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.
Ann H. Partridge, MD, MPH, of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, on abstract S3-09, “Patient-reported endocrine symptoms, sexual functioning and quality of life in the IBCSG SOFT trial: Adjuvant treatment with tamoxifen alone vs tamoxifen plus ovarian function suppression in premenopausal women with hormone receptor–positive early breast cancer.”
Charles E. Geyer, Jr, MD, FACP, of Massey Cancer Center, discusses findings from abstract S3-02, “NSABP B-36: A randomized phase III trial comparing six cycles of fluorouracil (5-FU), epirubicin, and cyclophosphamide (FEC) to four cycles of adriamycin and cyclophosphamide (AC) in patients with node-negative breast cancer.”
Larry Wickerham, MD, and Charles E. Geyer, Jr., MD, FACP, take a closer look at the results from the NSABP B-36 and SOFT Trials.
Lisa A. Carey, MD, of the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, addresses further analysis of data from abstract S4-05, “Impact of intrinsic subtype by PAM50 and other gene signatures on pathologic complete response rates in triple-negative breast cancer after neoadjuvant chemotherapy with or without carboplatin or bevacizumab: CALGB 40603/150709,” presented by William M. Sikov, MD.
Charles E. Geyer, Jr, MD, FACP, of Massey Cancer Center, discusses abstract S3-08, “Randomized comparison of adjuvant tamoxifen plus ovarian function suppression vs tamoxifen in premenopausal women with hormone receptor–positive early breast cancer: Analysis of the SOFT trial,” presented by Prudence Francis, MD.
