Novartis’ Kisqali provides additional year of survival benefit, including for aggressive HR+/HER2- advanced breast cancer

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A new subgroup analysis across the MONALEESA phase III program found that patients with visceral metastases who were treated with Kisqali (ribociclib) plus endocrine therapy in the first-line setting achieved a median OS of 62.7 months compared to 52.1 months for those treated with endocrine therapy alone.

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