2024 SABCS Highlights
Many Dana-Farber clinician scientists are participating in the 2024 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (SABCS), held December 10-13 in San Antonio, Texas. This international symposium is directed primarily towards academic and private physicians and researchers involved in breast cancer in medical, surgical, gynecologic, and radiation oncology, as well as patient advocates and other appropriate health care professionals. An anticipated 10,000 attendees from more than 100 countries are expected this year. SABCS is designed to provide state-of-the-art information on the experimental biology, etiology, prevention, diagnosis, and therapy of breast cancer and premalignant breast disease, to an international audience of academic and private physicians and researchers.
Jennifer Ligibel, MD Discusses Weigh Loss Intervention
Dana-Farber's Jennifer Ligibel, MD reviews a telephone-based weight loss intervention that led to significant improvements in metabolic and inflammatory biomarkers associated with cancer recurrence according to new data.Antonio Giordano, MD, PhD Discusses Novel CDK4-Selective Inhibitor
Dana-Farber's Antonia Giordano, MD, PhD shares new data on a novel CDK4-selective inhibitor in como with letrozole as 1st line treatment in HR+/HER2 Metastatic Breast Cancer.Ada Waks, MD Presents Results of the MARGOT Study
Dana-Farber's Ada Waks, MD presented results of MARGOT, a phase 2 trial comparing margetuximab plus chemo or trastuzumab plus chemo in patients with early stage HER2+ breast cancer.Judy Garber, MD, MPH Presents Updated Results of the OlympiA Study
Dana-Farber’s Judy Garber, MD, MPH shared updated results from the phase 3 OlympiA study. The new analysis provides further support for olaparib’s benefits in patients with high-risk, HER2-negative breast cancer with germline mutations in BRCA1 or BRCA2.Ann Partridge, MD, MPH Presents PROs from the COMET Study
Patients with low-risk DCIS who underwent active monitoring had comparable physical, emotional, and psychological outcomes to patients who received standard treatment, according to results from the phase 3 COMET trial data presented by ...For live Symposium coverage and more, follow Dana-Farber and Dana-Farber News on X (formerly Twitter)
Presentation and Poster Schedules
Resources
- Breast Cancer Treatment Guidelines developed by Dana-Farber on how to best utilize certain newly approved treatments.
- Follow Dana-Farber’s Breast Oncology Center on X.
- Turning Point, Dana-Farber’s Susan F. Smith Center for Women’s Cancers annual publication highlighting research and treatment advances in breast and gynecologic oncology.
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Sunday December 1, 7-9 pm PST
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San Antonio, CA
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News Releases
- Dana-Farber researchers to present findings at 2024 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium
- PARP Inhibition Shows Long-term Survival Benefits for Patients With High-risk, BRCA-positive Breast Cancer
- Study Finds Quality of Life Maintained with Active Monitoring for DCIS
- Addition of CDK 4/6 inhibitor benefits patients with HR+, HER2+ metastatic breast cancer, new study shows