Maria Hafez: Integrating Clinical Risk, Genomics, and Endocrine Sensitivity in Early HR+/HER2− Breast Cancer at ESMO 2026
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Maria Hafez: Integrating Clinical Risk, Genomics, and Endocrine Sensitivity in Early HR+/HER2− Breast Cancer at ESMO 2026

Maria Hafez, Assistant Professor at St. Luke’s University Health Network, shared on X:

“Day 3 ESMO26 take-homes from Mafalda Oliveira, early HR+/HER2− BC:

  • Stage carefully, clip nodes before therapy
  • Surgery + genomic score: standard for cT1-2 cN0-1
  • Ki67 after 2–4 wk ET adds info
  • Young women: the ET given matters as much as biology
  • ET-sensitive tumors rarely reach pCR with chemo, even if clinically high risk.

Can CDK4/6i + ET fill the gap? NoLEEta is asking.

Survival, not pCR, will decide.”

Maria Hafez: Integrating Clinical Risk, Genomics, and Endocrine Sensitivity in Early HR+/HER2− Breast Cancer at ESMO 2026

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