Adjuvant Treatment With Ribociclib Reduces Risk of Recurrence in Hormone Receptor–Positive, HER2-Negative, Early-Stage Breast Cancer
The addition of the CDK4/6 inhibitor ribociclib to endocrine therapy significantly improved invasive disease–free survival in women with hormone receptor–positive, HER2-negative, early-stage breast cancer. These results of the phase III NATALEE trial were reported by lead author Dennis J. Slamon, MD, PhD, Director of Clinical/Translational Research and Director of the Revlon/UCLA Women’s Cancer Research Program at the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, at the 2023 ASCO Annual Meeting.1 Of note, NATALEE included patients with node-negative and node-positive, early-stage breast cancer, unlike other recent trials in the adjuvant setting.
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ASCO Perspective
“While early, these results are very promising and suggest that there will be a role for adjuvant ribociclib for stage II and higher hormone receptor-positive (HR-positive), HER2-negative breast cancer,” said Rita Nanda, MD, ASCO Expert.
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Adding the targeted therapy drug ribociclib (Kisqali®) to hormonal (endocrine) therapy showed a significant improvement in invasive disease-free survival (iDFS) for people with HR-positive, HER2-negative early-stage breast cancer. The research will be presented at the 2023 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting.
HR-positive, HER2-negative breast cancer is the most common subtype of the disease, making up nearly 70% of all breast cancer cases in the United States.1