Clinical Investigator Perspectives on the Most Relevant New Datasets and Advances in Localized HR-Positive Breast Cancer — Webinar Proceedings

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TARGET AUDIENCE
This activity is intended for medical oncologists, hematologists, hematology-oncology fellows, radiation oncologists, surgeons and other allied healthcare professionals involved in the treatment of breast cancer.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

• Understand how various clinical and biological factors, such as age and menopausal status, tumor size and grade and nodal involvement, affect a patient’s risk of recurrence, and use this information to personalize the selection of adjuvant systemic therapy for newly diagnosed hormone receptor (HR)-positive, HER2-negative breast cancer.
• Consider available clinical trial findings with CDK4/6 inhibitors for localized HR-positive, HER2-negative breast cancer, and identify patients for whom adjuvant treatment with one of these agents would be appropriate.
• Recognize adverse events and other common side effects associated with different CDK4/6 inhibitors for localized breast cancer, and tailor therapy for patients with preexisting medical conditions and relevant comorbidities.
• Develop preventive and emergent strategies to reduce or ameliorate the various toxicities associated with CDK4/6 inhibitors.
• Appraise the scientific justification for, available data with and potential clinical role of oral selective estrogen receptor degraders as adjuvant treatment for patients with localized HR-positive, HER2-negative breast cancer.
• Assess the similarities and differences among the various genomic assays with established prognostic and predictive utility in HR-positive localized breast cancer, and consider research findings informing the use of these tests.

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Release date: July 2026
Expiration date: July 2027

After completing the post-test, learners may download and review the answers here in order to identify further areas of study.

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