Innovations & Thérapeutiques en Oncologie
MENUReducing the risk of relapse in patients with localised breast cancer over-expressing HER2 Volume 7, issue 2, March-April 2021
Author
1 Hôpital Lyon Sud
Institut de cancérologie des Hospices civils de Lyon (IC-HCL)
Service d’oncologie
3, quai des Célestins
69002 Lyon
France
Institut de cancérologie des Hospices civils de Lyon (IC-HCL)
Service d’oncologie
3, quai des Célestins
69002 Lyon
France
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- Key words: early-stage breast cancer, HER2+, pCR, disease-free survival, overall survival, therapeutic strategy
- DOI : 10.1684/ito.2021.0252
- Page(s) : 101-8
- Published in: 2021
The treatment of HER2-overexpressing localized breast cancer is undergoing significant transformation. While trastuzumab has significantly improved the prognosis for these patients, almost 30% will have a relapse within 11 years. With such a high recurrence rate, optimization of HER2 pathway inhibition at an early stage is mandatory. HER2-targeted therapies with a favourable impact at the metastatic stage have been evaluated in Phase II and III trials, and have demonstrated superiority regarding complete response rate or disease-free survival, compared to a treatment with trastuzumab alone.