tyrosine kinase inhibitor

This episode features an interview with Erika Hamilton MD at the 2025 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (SABCS). Dr. Hamilton discusses findings from the HER2CLIMB-05 trial, showing that adding tucatinib to trastuzumab and pertuzumab significantly improves progression-free survival in patients with HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer as first-line maintenance therapy, with no new safety signals. This small molecule HER2 inhibitor offers a promising new option.

NEW ORLEANS—A new oral tyrosine kinase inhibitor drug — idelalisib — has proved effective — and to have low toxicity — in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL). Richard Furman MD from Weil