HER2+ Breast Cancer

Kevin Kalinsky, MD, discusses the current treatment landscape of metastatic HER2-positive breast cancer, the potential for immunotherapy, and what is on the horizon for patients in this population who develop brain metastases.

Sara A. Hurvitz, MD, director of the Breast Oncology Program at the University of California, Los Angeles, Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, advises how to navigate therapy for patients with HER2-positive breast cancer.

Rashmi K. Murthy, MD, discusses selecting therapy for patients with HER2-positive breast cancer in the curative setting.

Kevin Kalinsky, MD, MS, assistant professor of medicine, Division of Hematology and Oncology, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical School, discusses the potential of neratinib (Nerlynx) and tucatinib in HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer.

Rashmi K. Murthy, MD, assistant professor, Department of Breast Medical Oncology, Division of Cancer Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, discusses dual HER2 blockade in HER2-positive breast cancer.

Sara A. Hurvitz, MD, discussed targeted therapy advancements, the rise of trastuzumab biosimilars, and the future of HER2-positive breast cancer treatment.

Denise A. Yardley, MD, weighs in on the recent data reported in breast cancer.

Rashmi K. Murthy, MD, assistant professor, Department of Breast Medical Oncology, Division of Cancer Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, discusses the future of tucatinib in HER2-positive breast cancer.

Rashmi K. Murthy, MD, assistant professor, Department of Breast Medical Oncology, Division of Cancer Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, discusses caveats of the PERSEPHONE trial.

Maryam Nemati Shafaee, MD, assistant professor, Duncan Cancer Center, Lester & Sue Smith Breast Cancer, Baylor College of Medicine, discusses the PERSEPHONE trial in women with early-stage HER2-positive breast cancer.

Haythem Y. Ali, MD, senior medical oncologist, Henry Ford Hospital, discusses neratinib (Nerlynx) in the treatment of patients with HER2-positive breast cancer.

Hiroji Iwata, MD, PhD, vice director and chief of Breast Oncology at Aichi Cancer Center Hospital, discusses DS-8201a in HER2-positive breast cancer.

Francisco J. Esteva, MD, PhD, discusses recent advances and clinical findings with HER2-targeted therapies across the neoadjuvant, adjuvant, and metastatic settings.

Francisco J. Esteva, MD, PhD, medical oncologist, New York University’s Perlmutter Cancer Center, discusses updated neratinib (Nerlynx) data in patients with HER2-positive breast cancer.

A de-escalated, chemotherapy-free neoadjuvant regimen of letrozole plus dual HER2 blockade showed promise in patients with HER2+/HR+ breast cancer who first achieved a molecular response to 2 weeks of letrozole.

The European Medicines Agency’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use has recommended approval of neratinib for the extended adjuvant treatment of adult patients with early stage hormone receptor–positive, HER2-overexpressed/amplified breast cancer following postoperative trastuzumab.

Zahi Mitri, MD, MS, assistant professor of medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, discusses the treatment landscape of HER2-positive breast cancer.

Kelly McCann, MD, PhD, a medical oncologist in the Breast Cancer Research Group at the University of California, Los Angeles, discusses ongoing research in the field of HER2-positive breast cancer.

Francisco J. Esteva, MD, PhD, medical oncologist, New York University’s Perlmutter Cancer Center, discusses adjuvant trastuzumab (Herceptin) in HER2-positive early breast cancer.

The HER2-targeting antibody-drug conjugate (vic-)trastuzumab duocarmazine (SYD985) showed promising clinical activity in heavily-pretreated women with metastatic breast cancer.

Haythem Y. Ali, MD, senior medical oncologist, Henry Ford Hospital, discusses the future of adjuvant treatment for patients with HER2-positive breast cancer.

Zahi Mitri, MD, discusses adjuvant advances and other emerging trends in the treatment of patients with HER2-positive breast cancer.

The combination of neratinib and T-DM1 induced an overall response rate of 60% in previously-treated women with HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer.

Rashmi K. Murthy, MD, discusses the clinical benefit of tucatinib after isolated brain progression in patients with HER2-positive breast cancer.

Long-term findings from a phase I study of trastuzumab deruxtecan showed that the investigational HER2-targeting antibody-drug conjugate had antitumor activity in multiple tumor types that expressed HER2 at varying levels.