Breast cancer—epidemiology, risk factors, classification, prognostic markers, and current treatment strategies—an updated review

S Łukasiewicz, M Czeczelewski, A Forma, J Baj… - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women. It is estimated
that 2.3 million new cases of BC are diagnosed globally each year. Based on mRNA gene …

Towards targeting the breast cancer immune microenvironment

MA Harris, P Savas, B Virassamy… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
The tumour immune microenvironment is shaped by the crosstalk between cancer cells,
immune cells, fibroblasts, endothelial cells and other stromal components. Although the …

Capivasertib in hormone receptor–positive advanced breast cancer

NC Turner, M Oliveira, SJ Howell… - … England Journal of …, 2023 - Mass Medical Soc
Background AKT pathway activation is implicated in endocrine-therapy resistance. Data on
the efficacy and safety of the AKT inhibitor capivasertib, as an addition to fulvestrant therapy …

Overall survival with pembrolizumab in early-stage triple-negative breast cancer

P Schmid, J Cortes, R Dent, H McArthur… - … England Journal of …, 2024 - Mass Medical Soc
Background In patients with early-stage triple-negative breast cancer, the phase 3
KEYNOTE-522 trial showed significant improvements in pathological complete response …

Inavolisib-Based Therapy in PIK3CA-Mutated Advanced Breast Cancer

NC Turner, SA Im, C Saura, D Juric… - … England Journal of …, 2024 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Inavolisib is a highly potent and selective inhibitor of the alpha isoform of the
p110 catalytic subunit of the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase complex (encoded by PIK3CA) …

[HTML][HTML] Pembrolizumab plus chemotherapy in advanced triple-negative breast cancer

J Cortes, HS Rugo, DW Cescon, SA Im… - … England Journal of …, 2022 - Mass Medical Soc
Background In an interim analysis of this phase 3 trial, the addition of pembrolizumab to
chemotherapy resulted in longer progression-free survival than chemotherapy alone among …

Abemaciclib plus endocrine therapy for hormone receptor-positive, HER2-negative, node-positive, high-risk early breast cancer (monarchE): results from a preplanned …

SRD Johnston, M Toi, J O'Shaughnessy… - The lancet …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Background Adjuvant abemaciclib plus endocrine therapy previously showed a significant
improvement in invasive disease-free survival and distant relapse-free survival in hormone …

Elacestrant (oral selective estrogen receptor degrader) versus standard endocrine therapy for estrogen receptor–positive, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 …

FC Bidard, VG Kaklamani, P Neven… - Journal of Clinical …, 2022 - ascopubs.org
PURPOSE Patients with pretreated estrogen receptor (ER)–positive/human epidermal
growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)–negative advanced breast cancer have poor prognosis …

Event-free survival with pembrolizumab in early triple-negative breast cancer

P Schmid, J Cortes, R Dent, L Pusztai… - … England Journal of …, 2022 - Mass Medical Soc
Background The addition of pembrolizumab to neoadjuvant chemotherapy led to a
significantly higher percentage of patients with early triple-negative breast cancer having a …

[HTML][HTML] 21-gene assay to inform chemotherapy benefit in node-positive breast cancer

K Kalinsky, WE Barlow, JR Gralow… - … England Journal of …, 2021 - Mass Medical Soc
Background The recurrence score based on the 21-gene breast-cancer assay has been
clinically useful in predicting a chemotherapy benefit in hormone-receptor–positive, human …