💡Incredible week of learning and connections in Vail at the @theaacr.bsky.social @ascocancer.bsky.social Methods in Clinical Cancer Research Workshop. So thankful for the opportunity to attend and to have benefited from such outstanding mentorship✍🏻🌄
Nicole Casasanta, MD
@ncasasanta.bsky.social
Breast Medical Oncologist @YaleCancer interested in clinical/translational research
Members of our Center for #BreastCancer team sharing the latest in #breastcancer clinical trial advances and research from #ASCO26 at our annual #CME review. @ncasasanta.bsky.social
🔍HER2 PARADIGM Trial now enrolling 🔹HER2-0 and HER2-0+ pts with MBC 🔹s/p 1 line of therapy ➡️T-DXd until progression 🎯 HER2 & TROP2 Quantitative immunofluorescence on biopsy sample NCT06750484 Love working with this outstanding Yale Breast & @yalepathology.bsky.social team! @yalecancer.bsky.social
🚨Wisdom Trial🚨 🔹randomized women to risk based bca screening vs annual screening 📍risk based: 9 genes, PRS, BCSC v2 model➡️ 4 risk groups guided frequency of screening ✅ rate of stage IIB ca noninferior to annual screening 🔹rate of breast biopsies was not lower #SABCS25
In WISDOM, researchers compared risk-based breast cancer screening to standard annual mammography among more than 28 000 US women aged 40 to 74 across all 50 states. #SABCS25 @sabcs.bsky.social ja.ma/494994l
📣lidERA trial📣 🔸Pts with HR+ eBC high/medium risk ➡️ giredestrant vs SOC ET x 5 years 🔸At 32 m, iDFS events 6.7% vs 9.4%, HR 0.7, p=.0014 🔸Arthralgias similar 📍1st trial to report benefit of SERD in the adjuvant tx 📋Looking forward to further data & other trials including CDK4/6i & SERDs💊 #SABCS25
Powerful message from Dr. Amy Beumer at #SABCS25: It’s time to “fix the toxic friendship” and design dosing with patients—balancing side effects, quality of life, and longevity. @maryamlustberg.bsky.social @sabcs.bsky.social
📌Starting #SABCS25 off with a discussion of the Advanced Breast Cancer (ABC) Global Decade Report 📈 🔸improved 5 year OS 26% ➡️33% 🔸improvement in QOL, but 79% report negative QOL 🔸access to care gaps have widened ✅ 10 goals 2025-2035 #bcsm @maryamlustberg.bsky.social
💡Phenomenal @onclive.bsky.social Fellows Forum ahead of #SABCS25 presenting important research, learning about advancing our careers, and making connections with the future leaders in breast oncology 🤝 thankful for the opportunity!@drsgraff.bsky.social @brianato.bsky.social
📍Thought provoking end to the Lynn Sage Breast Cancer Symposium discussing the goals of de-escalation in low risk, escalation in high risk, and individualized treatment in intermediate risk patients. Thankful for the opportunity to attend!✨#LSBC25 @luriecancer.bsky.social
💡Fabulous first day of the Lynn Sage Breast Cancer Symposium discussing obesity, sustainability, breast reconstruction, pathology, AI in oncology, approaches to management cans so much more ✨Thank you Lynn Sage for the travel award!💐 #LSBC25 @luriecancer.bsky.social
Excited to have joined Dr. Winer and Etienne to discuss medical oncology training, the future of oncology, and more! 🎙️🩺 @yalecancer.bsky.social
Yale Fellows Drs. Etienne Leveille + @ncasasanta.bsky.social join Dr. Eric Winer for Yale Cancer Answers to talk about the future of #cancer care and the next generation of oncologists. 🎧 Listen live on WNPR 🍎 Download Apple Podcasts 💻 Watch on YouTube
Yale Heme/Onc fellows riding for our patients, families, and cancer research 🧬 at the 15th annual Closer to Free Ride! 🚴🏼♀️💨 @ctfride.bsky.social @yalecancer.bsky.social
On September 6, 2025, I’ll be participating in the Closer to Free Ride to to raise funds to support cancer research and care for those who need it most - the patients, the families, and our team @yalecancer.bsky.social and Smilow Cancer Hospital Please consider donating to my ride!🚴🏻♀️
Amazing talk #ASCO2025 Highlights in MBC @maryamlustberg.bsky.social @yalecancer.bsky.social 📍HR+ multiple targeted agents now available, optimal sequencing remains unclear, we need to study in combinations
We have great representation in this morning's #ASCO25 poster session in Hall A! Stop by and support our presenters: Drs. Soki Kashima, Tara Sanft, Zachary Yochum, Ro Malik, @braunmdphd.bsky.social, Aarti Bhatia, @ncasasanta.bsky.social, Jing Du, and Ismail Ajjawi. @yaleschoolofmed.bsky.social
🚨Practice changing interim results DESTINY-Breast09 evaluating 1st Line T-DXd + P vs THP in HER2+ MBC 🔹PFS 40.7 m vs 26.9 m! 🔹PFS2 not reached vs 36.5 m 🔹 OS immature #ASCO2025
Lots of buzz around TBCRC 040 PREDICT-DNA trial presented by Dr. Natasha Hunter 🐝 ➰ ➡️ Among pts w/ Stg II-III HER2+ & TNBC receiving NAT ctDNA may be may be a better biomarker than pCR for longterm outcomes 🧬 🔸54% ctDNA <100 ppm after NAT 🔸NPV for residual disease 60%
Innovative SERENA-6 trial: at molecular progression switch to SERD w/ continuation of CDK4/6i in HR+ MBC improved PFS1✅ 🔹PFS2 & OS not mature 🔹 Improved TTD in QOL 🔹Control group PFS still 9.2 m 🔹Awaiting data on clearance of ctDNA after switch #ASCO2025
SERENA-6 phase 3 trial: In patients with advanced breast cancer, switching to camizestrant with a CDK4/6 inhibitor after ESR1-mutation detection (and before disease progression) led to significantly longer progression-free survival. nej.md/4k1dRml #ASCO25 @ascocancer.bsky.social
Inspirational words on positioning yourself for success by these four women physician leaders! Sharing advice with early career women in oncology. Now we have the tools for success🛠️✨#ASCO2025 @maryamlustberg.bsky.social @drgattimays.bsky.social @yalecancer.bsky.social
Outstanding talk by Dr. Ian Krop on antibody drug conjugates in the era of targeted therapies. 🔬So much groundbreaking work has been done and there’s still more work to do in understanding mechanism, mechanisms of resistance, and biomarkers for response📈📌 #ASCO2025
INAVO120 trial: In patients with PIK3CA-mutated advanced breast cancer, inavolisib added to palbociclib–fulvestrant led to a significant overall survival benefit, with a higher incidence of certain toxic effects than placebo. nej.md/3Zje7Vt #ASCO25 @ascocancer.bsky.social
In advanced breast cancer, progression-free survival was significantly longer with vepdegestrant than with fulvestrant among patients with ESR1 mutations but not in the full patient population. Full VERITAC-2 phase 3 trial results: nej.md/3ZoCL7g #ASCO25 @ascocancer.bsky.social
Impressive & practice changing ASCENT-04/KEYNOTE-D19 evaluating sacituzumab go ite an + pembro vs chemo + pembro in 1st Line PDL1+ metastatic TNBC demonstrating PFS 11.2 vs 7.8 months! 🚨Much needed improvement in 1st Line metastatic TNBC #ASCO2025
Congratulations to our faculty and fellows on their awards from @conquercancer.bsky.social at #ASCO25! (l-r) Drs. Mariya Rozenblit, @ncasasanta.bsky.social, Devora Isseroff and Benjamin Lu. Learn more ➡️ yalecancercenter.org/news-article... @ascocancer.bsky.social @yaleschoolofmed.bsky.social
Great start to #ASCO2025 with Yale Cancer Center and at the @conquercancer.bsky.social Awards Ceremony🏆 So grateful to have the opportunity to research improved biomarkers for ADC response in patients with HER2-low, HER2-ultralow, and HER2 0 breast cancer 🔬🩺
Looking forward to seeing the data for neoadjuvant T-DXd ➡️ THP in patients with high risk, locally advanced HER2+ breast cancer! 💉 Rates of ILD similar among T-DXd/THP vs ddAC-THP arms🫁
NEWS FROM INDUSTRY🚨 Source AstraZeneca DESTINY-Breast11 Update DESTINY-Breast11 sees trastuzumab deruxtecan followed by paclitaxel, trastuzumab, and pertuzumab improved pathologic complete response rates compared to the standard neoadjuvant regimen www.astrazeneca.com/media-centre...
Sacituzumab Govitecan Plus Pembrolizumab Improves PFS in PD-L1–Positive mTNBC #BCSM #oncology www.onclive.com/view/sacituz...
Sacituzumab Govitecan Plus Pembrolizumab Improves PFS in PD-L1–Positive mTNBC
The combination of sacituzumab govitecan and pembrolizumab improved PFS vs pembrolizumab plus chemotherapy in PD-L1–positive mTNBC.
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T-DXd/Pertuzumab Yields PFS Benefit vs THP in HER2+ Metastatic Breast Cancer #BCSM #oncology www.onclive.com/view/t-dxd-p...
T-DXd/Pertuzumab Yields PFS Benefit vs THP in HER2+ Metastatic Breast Cancer
Frontline T-DXd plus pertuzumab led to statistically significant and clinically meaningful PFS improvements vs THP in HER2+ metastatic breast cancer.
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