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Ann Partridge, MD discusses YES study
Breast cancer survivors who used a novel mobile health intervention to self-manage post-treatment symptoms were able to improve their quality of life and reduce the burden of common symptoms, according to results of the YES study presented ...
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Stefania Morganti, MD discusses ctDNA study
Ultrasensitive detection of minimal residual disease using ctDNA can help predict the duration of response to HER2 targeted therapy in patients with metastatic breast cancer, according to a study presented by Stefani Morganti, MD, of Dana-Farber ...
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Paolo Tarantino, MD discusses the DATO - Base study
Paolo Tarantino, MD, of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, presented new findings from the DATO-Base study examining treatment with the ADC Dato-DXd for women with leptomeningeal disease. Breast cancer is the most common cancer linked to this ...
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Erica Mayer, MD discusses results from TBCRC 56 study
Erica Mayer, MD, of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute shared results from TBCRC 56, showing presurgical treatment with a PARP inhibitor + anti-PD1 combo in patients with gBRCAm early triple-negative breast cancer resulted in a pCR rate of 50%. ...
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Rachel Freedman, MD discusses phase 2 ATOP study
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute's Rachel Freedman, MD, presents results from the phase 2 ATOP study showing older patients with HER2+ breast cancer receiving adjuvant T-DM1 had a favorable 5-year survival with manageable toxicity. ATOP is ...
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved trastuzumab deruxtecan (T-DXd) in combination with pertuzumab for first-line treatment of metastatic HER2-positive breast cancer.
