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No survival benefit to bisphosphonate in chemoresistant breast cancer


 

The bisphosphonate zolendronate didn't improve survival in patients with chemoresistant breast cancer, according to results from the phase III NATAN trial.

In an interview at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, Dr. Gunter von Minckwitz discusses the trial's results and clinical implications, and whether a role remains for bisphosphonates in postmenopausal patients.

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