Thelansis

  Metastatic triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is a distinct and immensely complex form of breast cancer. Among all subtypes of breast cancers, TNBC has a comparatively high rate of relapse, a high rate of distant metastasis, and poor overall survival after standard chemotherapy. TNBC is a heterogeneous disease encompassing a variety of biomarkers or genomic signatures; it accounts for 12% of all breast cancers in the USA. 1- and 2- year survival rates are 75% and 55%, respectively. Prognosis is poor in the advanced stages – median survival of 13.3 months following diagnosis of metastatic TNBC. •Emerging therapies are expected to drive patient stratification for biomarker-defined and pathway-specific (subtyping) patient subgroups - an opportunity for a novel agent in relevant specific segments. TNBC is a clinicopathologic, not intrinsic (genomically defined) subgroup, as neither overexpressing ER and PR nor is HER2+ (IHC and FISH). Neither hormonal (endocrine) nor HER2-targeted ...