European Society for Medical Oncology Breast Cancer Annual Congress (ESMO Breast Cancer 2024)

Latest findings from the ongoing phase III NATALEE trial have shown that 3-year treatment with adjuvant ribociclib, in combination with a nonsteroidal aromatase inhibitor (NSAI), remained well tolerated in patients with HR+/HER2- early-stage breast cancer (EBC).

The addition of statins to standard adjuvant breast cancer treatment, particularly in combination with chemotherapy, appears to improve patient survival, suggests a study presented at ESMO Breast Cancer 2024.

Long-term data from the phase III PANTHER trial demonstrate improved breast cancer recurrence-free survival (BCRFS) with tailored dose-dense adjuvant chemotherapy as opposed to standard adjuvant chemo in individuals with high-risk early breast cancer.

HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer (mBC) patients who had been treated with trastuzumab emtansine continue to enjoy survival benefits with trastuzumab deruxtecan (TD) relative to those who received treatment of physician’s choice (TPC), as shown by the updated results of the DESTINY-Breast (DB)-02 study. TD also boasts of a manageable safety profile, with no long-term toxicity.

In young breast cancer survivors harbouring BRCA1/2 pathogenic variants, using assisted reproductive techniques (ART) to conceive did not appear to negatively affect maternal or pregnancy outcomes, findings from an international retrospective cohort study suggest.