FDA Advancements in HER2+ Breast Cancer

Sarah Montini, BSN, RN, OCN, provides an in-depth look at abemaciclib for the treatment of patients with breast cancer in a downloadable reference sheet.

Ryan Tamargo, NP, AONCP, discusses the launch of an online inflammatory breast cancer scoring system tool.

Breast-conserving therapy following preoperative systemic therapy resulted in superior overall survival compared with mastectomy in patients with HER2-positive breast cancer.

Loyda Braithwaite, MSN, RN, AGPCNP-BC, AOCNP; and Jamie Carroll, APRN, CNP, MSN, highlight presentations from the 2022 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium that will influence oncology nursing practice.

The biologics license application for datopotamab deruxtecan has been accepted by the FDA for pretreated HR-positive, HER2-negative metastatic breast cancer.

Patients with early-stage breast cancer treated with ribociclib plus a nonsteroidal aromatase inhibitor provided a greater invasive disease-free survival benefit compared with nonsteroidal aromatase inhibitor therapy alone.