HER2+ Breast Cancer

The European Medicines Agency has validated a Marketing Authorization Application for tucatinib in combination with trastuzumab and capecitabine for the treatment of adult patients with unresectable locally advanced or metastatic HER2-positive breast cancer, including those with brain metastases, who have received ≥2 prior anti-HER2 treatment regimens.

Fam-trastuzumab deruxtecan- nxki received a green light from the FDA in December 2019 after updated data demonstrating a confirmed objective response rate of 60.9% were presented at the 2019 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium.

China’s State Administration of Drug Administration has approved ado-trastuzumab emtansine for the adjuvant treatment of patients with HER2-positive early breast cancer who have residual disease following a neoadjuvant trastuzumab-based regimen.

Sara A. Hurvitz, MD, associate professor at the David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) medical director of the Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center Clinical Research Unit, co-director of the Santa Monica-UCLA Outpatient Oncology Practices, and director, Breast Cancer Clinical Trials Program, UCLA, discusses the evolution of treatment in metastatic HER2-positive breast cancer.

Nancy U. Lin, MD, discusses research focusing on CNS penetration in HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer.

Erika P. Hamilton, MD, discusses research presented at the 2019 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium and how the data are impacting the treatment of patients with HER2-positive breast cancer.

Lowell L. Hart, MD, FACP, discusses detection and treatment of interstitial lung disease for patients with HER2-positive breast cancer who received fam-trastuzumab deruxtecan-nxki.