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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Geburtshilfe Frauenheilkd 2018; 78(11): 1119-1128
DOI: 10.1055/a-0715-2899
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Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York

Update Breast Cancer 2018 (Part 4) – Genomics, Individualized Medicine and Immune Therapies – in the Middle of a New Era: Treatment Strategies for Advanced Breast Cancer

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Volkmar Müller
1   Department of Gynecology, Hamburg-Eppendorf University Medical Center, Hamburg, Germany
,
Achim Wöckel
2   Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, University Hospital Würzburg, Germany
,
Michael P. Lux
3   Erlangen University Hospital, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Comprehensive Cancer Center Erlangen-EMN, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany
,
Wolfgang Janni
4   Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Ulm University Hospital, Ulm, Germany
,
Andreas D. Hartkopf
5   Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
,
Naiba Nabieva
3   Erlangen University Hospital, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Comprehensive Cancer Center Erlangen-EMN, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany
,
Florin-Andrei Taran
5   Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
,
Peyman Hadji
6   Department of Bone Oncology, Nordwest Hospital, Frankfurt, Germany
,
Hans Tesch
7   Oncology Practice at Bethanien Hospital Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
,
Johannes Ettl
8   Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany
,
Diana Lüftner
9   Charité University Hospital, Berlin, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Department of Hematology, Oncology and Tumour Immunology, Berlin, Germany
,
Manfred Welslau
10   Onkologie Aschaffenburg, Hämatolo-Onkologische Schwerpunktpraxis am Klinikum Aschaffenburg, Aschaffenburg, Germany
,
Erik Belleville
11   ClinSol GmbH & Co. KG, Würzburg, Germany
,
Sara Y. Brucker
5   Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
,
Florian Schütz
12   Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
,
Peter A. Fasching
3   Erlangen University Hospital, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Comprehensive Cancer Center Erlangen-EMN, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany
,
Tanja N. Fehm
13   Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, University Hospital Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
,
Hans-Christian Kolberg
14   Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Marienhospital Bottrop, Bottrop, Germany
,
Andreas Schneeweiss
12   Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
15   National Center for Tumor Diseases, Division Gynecologic Oncology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
,
Friedrich Overkamp
16   OncoConsult Hamburg GmbH, Hamburg, Germany
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Publication History

received 09 August 2018

accepted 23 August 2018

Publication Date:
26 November 2018 (online)

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Abstract

New therapeutic developments aimed at treating women with advanced breast cancer currently focus both on identifying patients eligible for targeted therapeutic concepts and on the continuing development of immune therapies. The data on CDK4/6 inhibitors are now complete and consistent in this class of substances (palbociclib, ribociclib and abemaciclib). Further pathways under investigation are PI3K and AKT signalling pathways along with diverse approaches to their inhibition. Initial study results were also presented recently on both mechanisms of action. Insights into the PARP inhibitors, moreover, are increasing; studies in this respect are also examining in which population they can be used most effectively. This review offers a summary of the recent studies and an outline of the latest developments.