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Do you add a platinum agent to neoadjuvant chemotherapy for triple negative breast cancer in BRCA 1/2 mutation carriers?

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Medical Oncology · Cleveland Clinic Florida

Several studies in the metastatic setting (e.g. the TNT trial) have suggested an improved response and progression free survival with platinums in BRCA –mutant breast cancer. In the neoadjuvant setting, a study of 107 women with breast cancer and BRCA1 mutation, treated with 4 cycles of cisplatin, h...

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Medical Oncology · University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Although the data right now are somewhat mixed for adding platinum to neoadjuvant chemotherapy for TNBC, I am impressed by the TNT trial comparing carboplatin to docetaxel in the subgroup of metastatic BRCA associated cancers. I usually use AC x 4 (q3w) followed by paclitaxel weekly x 12, and add ca...

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