Dual Anti-HER2 Therapy Vs Trastuzumab Alone with Neoadjuvant Anthracycline and Taxane in HER2-Positive Early-Stage Breast Cancer: Real-World Insights.

Introduction: The integration of anti-HER2 targeted therapy with chemotherapy has demonstrated an increase in pathologic complete response rates (pCR) in patients with HER2-positive early-stage breast cancer (EBC). This study presents real-world data on the use of trastuzumab with or without pertuzumab, in combination with anthracycline and taxanes-based chemotherapy regimen.

Methods: We conducted a retrospective analysis of patients with HER2-positive EBC who underwent neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NACT), treated between January 2014 and September 2021.

Treatment options for patients with hormone receptor-positive, HER2-negative advanced-stage breast cancer: maintaining cyclin-dependent kinase 4/6 inhibitors beyond progression.

Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in women worldwide. Over the past decade, the treatment paradigm for patients with metastatic breast cancer (MBC) has taken an important shift towards better survival and improved quality of life (QOL), especially for those with hormone receptor (HR)-positive diseases which represent the majority of breast cancer subtypes. The introduction of cyclin-dependent kinase 4/6 (CDK4/6) inhibitors in the upfront therapy of such patients has resulted in dramatic improvement in progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS), too.