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The 19th St. Gallen Breast Cancer Conference (SGBCC 2025) took place from March 12–15, 2025, in Vienna—the world-renowned capital of music. A major highlight of the event was the “Voice of China” session, where international experts gathered to exchange insights on the development of innovative therapies from China. On this occasion, Oncology Frontier sat down…

The 19th St. Gallen Breast Cancer Conference (SGBCC 2025) recently concluded in Vienna, and once again, voices from China stood out on the global stage. Dr. Yongmei Yin from Jiangsu Provincial Hospital made history as the first Chinese female expert to join the St. Gallen International Consensus Panel on Early Breast Cancer, actively participating in…

01 Current Landscape and Challenges in HR+/HER2− Breast Cancer: Clinical Use and Safety Considerations of CDK4/6 Inhibitors Oncology Frontier: CDK4/6 inhibitors have played an increasingly pivotal role in the treatment…

The Evolution of Epigenetics and the Mechanism and Role of HDAC Inhibitors 1. The Evolution of Epigenetics Epigenetics is a subfield of genetics that studies heritable changes in gene expression…

Histone deacetylases (HDACs) are histone-modifying enzymes that play a key role in regulating epigenetic changes, and they are closely linked to the development and drug resistance of breast cancer. HDAC inhibitors (HDACis) can selectively modulate epigenetic features to control tumor cell proliferation, regulate the cell cycle, and repair DNA damage. As a representative class of…

The normalization of epigenetic regulation has emerged as a promising therapeutic strategy in oncology. In hormone receptor-positive (HR⁺) breast cancer, the highly selective HDAC inhibitor (HDACi) entinostat has shown the ability to induce cell cycle arrest and apoptosis in multidrug-resistant tumor cells, addressing resistance to endocrine and targeted therapies at the mechanistic level. Moreover, a…

Whether anthracyclines are essential in the neoadjuvant chemotherapy of HER2-positive breast cancer remains a long-debated question. The BCIRG-006 study suggested that anthracycline-containing and anthracycline-free regimens yielded numerically comparable survival outcomes, while the anthracycline-free TCbH regimen demonstrated a lower incidence of congestive heart failure and cardiac dysfunction. However, direct head-to-head comparisons between the two strategies are…

Breast cancer remains the most frequently diagnosed cancer among women worldwide, and the pursuit of novel therapies continues to command global attention. In the setting of HR+/HER2− advanced breast cancer, the introduction of entinostat, a novel histone deacetylase inhibitor (HDACi), marks a significant therapeutic advancement. With a distinctive mechanism of action, entinostat not only extends…