Join experts Drs Kevin Kalinsky and Priyanka Sharma as they discuss their current approach to neoadjuvant therapy in triple negative breast cancer and how the SCARLET trial might change that.

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Resources

Pembrolizumab for Early Triple-Negative Breast Cancer https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32101663/

Clinical and Biomarker Results of Neoadjuvant Phase II Study of Pembrolizumab and Carboplatin Plus Docetaxel in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer (TNBC) (NeoPACT) https://ascopubs.org/doi/abs/10.1200/JCO.2022.40.16_suppl.513

CALGB 40603 (Alliance): Long-Term Outcomes and Genomic Correlates of Response and Survival After Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy With or Without Carboplatin and Bevacizumab in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35044810/

NCCN Guidelines® Insights: Breast Cancer, Version 4.2023 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37308117/

Pembrolizumab vs. Observation in People With Triple-negative Breast Cancer Who Had a Pathologic Complete Response After Chemotherapy Plus Pembrolizumab https://classic.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT05812807

Shorter Chemo-Immunotherapy Without Anthracycline Drugs for Early-Stage Triple Negative Breast Cancer https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT05929768

Neoadjuvant Atezolizumab in Combination With Sequential Nab-Paclitaxel and Anthracycline-Based Chemotherapy Versus Placebo and Chemotherapy in Patients With Early-Stage Triple-Negative Breast Cancer (IMpassion031): A Randomised, Double-Blind, Phase 3 Trial https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32966830/

Adjuvant Capecitabine for Breast Cancer After Preoperative Chemotherapy https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28564564/

Impact of Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy on Axillary Nodal Involvement in Patients With Clinically Node Negative Triple Negative Breast Cancer https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25266871/

Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy With or Without Anthracyclines in the Presence of Dual HER2 Blockade for HER2-Positive Breast Cancer (TRAIN-2): A Multicentre, Open-Label, Randomised, Phase 3 Trial https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30413379/