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Oncology Today: New Datasets and Their Implications for Breast Cancer Management (Video Lecture)
Released April 2025

Featuring a slide presentation and related discussion from Dr Adrienne G Waks. Published April 2025.

CE Information and Faculty Disclosures

  • TARGET AUDIENCE
    This activity is intended for medical oncologists, hematology-oncology fellows and other healthcare providers involved in the treatment of breast cancer.

    LEARNING OBJECTIVES

    • Evaluate recently presented clinical research findings to determine their effect on the current management of localized or metastatic breast cancer (mBC).
    • Evaluate updated research findings from key trials establishing the utility of genomic assays to assist in personalizing adjuvant systemic therapy for newly diagnosed hormone receptor (HR)-positive, HER2-negative breast cancer, and identify patients for whom testing results would be clinically useful.
    • Review published research data supporting the use of chemotherapy in combination with anti-PD-1/PD-L1 antibodies for patients with localized or metastatic triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC), and use this information to make appropriate treatment recommendations.
    • Appraise published efficacy and safety data from randomized trials evaluating CDK4/6 inhibitors for patients with HR-positive localized or metastatic breast cancer in order to provide appropriate counsel regarding the optimal clinical use of these agents.
    • Understand available data with and current and future clinical role of oral selective estrogen receptor degraders for patients with relapsed/refractory HR-positive mBC.
    • Evaluate published research findings to effectively inform the selection and sequencing of available therapeutic agents and regimens for patients with HER2-positive localized and metastatic breast cancer.
    • Discuss available research establishing the efficacy of PARP inhibitors in patients with localized breast cancer harboring BRCA or other homologous recombination repair pathway mutations, and identify candidates for whom treatment with these agents would be appropriate.
    • Appreciate the clinical relevance of HER2-low or HER2-ultralow mBC, and understand available research findings with HER2-directed antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) for these patients.
    • Interrogate published Phase III research documenting the efficacy of TROP2-directed ADCs in patients with mBC to determine the current and future clinical applicability of these approaches.
    • Assess available data with novel HER3-directed therapies under development for mBC.

    ACCREDITATION STATEMENT
    Research To Practice is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

    CREDIT DESIGNATION STATEMENT
    Audio Interview: Research To Practice designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

    Video Interview: Research To Practice designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

    Video Lecture: Research To Practice designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

    AMERICAN BOARD OF INTERNAL MEDICINE (ABIM) — MAINTENANCE OF CERTIFICATION (MOC)
    Successful completion of these CME activities, which includes participation in the evaluation components and post-tests, enables the participant to earn up to 1.5 (audio), 1.25 (video) and 1 (lecture) Medical Knowledge MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for each activity. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

    Please note, these programs have been specifically designed for the following ABIM specialty: medical oncology.

    AMERICAN BOARD OF SURGERY (ABS) — CONTINUOUS CERTIFICATION (CC)
    Successful completion of these CME activities, which includes participation in the evaluation components and post-tests, enables the learner to earn credit toward the CME and Self-Assessment requirement(s) of the American Board of Surgery’s Continuous Certification program. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABS credit.

    Please note, these programs have been specifically designed for the following ABS practice area: complex general surgical oncology.

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    HOW TO USE THIS CME ACTIVITY
    To receive credit for an activity in this series, the participant should review the CME information, listen to or view the MP3s, review the downloadable slide set, complete the post-test with a score of 80% or better and fill out the evaluation. Program location URLs are noted below:

    Audio Interview: ResearchToPractice.com/OncologyTodayPostConf24/Breast and evaluation ResearchToPractice.com/OncologyTodayPostConf24/Breast/CME.

    Video Interview: ResearchToPractice.com/OncologyTodayPostConf24/Breast/Video and evaluation ResearchToPractice.com/OncologyTodayPostConf24/Breast/Video/CME.

    Video Lecture: ResearchToPractice.com/OncologyTodayPostConf24/Breast/Presentation and evaluation ResearchToPractice.com/OncologyTodayPostConf24/Breast/Presentation/CME.

    CONTENT VALIDATION AND DISCLOSURES
    Research To Practice (RTP) is committed to providing its participants with high-quality, unbiased and state-of-the-art education and adheres to the ACCME’s Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education. Any individuals in a position to control the content of an accredited continuing education activity, including faculty, planners, reviewers and others, are required to disclose all relevant financial relationships with ineligible entities (commercial interests). All relevant conflicts of interest have been mitigated prior to the commencement of this activity. In addition, all activity content is reviewed by RTP scientific staff and an external, independent physician reviewer for fair balance, scientific objectivity of studies referenced and patient care recommendations.

    FACULTY — The following faculty reported relevant financial relationships with ineligible entities:

    Adrienne G Waks, MD
    Senior Physician, Breast Medical Oncology
    Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
    Assistant Professor of Medicine
    Harvard Medical School
    Boston, Massachusetts

    Advisory Committees: Ambrx; Consulting Agreements and Speakers Bureaus: AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP; Contracted Research: Genentech, a member of the Roche Group, Gilead Sciences Inc, MacroGenics Inc, Merck.

    EDITOR — Dr Love is president and CEO of Research To Practice. Research To Practice receives funds in the form of educational grants to develop CME activities from the following companies: AbbVie Inc, ADC Therapeutics, Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Amgen Inc, Array BioPharma Inc, a subsidiary of Pfizer Inc, Arvinas, Astellas, AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP, Aveo Pharmaceuticals, Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals, BeiGene Ltd, Black Diamond Therapeutics Inc, Blueprint Medicines, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Inc, Bristol Myers Squibb, Clovis Oncology, Coherus BioSciences, CTI BioPharma, a Sobi Company, Daiichi Sankyo Inc, Eisai Inc, Elevation Oncology Inc, Exact Sciences Corporation, Exelixis Inc, Genentech, a member of the Roche Group, Genmab US Inc, Geron Corporation, Gilead Sciences Inc, GSK, Hologic Inc, ImmunoGen Inc, Incyte Corporation, Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals Inc, Janssen Biotech Inc, administered by Janssen Scientific Affairs LLC, Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc, Karyopharm Therapeutics, Kite, A Gilead Company, Legend Biotech, Lilly, MEI Pharma Inc, Merck, Mersana Therapeutics Inc, Mirati Therapeutics Inc, Mural Oncology Inc, Natera Inc, Novartis, Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation on behalf of Advanced Accelerator Applications, Novocure Inc, Nuvalent, Pfizer Inc, Pharmacyclics LLC, an AbbVie Company, Puma Biotechnology Inc, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc, Rigel Pharmaceuticals Inc, R-Pharm US, Sanofi, Seagen Inc, Servier Pharmaceuticals LLC, SpringWorks Therapeutics Inc, Stemline Therapeutics Inc, Syndax Pharmaceuticals, Taiho Oncology Inc, Takeda Pharmaceuticals USA Inc, TerSera Therapeutics LLC, and Tesaro, A GSK Company.

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    These educational activities contain discussion of published and/or investigational uses of agents that are not indicated by the Food and Drug Administration. Research To Practice does not recommend the use of any agent outside of the labeled indications. Please refer to the official prescribing information for each product for discussion of approved indications, contraindications and warnings. The opinions expressed are those of the presenters and are not to be construed as those of the publisher or grantors.

    These activities are supported by educational grants from Exact Sciences Corporation and Merck.

    Release date: April 2025
    Expiration date: April 2026

    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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