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Friday Frontline: Cancer Updates Amid COVID-19 Pandemic on March 13, 2020

March 13th 2020, 7:00pm

Article

The COVID-19 pandemic has reached across the globe and continues to change, rapidly impacting everyone. Here are some of the stories around the world highlighting how the pandemic has impacted the lives of patients with cancer.

Combination Therapy Shows Overall Survival Benefit in Advanced Breast Cancer

March 4th 2020, 9:00pm

Article

The combination of Kisqali and Faslodex shows improved overall survival in patients with hormone-receptor-positive, HER2-negative advanced breast cancer.

Novel HER-2 Targeted Agents Show Promise in Treating CNS Metastases

February 21st 2020, 2:57am

Video

A recent study looking at data from three clinical trials involving Nerlynx shows promise for the future of treating patients with HER-2 positive breast cancer who develop CNS metastases.

Buses and Uncertainty

January 23rd 2020, 9:07pm

Article

21 Years of Breast Cancer Survivorship

January 15th 2020, 9:02pm

Article

CDK Inhibitors with Endocrine Therapy Show Survival Benefit in Patients with Metastatic Breast Cancer

January 15th 2020, 7:00pm

Article

Despite differences in tumors, the addition of CDK 4/6 inhibitors to endocrine therapy showed a benefit in patients with hormone receptor-positive, HER2-negative, advanced or metastatic breast cancer compared with endocrine therapy alone.

Combination Therapy Improves Progression-Free Survival in Metastatic Breast Cancer

January 15th 2020, 3:00am

Article

The three-drug combination of Perjeta and Herceptin with Gemzar shows improved progression-free survival in patients with metastatic breast cancer to advance to a phase 3 trial.

Patient Concerns and Treatment Decisions Are Impacted by Disease Stage

October 15th 2019, 1:00am

Article

When making treatment decisions in breast cancer, patient concerns about how each treatment will affect their daily life — and their disease stage — have an important role to play, according to Dr. Sara Hurvitz.

Efficacy and Safety Are Key Factors When Selecting Breast Cancer Treatment

October 9th 2019, 10:22pm

Article

The safety profile and effectiveness of each therapeutic option are both important considerations to keep in mind when clinicians and patients weigh their breast cancer treatment options, according to one expert.

Hearing The Patient's Voice

June 25th 2019, 11:02pm

Article

Why this breast cancer survivor thinks more oncologists should be listening carefully to patients on social media.