Abstract Background: Race-related differences in breast cancer incidence and clinical outcome have been well documented, with many studies focusing on socioeconomic determinants contributing to African American (AA) breast cancer patients having higher mortality rates. Far less is understood about the…
Abstract Tumor heterogeneity is known to play a key role in drug response and resistance. However, knowledge of tumor heterogeneity is largely limited to genetics and biopsy samples representing one region of the tumor. The study of spatial tumor heterogeneity…
Abstract Background: The 21-gene (Oncotype DX) recurrence score (RS) has been utilized as a prognostic assay in patients with hormone receptor-positive (HR+), human epidermal growth factor receptor 2-negative (HER2–) breast cancer. The results stratify patients into low-, mid- and high-risk…
Abstract While most cancer patients are treated at community hospitals, specialized equipment, diagnostic tests, and therapeutic regimens are generally validated at academic settings. Here we present a novel approach to precision medicine to improve outcomes in breast cancer care in…
Abstract Background: During the I-SPY2 clinical trial, ganitumab (G) immunotherapy (IO) was co-administered with metformin (GM) to counteract G-induced hyperglycemia. The GM + standard of care (SOC) combination showed promising results but did not meet the statistical threshold for phase…
The ESMO Breast Cancer 2022 took place in Berlin on May 3 – 5. A well-attended conference covering a broad range of breast cancer topics. Our team was there to present three posters. Here are our takeaway messages from the…
Abstract: Breast cancer is a highly heterogeneous disease. Prognosis and treatment are usually decided based on the expression of 3 molecular markers; one being the human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2). Classification of HER2 tumors generally follows a binary…
Abstract: Cancer heterogeneity is associated with drug resistance, risk of disease recurrence and metastasis. Pathology allows for the assessment of heterogeneity in the tumor. However, this assessment is limited to an overall assessment of the tumor microenvironment (TME), through measurement…
Abstract: With the rapidly changing landscape of early-stage breast cancer, there is a significant need for upfront biomarkers to enable physicians to “right-size” therapy for patients. It is well known that tumor heterogeneity drives the variability of response to neoadjuvant…
After two consecutive years of virtually holding the annual meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), the conference returned to an in-person format, while retaining a hybrid option for those who prefer to join virtually.
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