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How would you treat a pregnant woman in the third trimester with locally advanced, hormone receptor positive, HER2 positive breast cancer?

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Medical Oncology · Yale

Given good amount of safety data on anthracycline therapy during pregnancy, favor doxorubicin cyclophosphamide x 3-4 cycles (depending on time of delivery) given every 3 weeks without peg-filgrastim support. With less data with growth factor support, lean toward avoiding in this situation. Will avoi...

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Medical Oncology · University of Iowa Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center

I would say, FAC regimen (5-fluorouracil, Adriamycin and Cyclophosphamide) has one of the best data during 2nd/3rd trimester based on MD Anderson's prospective cohort published data

Hahn KM, Johnson PH, Gordon N, et al. Treatment of pregnant breast cancer patients and outcomes of children exposed to ...

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