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How would you modify therapy for a metastatic HER2+ breast CA who develops persistent cardiomyopathy after dual HER2 blockade with trastuzumab + pertuzumab?

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Medical Oncology · H Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, University of South Florida
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The clinical data suggests that dual blockade is not associated with significantly increased cardiomyopathy over trastuzumab based therapy alone. In significant cases holding anti-HER2 therapy for 4-8 weeks can allow the dysfunction to reverse while medical therapy for CHF is optimized. After recove...

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Medical Oncology · University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
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Lack of data...so as outlined by dr Soliman - personalized approach. Try what you can.

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