Andrew Seidman, MD, and Sabine Seisling, PhD, on Early-Stage Breast Cancer Outcomes: Breast-Conserving Therapy vs Mastectomy
2015 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium
Andrew Seidman, MD, of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, and Sabine Siesling, PhD, of the Netherlands Comprehensive Cancer Organization, discuss the improved overall survival after 10 years in women who received breast-conserving surgery compared with those who received mastectomy with radiation treatment. (Abstract S3-05)
Gunter von Minckwitz, MD
Gunter von Minckwitz, MD, of the German Breast Group, discusses data from this phase II trial investigating the addition of carboplatin to neoadjuvant therapy for triple-negative and HER2-positive early breast cancer (Abstract S2-05).
Lisa A. Carey, MD, and Sibylle Loibl, MD, PhD
Lisa A. Carey, MD, of the University of North Carolina, and Sibylle Loibl, MD, PhD, of the German Breast Group, discuss new data on palbociclib, new immunotherapy, and brain metastases (Abstract YR4).
Clifford A. Hudis, MD, and Joseph A. Sparano, MD
Clifford A. Hudis, MD, of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, and Joseph A. Sparano, MD, of Montefiore Medical Center, discuss this study of high-risk premenopausal luminal A breast cancer patients receiving adjuvant chemotherapy (Abstract S1-08).
Lori J. Pierce, MD
Lori J. Pierce, MD, of the University of Michigan Health System, discusses findings on second cancer incidence and non-breast cancer mortality among 40,000 women in 75 clinical trials. (Abstract S5-08)
William M. Sikov, MD
William M. Sikov, MD, of Women and Infants Hospital of Rhode Island, discusses the results of this study that showed pathologic complete response to presurgery chemotherapy improved survival (Abstract S2-05).
