Detailed positive results from the DESTINY-Breast06 phase III trial showed that Enhertu (trastuzumab deruxtecan) demonstrated a statistically significant and clinically meaningful improvement in progression-free survival compared to standard-of-care chemotherapy in patients with HR-positive, HER2-low metastatic breast cancer and the overall trial population (patients with HR-positive, HER2-low and HER2-ultralow [defined as IHC 0 with membrane staining] expression) following one or more lines of endocrine therapy.
Jeffrey C. Rathmell, an immune and cancer cell metabolism researcher, was named chair of the Ben May Department for Cancer Research and director of the Ludwig Center for Metastasis Research at the University of Chicago, effective July 1.
