UH Seidman Cancer Center expert to present novel Triple-Negative Breast Cancer immunotherapy trial at 2016 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium

Friday, December 09, 2016
CLEVELAND – A researcher from University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center will discuss his upcoming immunotherapy clinical trial for triple-negative breast cancer at the 2016 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium. The annual symposium is the premier meeting for more than 7,500 physicians and scientists dedicated to breast cancer treatment, featuring state-of-the-art breast cancer research such as experimental biology, etiology, prevention, diagnosis, and therapy of both breast cancer and premalignant breast disease.  
 
Joseph Baar, MD, PhD, Director of Breast Cancer Research at UH Seidman Cancer Center and Associate Professor at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, will share details about a phase II clinical trial testing the effectiveness of combining the chemotherapy drugs carboplatin and nab-paclitaxel with an immunotherapeutic agent called pembrolizumab (Keytruda) for use in patients with metastatic triple-negative breast cancer. Dr. Baar’s poster presentation will be part of the Ongoing Trials-Targeted Therapy session on December 8, 2016 from 5 pm to 7 pm.
 
“Up until now, women with triple-negative breast cancer have only had one treatment option, which is chemotherapy. However, more recently, we’ve seen that the immune modulator pembrolizumab improves outcomes in patients with metastatic triple-negative breast cancer,” said Dr. Baar. “As a result, it is now critical to explore how the addition of pembrolizumab to chemotherapy might improve  survival in patients with this type of breast cancer.”

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