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  1. Targeting HER2-positive breast cancer: advances and future …

    The long-sought discovery of HER2 as an actionable and highly sensitive therapeutic target was a major breakthrough for the treatment of highly aggressive HER2-positive breast cancer, leading …

  2. Therapy for small, HER2-positive breast tumors continues to be …

    Follow-up results of a clinical trial that defined the standard treatment for patients with small, HER2-positive breast cancer that hasn't spread to the lymph nodes reinforce the …

  3. Targeting HER2 in breast cancer: new drugs and paradigms on the …

    About 15–20% of all breast cancers (BCs) are defined human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-positive, based on the overexpression of HER2 protein and/or amplification of ERBB2 …

  4. FDA Approves New Drug Combination for ER+, HER2- Breast Cancer

    The treatment combines a new drug, inavolisib (Itovebi ®), with two older breast cancer drugs, fulvestrant (Faslodex ®) and palbociclib (Ibrance ®). Inavolisib, which targets …

  5. Emerging treatments in HER2-positive advanced breast …

    In the landscape of new emerging treatments for HER2-positive breast cancer, however, new strategies aim to tackle the disease by acting on different targets, including not only HER2 (both at the extra- and intracellular …

  6. Current and Future Management of HER2-Positive …

    In the TH3RESA phase III trial, T-DM1 showed an improvement in PFS and OS compared with chemotherapy and trastuzumab according to physician's choice in 602 patients with HER2-positive breast cancer who have been exposed to …

  7. HER2-positive breast cancer and tyrosine kinase inhibitors

    Abstract. Human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) positive breast cancer accounts for 20–25% of all breast cancers. Multiple HER2-targeted therapies have …