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Research on immunotherapy in breast cancer treatment
January 22, 2022 Research Updates

Immunotherapy for Breast Cancer: Updates from the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium 2021

Immunotherapy is now part of standard of care for some types of triple negative breast cancer, with much more research ongoing.

Scientist in laboratory working on a new treatment for triple negative breast cancer.
November 28, 2020 Research Updates

New Treatments for Triple Negative Breast Cancer

This year we’ve seen some encouraging news with approvals of a targeted therapy and an immunotherapy for triple negative breast cancer.

Reviewing top stories about cancer research in Spring 2017
May 19, 2017 Research Updates

5 Cancer Research Stories Worth Following – Spring 2017

Cancer research stories worth following this spring include a study on the benefits of one type of immune system therapy for patients with metastatic triple negative breast cancer.

Reviewing top stories about cancer research in Winter 2017
February 27, 2017 Research Updates

5 Cancer Research Stories Worth Following – Winter 2017

Cancer research stories worth following this winter include a possible new use for an existing drug to prevent metastasis in triple negative breast cancer.

Reviewing top stories about cancer research in Spring 2016
May 17, 2016 Research Updates

5 Cancer Research Stories Worth Following – Spring 2016

Cancer research stories worth following this spring include a potential new combination treatment for HER2-positive breast cancer and evidence that a gene assay may help breast cancer patients avoid unnecessary chemotherapy treatment.

Reviewing top stories about cancer research in Winter 2016
March 8, 2016 Research Updates

5 Cancer Research Stories Worth Following – Winter 2016

Cancer research stories worth following this winter include an experimental targeted therapy for metastatic triple negative breast cancer and a study on how the financial toxicity of cancer treatment affects physical health and survival.

December 21, 2015 Research Updates

San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium 2015: “These Data Belong to Our Patients”

Research findings presented at the 2015 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium may preview an era in which breast cancer treatments will be tailored to each patient.

March 10, 2015 Research Updates

6 Cancer Research Stories Worth Following – Winter 2015

What’s exciting in cancer research right now? In this post, I’ll review several of the recent stories that seem to have the great potential impact, at least from my perspective, and that I know I’ll want to follow as they develop further.

Three pill bottles spilling.
March 28, 2014 Clinical Trials

The I-SPY 2 Breast Cancer Trial: How Clinical Trials May Be Changing

In “adaptive” clinical trial design, the goal is to identify as rapidly as possible new drug therapies that show a likelihood of being successful in specific patient populations.

San Antonio skyline
December 21, 2013 Research Updates

San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium 2013: What Did We Learn?

My top five takeaways from the 2013 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium.

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