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How do you use neratinib in HR+ HER2+ patients in the adjuvant setting if patients got adjuvant T-DM1 for residual disease after neoadjuvant therapy?

Neratinib was studied following adjuvant trastuzumab. Do you extrapolate that data to give neratinib to patients who have received adjuvant T-DM1 instead of trastuzumab?
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Medical Oncology · David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
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I do not routinely apply neratinib. I base the decision on my best estimate of two factors:

  1. The obvious issues with neratinib toxicity
  2. The residual risk that the patient has after TDM1. Not all residual disease patients are equal. I would approach a patient with a minimal response to neoadjuvant th...

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