Breast Cancer

HER2-Positive Breast Cancer and CDK4/6 Inhibitors
Dr Hope Rugo discusses studies that are aiming to evaluate the effect that CDK4/6 inhibitors have on patients with HER2-positive breast cancer.
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Disease Progression with a CDK4/6 Inhibitor plus an Aromatase Inhibitor
Hope S. Rugo, MD, describes how she would treat a patient with HER-positive metastatic breast cancer that has progressed with a CDK4/CDK6 inhibitor plus an aromatase inhibitor.
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What Differentiates Abemaciclib, Ribociclib, and Palbociclib?
Dr Hope Rugo addresses some of the main differences between the 3 CDK4/6 inhibitors that are FDA-approved in HR-positive metastatic breast cancer.
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CDK4/6 Inhibitors vs Chemotherapy for Patients with Metastatic Breast Cancer

Why CDK4/6 Inhibitors Are Effective in HR-Positive Metastatic Breast Cancer
Dr Hope Rugo cites that CDK4/6 inhibitors play a critical role in estrogen signaling and can be very effective in treating metastatic breast cancer when used in combination with hormone therapy.
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Hot Topics at SABCS 2017
Dr Hope Rugo provides an overview of some hot topics being covered at SABCS 2017 in the areas of hormone therapy, immunotherapy, neoadjuvant therapy, and more.
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Chicago, IL—The addition of the investigational CDK4/CDK6 inhibitor abemaciclib to fulvestrant (Faslodex) extended progression-free survival (PFS) by 7 months in women with hormone receptor (HR)-positive, HER2-negative advanced breast cancer, reported George W. Sledge, Jr, MD, Professor, Medical Oncology, Stanford University Medical Center, Palo Alto, CA, who presented the results of a large study at the 2017 ASCO annual meeting.
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Chicago, IL—The PARP inhibitor olaparib (Lynparza) significantly improved progression-free survival (PFS) compared with standard chemotherapy in women with HER2-negative metastatic breast cancer with a germline BRCA mutation. Disease progression was delayed by approximately 3 months with olaparib in the multinational, randomized, open-label, phase 3 OlympiAD clinical trial, reported Mark E. Robson, MD, Clinic Director, Clinical Genetics Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York City, at the 2017 ASCO annual meeting.
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Washington, DC—Preliminary data show excellent and durable responses to atezolizumab (Tecentriq) in 10% of women with triple-negative breast cancer, one of the most aggressive and difficult-to-treat cancers. Of the responders to atezolizu­mab, 100% were alive at 1 year compared with only 38% of nonresponders. The trick will be to identify which women will respond to immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy. Thus far, no biomarkers for response have been identified.
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San Antonio, TX—Concentrations of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) had significant but variable associations with survival in breast cancer, according to 2 large retrospective studies of pathology specimens reported at the 2016 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium.
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