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Would you recommend adjuvant olaparib in a premenopausal BRCA1+ woman with stage IA pT1bN0 ER/PR+ HER2- breast cancer and a high OncoType score?

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Medical Oncology · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

This is a data-free zone. Although this patient appears to have a high recurrence risk based on her Oncotype RS, she does not seem eligible for adjuvant olaparib based on her clinical-pathological characteristics. The Oncotype RS was not taken into consideration as part of the eligibility criteria i...

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Medical Oncology · Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah

In this patient, due to the high Oncotype DX score of 51, there is likely to be a more than 15% absolute benefit of chemotherapy in terms of reducing the risk of distant recurrence based on the TAILORx study, and hence I would definitely offer her adjuvant chemotherapy.

In the OlympiA study, assessi...

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Medical Oncology · Ballad Health

Agree with the above comments and also important to note that most BRCA patients do have a high Oncotype score.

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