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Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Treatment: Where Are We? Dr. Lisa Carey explains the latest research on TNBC treatments. Mar 7, 2025 About 10% to 15% of breast cancers are triple-negative. This means they don’t have receptors for the hormones estrogen or progesterone, and don’t have too many HER2 proteins. So, hormonal…
Hi. I had TNBC in one breast. I underwent chemo and had a successful lumpectomy. The surgeon and oncologist have confirmed the cancer is gone. I start radiation on March 16 to reduce the risk of recurrence in the breast. The oncologist recommends I take the oral chemo drug, capecitabine, for 6 months to reduce the…
Final Results From Early Trials on a Vaccine to Prevent TNBC December 11, 2025 At the 2025 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, Justin Johnson, PhD, presented a poster detailing the final results from three groups of people in a phase I trial on a vaccine to prevent triple-negative breast cancer. Listen to the episode to…
Sep 23, 2025 Triple-negative breast cancer may come back as hormone receptor-positive disease about a third of the time. Triple-negative breast cancer is negative for both estrogen and progesterone receptors. So, it’s hormone receptor-negative. People diagnosed with this type of breast cancer aren’t offered hormonal…
Hi all, I was diagnosed last week with clinical stage 1 grade 3 ki 67 90% er-, pr-, and waiting on FISH results to find out if I'm also HER2-. Tumor size is 14mm. My care team is recommending a lumpectomy first since my tumor is small even though it is very aggressive followed by 4-6 months of chemo then choosing either…
Trodelvy and Keytruda as First Treatment for Metastatic TNBC: A New Standard of Care? May 30, 2025 People lived longer without the cancer growing when they received Trodelvy and Keytruda compared to the current standard treatment. Read more…
Camrelizumab Seems Promising As New Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Treatment Apr 14, 2025 Adding the immunotherapy medicine camrelizumab to chemotherapy offered better outcomes than chemotherapy alone for TNBC. Read more…
Exercise May Lower Risk of Breast Cancer Coming Back in Some Women September 5, 2024 A French study found doing just a modest amount of exercise – about 1.5 hours of brisk walking per week – lowered the risk of metastatic recurrence in pre-menopausal women with hormone receptor-negative breast cancer. Read more…
Breast Cancer Vaccine Update Dec 7, 2023 Dr. Justin Johnson explains early results from three small studies on a vaccine for triple-negative breast cancer. Dr. G. Thomas Budd, an oncologist, and Dr. Justin Johnson, an immunologist, are collaborating on research looking at a vaccine to prevent triple-negative breast cancer.…
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