Is Omitting Radiation Therapy in Low-Risk Breast Cancer a Good IDEA?

Local recurrence rate of 1% at 5 years in women ages 50-69 with genomically low-risk disease

December 8, 2023

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