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Would you use OncoType in a postmenopausal female with HR+/HER2- with LN involvement who clinically meets RxPONDER criteria of 1-3 LN to guide the use of neoadjuvant chemotherapy?
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Medical Oncology · Duke University
Yes. If I am asked to consider neoadjuvant therapy in a postmenopausal woman with an ER/PR+, HER2 negative cancer, who is otherwise a candidate for chemotherapy, I will start the endocrine therapy and send OncotypeDX to make sure that we are not leaving out an important part of her management, i.e. ...
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Medical Oncology · Mary Lanning Healthcare Morrison Cancer Center/University of Nebraska Medical Center Adjunct Faculty
I am not sure if I would. Having seen unimpressive results on my patients I've enrolled on ALTERNATE trial and the unimpressive preliminary results of the ALTERNATE trial, I believe neoadjuvant approach is not as promising as it is in HER-2 positive or triple negative breast cancer setting.