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How would you manage adjuvant therapy in a BRCA1-mutated woman with ER+, Her2 negative breast cancer with residual disease at surgery after neoadjuvant therapy with a taxane-based regimen?

Could carboplatin be considered here? Or any evidence for a PARP inhibitor?
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Medical Oncology · Washington University School of Medicine
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There are several factors to consider in this case. One is whether the patient has received optimum chemotherapy. If there is only minimum residual disease at surgery, I would not recommend additional chemotherapy in the adjuvant setting. On the other hand, if there was significant residual disease ...

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