Giredestrant plus Afinitor lowered the risk of cancer worsening or death by 62% in patients with ESR1-mutated, ER-positive, HER2-negative advanced breast cancer.
Five-year results presented at ASTRO 2026 show a five-week radiation schedule after prostatectomy controls cancer as well as a seven-week course. But serious urinary side effects were more common.
A study of more than 17,000 patients ages 23 to 64, presented at ASTRO 2026, found that only about 28% took endocrine therapy consistently for five years, and people who skipped radiation were more likely to fall off. Here's what to weigh before making that choice.
September brought new options for breast, lung, kidney, bile duct, skin and neuroendocrine cancers, plus a brain tumor scan and easier lung cancer treatment.