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)
Judith Balmaña, MD, PhD, of Vall d’Hebron University Hospital, discusses 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)
Tony Mok, MD, of The Chinese University of Hong Kong, discusses the final overall survival analysis from this trial on gefitinib/chemotherapy vs chemotherapy in EGFR mutation-positive non-small cell lung cancer after progression on first-line gefitinib. (Abstr 1201O)
Luis G. Paz-Ares, MD, PhD, of the Hospital Universitario 12 De Octubre, discusses overall survival data on afatinib vs gefitinib in patients with EGFR mutation-positive non-small cell lung cancer. (Abstract LBA43)
Sara A. Hurvitz, MD, of the University of California, Los Angeles, discusses interim findings on abemaciclib in postmenopausal women with HR+/HER2- breast cancer. (Abstract LBA13)
Mansoor Raza Mirza, MD, of Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, discusses phase III study findings on maintenance therapy with niraparib vs placebo in patients with platinum-sensitive recurrent ovarian cancer. (Abstract LBA3)