Highlight 1
The first daily highlight on SABCS 2023 is done by Dr Kevin Punie, medical oncologist at the GZA Hospitals Sint-Augustinus, Antwerp. He selected four presentations from the general session
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From 5 December till 9 December 2023: HIGHLIGHTS FROM SABCS
Your direct line with San Antonio
Every year again, the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (SABCS) 2023 brings together leading experts in breast cancer from around the world.
The MediMix team is also onsite, and will – together with your Belgian colleagues – keep you posted about the hottest topics as they happen. And, we dive into posters and hot topics with the experts as they are being presented.
Stay tuned, and get ready for an exciting and informative journey!
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Daily highlights
The first daily highlight on SABCS 2023 is done by Dr Kevin Punie, medical oncologist at the GZA Hospitals Sint-Augustinus, Antwerp. He selected four presentations from the general session
The second daily highlight on SABCS 2023 is done by Dr Christophe Van Berckelaer, a gynaecological oncologist at the University Hospital Antwerp. He selected five presentations from the general
Prof Francois Duhoux, medical oncologist at the Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc in Brussels reported on the third general session at SABCS 2023.
In the first part of his report, Prof Duhoux
Dr Donatienne Taylor, a medical oncologist at the Clinique Sainte-Elisabeth CHU UCL Namur, reported on the late break abstract session at SABCS 2023. She reported five presentations, three on
Dr Glenn Vergauwen, an oncological gynaecologist at the University Hospital Ghent, reported on the first rapid-fire session at this SABCS 2023.
The first presentation by Dr Vergauwen is the SERENA-3
Dr Elisa Agostinetto, a medical oncologist and research fellow at the Institut Jules Bordet in Brussels, gave her insights on the second rapid-fire session at SABCS 2023.
The first abstract
The last daily highlight on SABCS 2023 is done by Dr Christophe Van Berckelaer, a gynaecological oncologist at the University Hospital Antwerp. He selected another four presentations from the
In-depth stories
During the general session 2 at the SABCS 2023, Prof Adity Bardia, medical oncologist and Director of the Breast Cancer Research Program at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, presented
Prof Janice Lu, Professor of Medicine at Northwestern University in Chicago and also Director of the Breast Medical Oncology Department at the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, discusses with
Prof Rupert Barsch, medical oncologist at the Medical University of Vienna, discusses with Prof François Duhoux, medical oncologist and head of clinic of the department of oncology at the Cliniques
Prof Patrick Neven, oncological gynaecologist at the University Hospitals Leuven reports the updated overall survival data of the MONARCH 3 study.
In this update on MONARCH 3, presented at SABCS
Prof Sara Hurvitz, medical oncologist and clinical research leader at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center in Seattle, discusses with Prof François Duhoux, medical oncologist and head of clinic of the department
Dr Elisa Agostinetto, a medical oncologist and research fellow at the Institut Jules Bordet in Brussels, presented during a Poster Spotlight Session at SABCS 2023 a sub-analysis of the APHINITY-trial.
Prof Michail Ignatiadis, director of the Breast Medical Oncology Clinic at Institut Jules Bordet, Brussels, discusses with his colleague Prof François Duhoux, medical oncologist and head of clinic of the
Dr Marta Vaz Batista, medical oncologist at Hospital Professor Doutor Fernando Fonseca, Amadora in Portugal, discusses with Prof François Duhoux, medical oncologist and head of clinic of the department of
Poster selection
The trial presented by Dr Rik van Severen van University Hospitals Leuven investigates the efficacy and safety of alpelisib in patients with hormone receptor-positive, HER2-negative metastatic breast cancer. PIK3CA mutations
In this retrospective analysis of TNBC patients undergoing adjuvant chemotherapy between 2000 and 2017 presented by Dr Kristien Borremans from University Hospitals Leuven , the study aimed to assess the
This initiative presented by Dr Josephine Van Cauwenberge van University Hospitals Leuven aims to establish genomic risk scores for a specific cohort of clinically low-risk patients who did not undergo
Dr Glen Vergauwen from Ghent University Hospital introduces the GRACE trial, a randomized controlled clinical trial targeting breast cancer patients experiencing vaginal atrophy during endocrine therapy. The study aims to
The microbiome study presented by Dr Nynke Willers from University Hospitals Leuven investigates the impact of breast cancer therapy on the vaginal microbiome and its associated sexual implications. Premenopausal breast
Prof Hans-Christian Kolberg from Marienhospital Bottrop in Germany is presenting EUBREAST-03, part of the AXSANA trial. This trial constitutes a consortium of breast cancer centres aimed at assessing the surgical
Professor Patrick Neven presents an investigation examining the correlation between parity, age at the first full-term pregnancy (FTP1), and the age of BC diagnosis, as well as the prevalence of
The MonarchE study led to the reimbursement of the CDK4/6 inhibitor abemaciclib in Belgium for high-risk ER+/HER2- breast cancer patients in the adjuvant setting for a 2-year period. To assess
The second most common subtype of breast cancer, ILC, was investigated using spatial RNA sequencing ST to better understand its biology. Dr Matteo Serra from the institut Jules Bordet in
Dr Karen Van Baelen from University Hospitals Leuven presents research by Dr. Bauters on CDK4/6 inhibition in metastatic breast cancer patients. The study compared patients with ILC and NST receiving
Dr Luca Malorni, a medical oncologist and Director of the Translational Research Unit at the Hospital of Prato, Italy presented at SABCS 2023 the relation between serum thymidine kinase activity
Prof Nuhad Ibrahim, medical oncologist at the Department of Breast Medical Oncology at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, presented at SABCS 2023 the results of the ELEKTRA Phase 1b
In this poster from SABCS 2023, Prof Antonio Llombart, Head of department of Medical Oncology at the University Hospital Arnau de Vilanova in Valencia, presents the DESTINY-Breast15 study. This study
In this poster from SABCS 2023, Kaat Van Herck, master student at the University Hospitals, Leuven, presented her master’s thesis on conventional imaging in early-stage invasive lobular breast cancer.
Invasive
In this poster, Dr Karen Van Baelen, a Researcher PhD student at the University Hospitals Leuven in Belgium, presented results from the post-mortem tissue donation program UPTIDER on the metastatic
In this poster, Dr Guilherme Nader Marta, medical oncologist at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, US, presented the prognostic and predictive values of HER2-low in early breast cancer
In this poster, Prof Christine Desmedt, Head of the Laboratory for Translational Breast Cancer Research at the University Hospitals Leuven in Belgium, aimed to investigate which biological characteristics are associated
Prof Sara Hurvitz, medical oncologist and clinical research leader at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center in Seattle, briefly discusses with Prof François Duhoux, medical oncologist and head of clinic of the
Dr Agostinetto reports whether concomitant use of PPIs could have affected clinical outcomes in patients treated with palbociclib in PALLAS. The PALLAS study randomised 5796 patients to receive either 2
In the spotlight
Prof François Duhoux from the Cliniques Universitaires Saint Luc (B) and Dr Carlos Barrios from the São Lucas Hospital in Brazil discuss the crucial question of whether endocrine monotherapy remains
Prof Christine Desmedt and Dr Karen Van Baelen from the Laboratory for Translational Breast Cancer Research at KU Leuven discuss the challenges in diagnosing ILC, a subtype constituting 15% of
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