Martine J. Piccart-Gebhart, MD, PhD, on Personalizing Treatments in HR-Positive/HER2-Negative Breast Cancer
ASCO 2026
Martine J. Piccart-Gebhart, MD, PhD, of Jules Bordet Institute, Université Libre de Bruxelles, reviews multiple abstracts discussing avenues of personalized treatment for patients with hormone receptor (HR)-positive, HER2-negative breast cancer, including genomic testing and systemic therapy.
Hannah L. Kenny, MD, and Joseph M. Curry, MD, both of Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, discuss results of a phase II trial of neoadjuvant cemiplimab-rwlc in patients with hedgehog inhibitor–naive basal cell carcinoma (BCC) of the head and neck (Abstract 9515).
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Elizabeth McDonald, MD, PhD, of the University of Pennsylvania, discusses results from a retrospective cohort study that showed that the use of GLP-1 treatment was associated with a significantly lower incidence of breast cancer, after accounting for age, race, ethnicity, BMI, breast density, and type 2 diabetes status (Abstract 10506).
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Krishnansu S. Tewari, MD, of the University of California, Irvine, provides commentary on research presented in the oral abstract and rapid oral abstract sessions for gynecologic cancer, focusing on this year’s major trial data in endometrial, cervical, and ovarian cancers.
Wassim McHayleh, MD, FACP, MBA, of AdventHealth Cancer Institute, provides an update from the phase Ib/II ELEVATE trial, an open-label umbrella study. This report focuses on updated safety and preliminary efficacy for elacestrant and capivasertib for patients with estrogen receptor (ER)-positive/HER2-negative advanced breast cancer who experienced disease progression on first-line endocrine therapy plus CDK4/6 inhibition (Abstract 1098).
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Sara A. Hurvitz, MD, FACP, of Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, provides an update focusing on progression-free survival after next line of treatment and subsequent therapies among patients enrolled in the ASCENT-03 trial. The study compared sacituzumab govitecan vs chemotherapy in patients with previously untreated metastatic triple-negative breast cancer (Abstract 1001).