Around the Practice: January 2021 Virtual Tumor Board

Investigators plan to submit a communication application to seek marketing approval in China for ARX788 as therapy for HER2-positive advanced or metastatic breast cancer.

As part of our coverage for the 30th Annual Miami Breast Cancer Conference, we bring you an interview with Dr. Mark Pegram, director of the breast cancer program at the Stanford Women’s Cancer Center and codirector of the molecular therapeutics program. Dr. Pegram will be discussing the potential for novel HER2 combination therapies at the conference.

Based on several patient cases, expert oncologists review the evolving treatment landscape of HER2+ breast cancer with a focus on brain metastases.

To kick off SABCS 2012, we discuss the use of molecular testing for the diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer patients in the clinical setting with Dr. Antonio Wolff of the Kimmel Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins University, one of the presenter's during the "Practical Use of Molecular Profiling" session at this year's symposium.

Patients with HER2-positive breast cancer and triple-negative breast cancer may not require breast surgery if a pathological complete response can be identified using image-guided vacuum core biopsy following neoadjuvant systemic therapy.

Fam-trastuzumab deruxtecan-nxki has been recommended for approval by the European Union’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use in patients with HER2-low advanced breast cancer.