The estrogen receptor-positive (ER+) subtype accounts for 70% of all mammary carcinoma (MC) cases. ER+ MC patients display a prolonged clinical dormancy state, with a 70% recurrence 5-20 years after clinical remission and high mortality.
Onkure Therapeutics Inc. has described phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase α (PI3Kα) (H1047R mutant) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer, congenital lipomatous overgrowth, vascular malformations, epidermal naevi and skeletal abnormalities, scoliosis and PIK3CA related overgrowth spectrum (PROS), among others.
Université Laval has identified PBRM derivatives acting as estradiol 17β-dehydrogenase 1 (HSD17B1; 17β-HSD1) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.
Laekna Pharmaceutical Ningbo Co. Ltd. has synthesized phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase α (PI3Kα) and its mutant (H1047R) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of breast cancer.
Mixed clinical results led shares of Arvinas Inc. (NASDAQ:ARVN) to close March 11 at $8.30, down $9.26, or 52%, after the company and Pfizer Inc. disclosed results from the phase III Veritac-2 study testing vepdegestrant monotherapy vs. fulvestrant in adults with estrogen receptor (ER)-positive, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2-negative advanced or metastatic breast cancer. Enrolled were subjects whose disease progressed after treatment with CDK4/6 inhibitors and endocrine therapy.
Astrazeneca AB has synthesized antibody-drug conjugates comprising an antibody or antigen-binding fragment covalently linked to cytotoxic moieties through enzymatically cleavable linkers reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.
Prelude Therapeutics Inc. has disclosed phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase α (PI3Kα) (H1047R mutant) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer, PIK3CA-related overgrowth spectrum and more.
Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) remains one of the most aggressive and challenging subtypes to treat due to the lack of targeted therapies. Therefore, identifying molecular drivers of TNBC progression and metastasis is crucial for the development of new treatment strategies.
Although radiotherapy is widely used in cancer treatment, its effects on the tumor microenvironment (TME) can be immunosuppressive as well as immunostimulatory. Fibroblast activation protein (FAP) is expressed by cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) in several tumors, with higher levels linked to a weakened immune response to immune checkpoint blockade in patients.
Astrazeneca plc’s good news with its oral selective estrogen receptor degrader (SERD) and estrogen receptor antagonist, camizestrant, when used as part of a combo in breast cancer raised optimism for the approach, which has caught on in various biopharma quarters.
