The oral cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK) 4/6 inhibitor ribociclib (Kisqali – Novartis), which was approved by the FDA in 2017 for use with an aromatase inhibitor or fulvestrant for treatment of hormone receptor (HR)-positive, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-negative advanced or metastatic breast cancer, has now been approved for use with an aromatase inhibitor for adjuvant treatment of HR-positive, HER2-negative stage II or III early breast cancer at high risk of recurrence. Kisqali can be used in patients with node-positive or node-negative disease. The CDK 4/6...

The FDA has approved elacestrant (Orserdu – Stemline), an oral estrogen receptor antagonist, for treatment of estrogen receptor (ER)-positive, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-negative, estrogen receptor 1 (ESR1)-mutated advanced or metastatic breast cancer in postmenopausal women or men who had disease progression following endocrine therapy. Elacestrant is the first oral selective estrogen receptor degrader (SERD) to be approved for treatment of breast cancer; the injectable SERD fulvestrant (Faslodex, and generics) was approved more than 20 years...