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Despite being considered a rare type of malignancy, constituting only 3% of all gastrointestinal cancers, the incidence of biliary tract cancers (BTCs) has been increasing worldwide in recent years, with about 20,000 new cases annually only in the USA.1–3 These cancers arise from the biliary epithelium of the small ducts in the periphery of the liver […]

Javier Cortes, SABCS 2020 – Pembrolizumab in Triple-negative Breast Cancer

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Published Online: Jan 7th 2021

touchONCOLOGY joins Dr Javier Cortes at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (SABCS) 2020, to discuss the data being presented around the KEYNOTE-355 study and the potential of pembrolizumab as a treatment for triple-negative breast cancer (Clinical Trial Identifier: NCT02819518). The abstract ‘Additional efficacy endpoints from the phase 3 KEYNOTE-355 study of pembrolizumab plus chemotherapy vs placebo plus chemotherapy as first-line therapy for locally recurrent inoperable or metastatic triple-negative breast cancer‘ (ABSTRACT NUMBER: GS3-01) was presented at the virtual SABCS 2020, 8-11 December 2020.

Questions

  1. What has been the impact of pembrolizumab on the treatment of patients with triple-negative breast cancer? (0:19)
  2. Could you tell us a little about the KEYNOTE-355 study and its findings? (1:02)
  3. What additional efficacy endpoints are you presenting at SABCS 2020? (1:58)
  4. How do these findings compare to those for pembrolizumab monotherapy in the same treatment setting? (3:28)
  5. How will tumour PD-L1 expression combined positive score (CPS) be used to make decisions in patients with previously untreated locally advanced or metastatic triple-negative breast cancer? (4:45)

Speaker Disclosures: Consulting/Advisor: Roche, Celgene, Cellestia, AstraZeneca, Biothera Pharmaceutical, Merus, Seattle Genetics, Daiichi Sankyo, Erytech, Athenex, Polyphor, Lilly, Servier, Merck Sharp&Dohme, GSK, Leuko, Bioasis, Clovis Oncology, Boehringer Ingelheim and Kyowa Kirin; Honoraria: Roche, Novartis, Celgene, Eisai, Pfizer, Samsung Bioepis, Lilly, Merck Sharp&Dohme and Daiichi Sankyo; Research funding to the Institution: Roche, Ariad pharmaceuticals, AstraZeneca, Baxalta GMBH/Servier Affaires, Bayer healthcare, Eisai, F.Hoffman-La Roche, Guardanth health, Merck Sharp&Dohme, Pfizer, Piqur Therapeutics, Puma C and Queen Mary University of London; Stock, patents and intellectual property: MedSIR; Travel, accommodation, expenses: Roche, Novartis, Eisai, Pfizer and Daiichi Sankyo.

Support: Interview and filming supported by Touch Medical Media Ltd.

Filmed in coverage of the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (SABCS) 2020.

PDL1 = programmed death-ligand 1.

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