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Would you include carboplatin with an anthracycline and taxane for neoadjuvant treatment for triple negative inflammatory breast cancer?

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Medical Oncology · University of Hawai'i Cancer Center
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It's important to talk about such an option that exists if the patient is young and does not have major comorbidities. But, adding the carboplatin for the TN-IBC is not absolutely required. The IBC experts have had multiple discussions about this issue.

There are some data in the non-IBC setting about improving the pCR rate by carboplatin, but it does not mean adding carboplatin is a standard of care. There is no sufficient data on whether it will improve overall survival.

Of course, if the KEYNOT...

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