Will you use ovarian function suppression in lieu of chemotherapy in premenopausal patients with pN1 ER+ HER2- breast CA with OncoType RS <25?

Topics: Breast Cancer • Medical Oncology • HR+

Knowing the differential effect seen with menopausal status in RxPONDER, would you avoid chemotherapy or still offer chemotherapy, given that only 15.9% of premenopausal patients in the endocrine therapy arm were given OFS?

Answer from: Medical Oncologist at Community Practice

Most certainly. The difference between chemotherapy effect in postmenopausal vs. premenopausal women with ER+ breast cancer is not primarily due to a difference in disease biology. It is due to the endocrine effect of chemotherapy in premenopausal women and the lack of that effect in postmenopausal ...

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Medical Oncologist at Genesee Cancer and Blood Disease
What is recommended? Which types of N1 disease?

Medical Oncologist at NYU Langone Medical Center
Agree with @Suleiman A. Massarweh; if she gets che...

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