• Adjuvant Endocrine Therapy
    Jul 14 2022

    Drs Lidia Schapira and Norah Lynn Henry discuss adjuvant endocrine therapy.

    Relevant disclosures can be found with the episode show notes on Medscape (https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/969538). The topics and discussions are planned, produced, and reviewed independently of advertiser. This podcast is intended only for US healthcare professionals.

    Resources

    Adjuvant Endocrine Therapy for Women With Hormone Receptor–Positive Breast Cancer: ASCO Clinical Practice Guideline Focused Update https://ascopubs.org/doi/10.1200/JCO.18.01160

    Evidence-Based Approaches for the Management of Side-Effects of Adjuvant Endocrine Therapy in Patients With Breast Cancer https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanonc/article/PIIS1470-2045(20)30666-5/fulltext

    Acupuncture for Arthralgia-Induced by Aromatase Inhibitors in Patients With Breast Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7883140/

    Long-Term Results From a Randomized Blinded Sham- and Waitlist-Controlled Trial of Acupuncture for Joint Symptoms Related to Aromatase Inhibitors in Early Stage Breast Cancer (S1200) https://ascopubs.org/doi/abs/10.1200/JCO.2021.39.15_suppl.12018

    Adverse Events and Perception of Benefit From Duloxetine for Treating Aromatase Inhibitor-Associated Arthralgias https://academic.oup.com/jncics/article/5/2/pkab018/6130825

    Predictors of Aromatase Inhibitor Discontinuation as a Result of Treatment-Emergent Symptoms in Early-Stage Breast Cancer https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3341106/

    Active Symptom Monitoring and Endocrine Therapy Persistence in Young Women With Breast Cancer https://maps.cancer.gov/overview/DCCPSGrants/abstract.jsp?applId=10337861&term=CA266012

    Patient-Reported Outcomes and Early Discontinuation in Aromatase Inhibitor-Treated Postmenopausal Women With Early Stage Breast Cancer https://academic.oup.com/oncolo/article/21/5/539/6401566?login=false

    Effect of a Switch of Aromatase Inhibitors on Musculoskeletal Symptoms in Postmenopausal Women With Hormone-Receptor-Positive Breast Cancer: The ATOLL (Articular Tolerance of Letrozole) Study https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20035381/

    Benefits of Digital Symptom Monitoring With Patient-Reported Outcomes During Adjuvant Cancer Treatment https://ascopubs.org/doi/full/10.1200/JCO.20.03375

    Cohort Study of Adherence to Adjuvant Endocrine Therapy, Breast Cancer Recurrence and Mortality https://www.nature.com/articles/bjc2013116

    Atrophic Vaginitis in Breast Cancer Survivors: A Difficult Survivorship Issue https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4493485/

    Caution: Vaginal Estradiol Appears to Be Contraindicated in Postmenopausal Women on Adjuvant Aromatase Inhibitors https://www.annalsofoncology.org/article/S0923-7534(19)57558-5/fulltext

    Management of Genitourinary Syndrome of Menopause in Breast Cancer Survivors: An Update https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8894268/

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    22 mins
  • RxPONDER Trial and Immunotherapy
    Jun 14 2022

    Drs Lidia Schapira and Kevin Kalinsky discuss the RxPONDER trial and immunotherapy.

    Relevant disclosures can be found with the episode show notes on Medscape.com (https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/963171). The topics and discussions are planned, produced, and reviewed independently of advertiser. This podcast is intended only for US healthcare professionals.

    21-Gene Assay to Inform Chemotherapy Benefit in Node-Positive Breast Cancer https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMoa2108873

    Tailoring Adjuvant Endocrine Therapy for Premenopausal Breast Cancer https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6193457/

    Randomized Comparisons of Adjuvant Aromatase Inhibitor Exemestane Plus Ovarian Function Suppression vs Tamoxifen in Premenopausal Women With Hormone Receptor–Positive Early Breast Cancer: Update of the TEXT and SOFT Trials https://www.abstractsonline.com/pp8/#!/10462/presentation/645

    Breast Cancer Index https://www.breastcancerindex.com/

    Abemaciclib Combined With Endocrine Therapy for the Adjuvant Treatment of HR+, HER2−, Node-Positive, High-Risk, Early Breast Cancer (monarchE) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7768339/

    Continuous Versus Intermittent Extended Adjuvant Letrozole for Breast Cancer: Final Results of Randomized Phase III SOLE (Study of Letrozole Extension) and SOLE Estrogen Substudy https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0923-7534(21)02492-3

    Event-free Survival With Pembrolizumab in Early Triple-Negative Breast Cancer https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMoa2112651

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    21 mins
  • Treatment and Follow-up Care for Premenopausal Women With Breast Cancer
    May 17 2022

    Drs Lidia Schapira and Kathryn Ruddy discuss treatment and follow-up care for premenopausal women with breast cancer.

    Relevant disclosures can be found with the episode show notes on Medscape.com (https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/963169). The topics and discussions are planned, produced, and reviewed independently of advertiser. This podcast is intended only for US healthcare professionals.

    Resources

    MutYH Mutation Carriers Have Increased Breast Cancer Risk https://acsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cncr.26506

    Kathryn J. Ruddy, MD, MPH Biography https://www.mayoclinic.org/biographies/ruddy-kathryn-j-m-d/BIO-20055748?_escaped_fragment_=&p=1

    Adjuvant Chemotherapy Guided by a 21-Gene Expression Assay in Breast Cancer https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/nejmoa1804710

    About Oncotype DX Breast DCIS Score https://www.oncotypeiq.com/en-US/breast-cancer/healthcare-professionals/oncotype-dx-breast-dcis-score/about-the-test

    Goserelin for Ovarian Protection During Breast-Cancer Adjuvant Chemotherapy https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4405231/

    Adjuvant Ovarian Suppression in Premenopausal Breast Cancer https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1412379

    Who Are the Women Who Enrolled in the POSITIVE Trial: A Global Study to Support Young Hormone Receptor Positive Breast Cancer Survivors Desiring Pregnancy https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S096097762100429X

    Pregnancy After Breast Cancer https://www.cancer.org/cancer/breast-cancer/living-as-a-breast-cancer-survivor/pregnancy-after-breast-cancer.html

    Pragmatic Cluster Randomized Trial to Evaluate Effectiveness and Implementation of Enhanced EHR-Facilitated Cancer Symptom Control (E2C2) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7275300/

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    22 mins
  • The Impact of BRCA Status on Therapy Choices
    Apr 12 2022

    Drs Lidia Schapira and Nadine Tung discuss how BRCA status affects choosing therapy for patients with early-stage breast cancer.

    Relevant disclosures can be found with the episode show notes on Medscape.com (https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/963168). The topics and discussions are planned, produced, and reviewed independently of advertisers. This podcast is intended only for US healthcare professionals.

    Resources

    TBCRC 031: Randomized Phase II Study of Neoadjuvant Cisplatin Versus Doxorubicin-Cyclophosphamide in Germline BRCA Carriers With HER2-Negative Breast Cancer (the INFORM trial) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8462533/

    Adjuvant Olaparib for Patients with BRCA1- or BRCA2-Mutated Breast Cancer https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2105215

    Validation of a Novel Staging System for Disease-Specific Survival in Patients With Breast Cancer Treated With Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3107758/

    Table 1 from Validation of a Novel Staging System for Disease-Specific Survival in Patients With Breast Cancer Treated With Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3107758/table/T1/?report=objectonly

    Abemaciclib Combined With Endocrine Therapy for the Adjuvant Treatment of HR+, HER2−, Node-Positive, High-Risk, Early Breast Cancer (monarchE) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7768339/

    Evaluation of Efficacy and Safety of PARP Inhibitors in Breast Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8215282/pdf/main.pdf

    LYNPARZA® (olaparib) Prescribing Information. AstraZeneca; 2020. https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/drugsatfda_docs/label/2020/208558s014lbl.pdf

    Management of Hereditary Breast Cancer: American Society of Clinical Oncology, American Society for Radiation Oncology, and Society of Surgical Oncology Guideline https://ascopubs.org/doi/full/10.1200/JCO.20.00299

    A Population-Based Study of Genes Previously Implicated in Breast Cancer https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2005936

    TBCRC 048: Phase II Study of Olaparib for Metastatic Breast Cancer and Mutations in Homologous Recombination-Related Genes https://ascopubs.org/doi/10.1200/JCO.20.02151

    Cancer Risks and Mortality in Heterozygous ATM Mutation Carriers https://academic.oup.com/jnci/article/97/11/813/2521263?login=false

    Neoadjuvant Talazoparib in Patients With Germline BRCA1/2 (gBRCA1/2) Mutation-Positive, Early HER2-Negative Breast Cancer (BC): Results of a Phase 2 Study https://ascopubs.org/doi/abs/10.1200/JCO.2021.39.15_suppl.505

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    21 mins
  • DCIS and Low-Risk, Early-Stage Breast Cancer Part 2
    Mar 31 2022

    Drs Lidia Schapira and Antonio Wolff resume their discussion on the current research on DCIS and other forms of lower-risk early breast cancer, and how medical oncologists can work to create an optimal treatment plan.

    Relevant disclosures can be found with the episode show notes on Medscape.com (https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/963167). The topics and discussions are planned, produced, and reviewed independently of our advertiser. This podcast is intended only for US healthcare professionals.

    Resources

    Abemaciclib Combined With Endocrine Therapy for the Adjuvant Treatment of HR+, HER2-, Node-Positive, High-Risk, Early Breast Cancer (monarchE) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7768339/

    Tamoxifen for early breast cancer: an overview of the randomised trials https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(97)11423-4/fulltext

    Adjuvant Palbociclib for Early Breast Cancer: The PALLAS Trial Results (ABCSG-42/AFT-05/BIG-14-03) https://ascopubs.org/doi/10.1200/JCO.21.02554?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&rfr_dat=cr_pub%20%200pubmed

    Palbociclib for Residual High-Risk Invasive HR-Positive and HER2-Negative Early Breast Cancer—The Penelope-B Trial https://ascopubs.org/doi/10.1200/JCO.20.03639?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&rfr_dat=cr_pub%20%200pubmed

    Verzenio® (abemaciclib) Significantly Reduced the Risk of Cancer Returning in People with High Risk HR+, HER2- Early Breast Cancer https://investor.lilly.com/news-releases/news-release-details/verzenior-abemaciclib-significantly-reduced-risk-cancer

    Pfizer Provides Update on Phase 3 PALLAS Trial of IBRANCE® (palbociclib) Plus Endocrine Therapy in HR+, HER2- Early Breast Cancer https://www.pfizer.com/news/press-release/press-release-detail/pfizer-provides-update-phase-3-pallas-trial-ibrancer

    NATALEE: Phase III study of ribociclib (RIBO) + endocrine therapy (ET) as adjuvant treatment in hormone receptor–positive (HR+), human epidermal growth factor receptor 2–negative (HER2–) early breast cancer (EBC). https://ascopubs.org/doi/abs/10.1200/JCO.2019.37.15_suppl.TPS597

    FDA Approval Summary: Abemaciclib With Endocrine Therapy for High-Risk Early Breast Cancer https://ascopubs.org/doi/full/10.1200/JCO.21.02742#:~:text=The%20US%20Food%20and%20Drug,%2D67%20score%20%E2%89%A5%2020%25.

    Adjuvant abemaciclib combined with endocrine therapy for high-risk early breast cancer: updated efficacy and Ki-67 analysis from the monarchE study https://www.annalsofoncology.org/action/showPdf?pii=S0923-7534%2821%2904494-X

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    20 mins
  • DCIS and Low-Risk, Early-Stage Breast Cancer
    Mar 15 2022

    Drs Lidia Schapira and Antonio Wolff discuss the current research on DCIS and other forms of lower-risk early breast cancer, and how medical oncologists can work to create an optimal treatment plan.

    Relevant disclosures can be found with the episode show notes on Medscape.com (https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/963165). The topics and discussions are planned, produced, and reviewed independently of our advertiser. This podcast is intended only for US healthcare professionals.

    Resources

    Questions About the BRCA1 and BRCA2 Gene Study and Breast Cancer https://www.genome.gov/10000940/brca1brca2-study-faq

    Overcoming Barriers in Ductal Carcinoma In Situ Management: From Overtreatment to Optimal Treatment https://ascopubs.org/doi/10.1200/JCO.21.01674

    Preoperative Breast MRI for Newly Diagnosed Ductal Carcinoma in Situ: Imaging Features and Performance in a Multicenter Setting (ECOG-ACRIN E4112 Trial) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8474966/

    Addressing Overtreatment of Screen Detected DCIS; The LORIS Trial https://www.ejcancer.com/article/S0959-8049(15)00697-8/fulltext

    Feasibility of a Prospective, Randomised, Open-label, International Multicentre, Phase III, Non-inferiority Trial to Assess the Safety of Active Surveillance for Low Risk Ductal Carcinoma In Situ -- The LORD study https://www.ejcancer.com/article/S0959-8049(15)00394-9/fulltext

    The COMET (Comparison of Operative versus Monitoring and Endocrine Therapy) Trial: A Phase III Randomised Controlled Clinical Trial for Low-Risk Ductal Carcinoma In Situ (DCIS) https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/9/3/e026797.long

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    23 mins
  • Decision-Making About Radiation in Early-Stage Breast Cancer
    Mar 15 2022

    Drs Schapira and Gillespie begin this series by reviewing the current research on radiation options for early-stage breast cancer and how to discuss treatment options with patients.

    Relevant disclosures can be found with the episode show notes on Medscape.com (https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/963162). The topics and discussions are planned, produced, and reviewed independently of our advertiser. This podcast is intended only for US healthcare professionals.

    Resources

    Radiation Therapy for the Whole Breast: Executive Summary of an American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) Evidence-Based Guideline https://www.practicalradonc.org/article/S1879-8500(18)30051-1/fulltext

    Ten-Year Results of FAST: A Randomized Controlled Trial of 5-Fraction Whole-Breast Radiotherapy for Early Breast Cancer https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7526720/

    Hypofractionated Breast Radiotherapy for 1 Week Versus 3 Weeks (FAST-Forward): 5-Year Efficacy and Late Normal Tissue Effects Results From a Multicentre, Non-inferiority, Randomised, Phase 3 Trial https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)30932-6/fulltext

    Partial-Breast Radiotherapy After Breast Conservation Surgery for Patients With Early Breast Cancer (UK IMPORT LOW trial): 5-Year Results From a Multicentre, Randomised, Controlled, Phase 3, Non-inferiority Trial https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(17)31145-5/fulltext

    External Beam Accelerated Partial Breast Irradiation Versus Whole Breast Irradiation After Breast Conserving Surgery in Women With Ductal Carcinoma In Situ and Node-Negative Breast Cancer (RAPID): A Randomised Controlled Trial https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(19)32515-2/fulltext

    Once Daily Versus Twice Daily External Beam Accelerated Partial Breast Irradiation: A Randomized Prospective Study https://www.redjournal.org/article/S0360-3016(20)34566-1/fulltext

    Accelerated Partial-Breast Irradiation Compared With Whole-Breast Irradiation for Early Breast Cancer: Long-term Results of the Randomized Phase III APBI-IMRT-Florence Trial https://ascopubs.org/doi/10.1200/JCO.20.00650

    Acute and Short-term Toxic Effects of Conventionally Fractionated vs Hypofractionated Whole-Breast Irradiation: A Randomized Clinical Trial https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamaoncology/fullarticle/2422117

    De-escalation of Breast Radiation Trial for Hormone Sensitive, HER-2 Negative, Oncotype Recurrence Score Less Than or Equal to 18 Breast Cancer (DEBRA) https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04852887

    Lumpectomy Plus Tamoxifen With or Without Irradiation in Women Age 70 Years or Older With Early Breast Cancer: Long-term Follow-up of CALGB 9343 https://ascopubs.org/doi/10.1200/JCO.2012.45.2615

    PRIME II Investigators. Breast-Conserving Surgery With or Without Irradiation in Women Aged 65 Years or Older With Early Breast Cancer (PRIME II): A Randomised Controlled Trial https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanonc/article/PIIS1470-2045(14)71221-5/fulltext

    Effect of Axillary Dissection vs No Axillary Dissection on 10-Year Overall Survival Among Women With Invasive Breast Cancer and Sentinel Node Metastasis: The ACOSOG Z0011 https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2653737

    Radiotherapy or Surgery of the Axilla After a Positive Sentinel Node in Breast Cancer (EORTC 10981-22023 AMAROS): A Randomised, Multicentre, Open-Label, Phase 3 Non-inferiority Trial https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanonc/article/PIIS1470-2045(14)70460-7/fulltext

    Regional Lymph Nodes Radiation and Breast Cancer Related Lymphedema: Where We Stand https://www.redjournal.org/article/S0360-3016(21)00165-6/fulltext

    Event-Free Survival With Pembrolizumab in Early Triple-Negative Breast Cancer https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMoa1910549

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    24 mins