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January 17, 2020January 17, 2020

New Method Using Sound Waves May Stop Breast Cancer Spread in Lymph Nodes, Mouse Study Shows

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A new method that uses sound waves to release chemotherapy in lymph nodes invaded by breast cancer cells could offer a safer option to other, more invasive techniques, according to ... Read more

January 13, 2020January 13, 2020

Certain Genomic Tests May Soon Be Reimbursable for Breast Cancer Patients in Germany

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Techniker Krankenkasse, one of the largest healthcare insurers in Germany, will begin reimbursing their breast cancer patients for genomic tests, announced Agendia, a diagnostics company that offers a test called ... Read more

January 10, 2020January 10, 2020

Keytruda, Imprime PGG Combo Increases Overall Survival in Metastatic Triple-negative BC, Data Show

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Treatment with Biothera Pharmaceutical‘s Imprime PGG appears to increase the sensitivity of chemotherapy-resistant metastatic triple-negative breast cancers (mTNBC) to the immune checkpoint inhibitor Keytruda (pembrolizumab), interim data from a Phase 2 ... Read more

January 8, 2020January 8, 2020

Arimidex ‘Highly Effective’ at Reducing Long-term Breast Cancer Rates in At-risk Women, Study Finds

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Postmenopausal women at increased risk of breast cancer are half as likely to develop the cancer after a five-year treatment with Arimidex (anastrozole), compared to a placebo, and this ... Read more

January 2, 2020January 3, 2020

Enhertu Gets FDA Approval for Treatment of Advanced HER2-positive Breast Cancer

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Enhertu (fam-trastuzumab deruxtecan-nxki) for the treatment of adults with inoperable or metastatic HER2-positive breast cancer who have received at least two ... Read more

December 30, 2019January 6, 2020

Seattle Genetics Seeks Tucatinib’s Approval by FDA for Advanced HER2-positive Breast Cancer

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Seattle Genetics has submitted an application requesting U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for its investigational therapy tucatinib, in combination with trastuzumab and Xeloda (capecitabine), for treating people with locally ... Read more

December 19, 2019January 15, 2020

FDA Grants Breakthrough Therapy Status to Tucatinib for Advanced HER2-Positive Breast Cancer

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted breakthrough therapy designation to Seattle Genetics’ tucatinib, in combination with trastuzumab and Xeloda (capecitabine), for the treatment of patients with ... Read more

December 18, 2019January 15, 2020

TAVO Boosts Responses to Keytruda in Triple-negative Breast Cancer Patients, Interim Phase 2 Data Show

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Treatment with TAVO (intratumoral IL-12) appears to increase the sensitivity of previously treated advanced triple-negative breast cancers (mTNBC) to the immune checkpoint inhibitor Keytruda (pembrolizumab), interim data from a ... Read more

December 17, 2019January 15, 2020

Dosing Complete in Phase 2 Trial Evaluating Lymfactin for BC Treatment-Associated Lymphedema

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Herantis Pharma has completed patient dosing in its Phase 2 trial evaluating the investigational gene therapy Lymfactin for secondary lymphedema — a common complication of breast cancer treatment caused ... Read more

December 16, 2019

Breast Cancer Index Identifies Women Likely to Benefit From Extended Hormone Therapy, Latest Data Show

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The Breast Cancer Index, a molecular test developed by Biotheranostics, successfully identified a group of women with hormone receptor (HR)-positive breast cancer who may benefit from long-term hormone therapy ... Read more

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