#73. What Treatments Are Available for Metastatic Breast Cancer and Triple Negative MBC?
Breast Cancer Conversations
English - August 30, 2020 18:00 - 1 hour - 45.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 46 ratingsEducation breast cancer breast cancer stories breast cancer survivor chemotherapy mastectomy cancer chemo double mastectomy tnbc er positive breast cancer Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
What Treatments Are Available for Metastatic Breast Cancer and Triple Negative MBC? Today we speak with two women living with advanced stage breast cancer. Also called Stage IV or Metastatic.
Abigail Johnston and Alyson Tischler take us on an in-depth look at treatments and the latest FDA approved drug, Trodelvy (AKA sacituzumab govitecan-hziy) to treat adults diagnosed with metastatic triple-negative breast cancer.
Topics discussed in this episode:
08:40: How to talk about Metastatic Breast Cancer. What does it mean to be diagnosed "Metastatic De Novo"
24:34: The ATM Gene Mutation
32:14: Alyson’s story from ER+ to Triple Negative
40:00: What it’s like to be on Trodelvy?
44:17: What’s the next line of treatment? Why this is harder to TNBC
45:00: What is a line of treatment?
-Ibrance, Verzenio and Kisqali
-CKF46 Inhibitors
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