Hope S. Rugo, MD, of the University of California, San Francisco, discusses abstract S5-08, “Final survival analysis from the randomized Women's Intervention Nutrition Study (WINS) evaluating dietary intervention as adjuvant breast cancer therapy,” presented by Rowan T. Chlebowski, MD.
Lisa A. Carey, MD, of UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, offers her thoughts on abstract S1-09, "A phase IB study of pembrolizumab (MK-3475) in patients with advanced triple-negative breast cancer," presented by Rita Nanda, MD.
William J. Gradishar, MD, of Northwestern University, and Edith A. Perez of the Mayo Clinic Cancer Center, discuss immunotherapy and the highlights of the BOLERO-1 and SOFT trials.
Harry D. Bear, MD, PhD, of Massey Cancer Center, discusses abstract PD2-1, “The effect on overall and disease-free survival by adding bevacizumab and/or antimetabolites to standard neoadjuvant chemotherapy: NSABP Protocol B-40.”
Larry Wickerham, MD, and Harry D. Bear, MD, PhD, discuss three clinical trials:
• B-40, the only study to combine neoadjuvant and adjuvant chemotherapy with bevacizumab
• B-51, on radiation to the chest wall
• Alliance trial, on lymph node dissection
Harry D. Bear, MD, PhD, of Massey Cancer Center, discusses abstract OT1-3-02, “Will chest wall and regional nodal radiotherapy post mastectomy or the addition of regional nodal radiotherapy to breast radiotherapy post lumpectomy reduce the rate of invasive cancer events in patients with positive axillary nodes who convert to ypN0 after neoadjuvant chemotherapy? NSABP B-51/RTOG 1304 a phase III trial.”
