NORWALK, Conn., Oct. 15, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- UBM Medica US announces that OncoTherapy Network, a leading online community to help oncologists and other clinicians gain a better understanding of the newest information available regarding the use of targeted therapies and immunotherapies, discusses some of the latest research on breast cancer treatment.
Every October, National Breast Cancer Awareness Month is observed to help spread the word about early detection. While screening is an integral part of breast cancer prevention, treatment options for thousands of patients diagnosed each year with breast cancer continues to be a focal point in oncology.
The featured articles below discuss some of the most recent research findings, including potential treatment options for both HER2-positive and triple-negative breast cancers:
- Neoadjuvant Carboplatin Boosts Targeted Therapy Responses in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer The addition of neoadjuvant carboplatin to a regimen of taxane-anthracycline chemotherapy and targeted therapy substantially increased pathological complete responses in patients with stage II/III triple-negative breast cancer (but not in patients with HER2-positive disease).
- Breast Cancer Vaccine Showing Promise in Women With HER2 Overexpression Recent findings from a phase II randomized clinical trial demonstrates that a breast cancer vaccine known as GP2, may help at preventing disease recurrence in women with HER2 protein overexpression.
- Knockdown of CD24 May Enhance Efficacy of Targeted Agents in HER2-Positive Breast Cancer
Therapeutic targeting of CD24 may enhance the efcacy of targeted agents, such as trastuzumab and lapatinib, in treatment of human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-positive breast cancer.
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