Adjuvant Dual HER2-Targeted Therapy for HER2+ Early-Stage Breast Cancer
Adjuvant Dual HER2-Targeted Therapy for HER2+ Early-Stage Breast Cancer
- A 49-year-old women was referred for biopsy after routine mammography showed a 2.4-cm diameter spiculated mass in the left breast
- PE: revealed a well-circumscribed, non-tender firm mass in the lower-outer quadrant of the left breast; singular palpable nodal enlargement in the left axilla
- Excisional biopsy of the breast and axillary lymph nodes showed high grade lobular carcinoma
- ER-/PR-; HER2 IHC 3+; Ki-67, 89%
- Staging, pT2N3M0
- She underwent right mastectomy and lymph node dissection
- The patient was started on adjuvant chemotherapy with docetaxel + carboplatin with 12 months of trastuzumab + pertuzumab
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April 22nd 2024During a Community Case Forum live event in partnership with The Arizona Clinical Oncology Society, Felipe Batalini, MD, discussed the TROPiCS-02 trial of sacituzumab govitecan and the impact of the UGT1A1 status on adverse event frequency.
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