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What is your cut off on ER percent positivity to treat breast cancer as functional triple negative cancer?

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Medical Oncology · Banner MD Anderson Cancer Center

I usually use less than 10% ER positivity as the cut off. In this case, I would treat as if the tumor is TNBC.

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Medical Oncology · Florida Cancer Specialists and Research Institute

The answer is dependent on the setting:

  • Neoadjuvant (biopsy alone used to determine ER/PR):
    • I sometimes place patients as high as ER 20-30% on KEYNOTE 522. Often, I seek a second opinion on ER/PR IHC in these settings, as I have had cases of false positives at my local institution.
  • Adjuvant:
    • I u...

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