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Would you use 6 months (instead of 12 months) of trastuzumab for locally advanced Her-2 positive breast cancer patients?

Would you do this for ER+ patients? According to the PERSEPHONE trial presented on ASCO 2018, in HER2+, non-metastatic breast cancer, 6 months Herceptin is non-inferior to 12 months of trastuzumab. Subgroup analysis showed benefit in ER positive group.
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Would you use 6 months (instead of 12 months) of Herceptin for locally advanced Her-2 positive breast cancer patients?

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Medical Oncology · University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
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I would not recommend 6 months of maintenance trastuzumab for higher risk patients, such as one that received neoadjuvant therapy. The PERSEPHONE trial1 had as its strength its large size and sufficient number of events for a conclusion regarding the population tested (and the diversity of regimens ...

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Medical Oncology · OC Blood & Cancer Care
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What would you consider as being low risk vs. high risk disease?

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I will not use 6 months of trastuzumab among patients with locally advanced breast cancer. As @Dr. First Last stated, while the data from the PERSEPHONE trial presented at ASCO showed non-inferiority between 6 and 12 months, we should wait for the final peer-reviewed manuscript where more informatio...

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