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How do you manage a HR-/HER2+ breast cancer patient with local progression during neoadjuvant TCHP?

How would you approach additional systemic therapy? Would the clinical stage of the cancer affect your management?
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How would you treat a patient with HER2+ breast cancer who progresses on neoadjuvant TCHP?

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Medical Oncology · Winship Cancer Institute and Emory University School of Medicine
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With the robust activity of HER2-targeted agents in the operable setting, this is a highly concerning clinical scenario. I would retest for HER2 on the biopsy specimen and confirm its positivity. Also, I have significantly limited the use of anthracyclines in patients with HER2+ breast cancer - give...

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