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Opinion|Videos|December 14, 2019
The TBCRC049 Trial for Treating Leptomeningeal Metastases in HER2+ Breast Cancer
Author(s)Adam Brufsky, MD, PhD, FACP
Adam M. Brufsky, MD, PhD, FACP, discusses the TBCRC049 trial, which looks at the safety and efficacy of the tucatinib/trastuzumab/capecitabine combination to treat leptomeningeal metastases in HER2-positive breast cancer.
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