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Adding ribociclib to hormone therapy improves outcomes in patients with early breast cancer

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A study involving UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers found when ribociclib, a targeted therapy drug, is added to hormone therapy there are significant invasive disease-free survival benefits in patients with early hormone-receptor (HR) positive/HER2 negative breast cancer.

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