Matthew J. Ellis, PhD, MB, BCh, on Breast Cancer: Results of the FALCON Trial
2016 ESMO Congress
Matthew J. Ellis, PhD, MB, BCh, of the Baylor College of Medicine, discusses phase III study findings on fulvestrant 500 mg vs anastrozole for hormone receptor-positive advanced disease. (Abstract LBA14)
Martin Reck, MD, PhD, of the LungenClinic, discusses in German study findings on pembrolizumab vs platinum-based chemotherapy as first-line therapy for advanced non-small cell lung cancer with a PD-L1 tumor proportion score ≥50%. (Abstract LBA8)
Judith Balmaña, MD, PhD, of Vall d’Hebron University Hospital, discusses in Spanish the findings of a single-agent phase II trial on the antitumor activity of lurbinectedin in BRCA1/2-associated metastatic breast cancer patients. (Abstract 223O)
Martin H. Schuler, MD, of the University Hospital Essen, discusses in German findings from this phase II trial of epirubicin, oxaliplatin, and capecitabine with or without the antibody IMAB362 as first-line therapy in patients with advanced CLDN18.2+ disease. (Abstract 614O)
Yung-Jue Bang, MD, PhD, of Seoul National University Hospital, discusses phase III study findings on olaparib and paclitaxel in patients with advanced gastric cancer who have progressed following first-line therapy. (Abstract LBA25)
Paolo A. Ascierto, MD, of the Istituto Nazionale Tumori–Fondazione Pascale, discusses overall survival and safety results from a phase III trial of ipilimumab at 3 mg/kg vs 10 mg/kg in patients with metastatic melanoma. (Abstract 1106O)