What is the rate of a cardiac events that you quote to a patient with preexisting heart disease going on trastuzumab for metastatic Her2+ breast cancer?
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Medical Oncology · Cancer Care Specialists of Illinois
I tell patients that it depends on their baseline risk factors and that some have reported rates as high as 25-28%. I discuss that if they have had prior anthracycline therapy, borderline baseline LVEF (50-54%), age > 65, and other cardiac risk factors like hypertension, that they could fall into th...