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Earlier Use of Novel Endocrine Backbones for Patients With HR-Positive Breast Cancer

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Seth Wander, MD, PhD, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, discusses key considerations for moving novel endocrine backbones into earlier lines of therapy for patients with hormone receptor (HR)-positive breast cancer.

Dr Shipra Gandhi makes the opposing argument here.

Source:

Wander S. Novel endocrine backbones in breast cancer: Should we move them into earlier lines of therapy?: Yes. Presented at Great Debates in Solid Tumors. March 22-23, 2025; New York, NY.

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