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ER+ metastatic breast cancer: Elacestrant and beyond

Follow a patient's journey during and post-elacestrant treatment for ER+/HER2- metastatic breast cancer

Prof. Maria Vittoria Dieci

Prof. Maria Vittoria Dieci
Publication Date

Feb 2024

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In this second patient case video from BREAST CANCER CONNECT, Prof. Maria Vittoria Dieci delves into the continuation of a patient case with ER+/HER2- metastatic breast cancer initially presented in our first video of this series.

Throughout this journey, we'll explore what to expect after prescribing elacestrant and take a closer look at patient-reported outcomes in the EMERALD trial.

Catch up on the first video to hear Prof Francois-Clement Bidard discuss how to optimise treatment selection and make appropriate sequencing decisions for patients with ER+/HER2- metastatic breast cancer.

Clinical Takeaways

  • PROs results demonstrating no difference between treatment arms in the EMERALD trial, support elacestrant as a clinically meaningful option in this setting

  • Elacestrant has a manageable safety profile

  • If a patient progresses on elacestrant, the choice of subsequent therapy line should be based on multiple factors, including sensitivity to prior treatments, disease burden, and tumour biology. In this context, ADCs represent a new option

  • Recognise the efficacy and safety profiles of SERDs for patients with advanced or metastatic BC, and understand their place in the treatment landscape for patients with BC
  • Implement optimization of treatment selection, and make the appropriate sequencing decisions
  • Be able to identify and manage adverse events

Maria Vittoria Dieci, MD, is Associate Professor at the University of Padova, vice-director of the Specialization School in Medical Oncology at the same University and attending physician at the Division of Oncology 2 of the Istituto Oncologico Veneto in Padova. She specialised in Oncology in March 2012 at the University of Modena. From May 2012 to November 2013 she completed a 18-month-research experience at the Translational Research Unit (INSERM U981) of the Gustave Roussy Institute (Villejuif, France), and obtained the “Diplome Universitaire Européen en Recherche Translationnelle et Clinique en Cancérologie”. Since November 2013 she has been conducting research and clinical activity in the field of breast cancer at the University of Padova / Istituto Oncologico Veneto IRCCS.

She is panelist of the Breast Cancer Guidelines by the Italian Association of Medical Oncology. Prof Dieci’s research production from 2008 up till now consists of more than 140 papers in peer-reviewed journals.

Prof. Maria Vittoria Dieci has received financial support/sponsorship for research support, consultation, or speaker fees from the following companies:

Eli Lilly, Pfizer, Novartis, Roche, Exact Science, Daiichi Sankyo, Gilead, Seagen.
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