Erika P. Hamilton, MD, FASCO, on HER2-Positive Metastatic Breast Cancer: Maintenance Therapy Comparison
ASCO 2026
Erika P. Hamilton, MD, FASCO, of Sarah Cannon Research Institute, talks about a comparison of the efficacy and safety of tucatinib vs placebo combined with trastuzumab and pertuzumab as maintenance therapy for HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer by stratified subgroups (Abstract 1005).
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Linda R. Mileshkin, MD, MBBS, FRACP, of Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, shares results from the phase I/IIA BLUESTAR study on the safety and efficacy of puxitatug samrotecan, a B7-H4–directed topoisomerase I inhibitor antibody-drug conjugate, in patients with endometrial cancer or ovarian cancer (Abstract 5515).
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Angimar Uriepero-Palma, MD, of Jefferson Einstein Philadelphia Hospital, discusses a study that showed use of sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors was associated with longer 3-year overall survival and a lower risk of cytopenias and infections among diabetic patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) receiving Bruton’s tyrosine kinase inhibitors (Abstract 7051).
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Jessica J. Lin, MD, Mass General Brigham Cancer Institute, presents data from the ALKOVE-1 study, which is looking at the investigational ALK tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) neladalkib among patients with ALK-positive non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC); Dr. Lin discusses the first analyses of phase II TKI-pretreated patients and preliminary data in TKI-naive patients (Abstract 8503).
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Christine Lovly, MD, PhD, FASCO, of City of Hope, offers her thoughs on the findings of the LIBRETTO-432 trial, which found improved event-free survival with adjuvant selpercatinib after definitive therapy for patients with early-stage RET fusion–positive non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) (Abstract LBA3).
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Samuel J. Klempner, MD, FASCO, of Mass General Brigham Cancer Institute, discusses a single-arm phase II study—which is currently open and enrolling (ClinicalTrials.gov identifier NCT07070466)—evaluating ivonescimab in combination with FOLFOX as front-line therapy in locally advanced, unresectable, or metastatic HER2-negative gastroesophageal adenocarcinoma (Abstract TPS4246).