VIDEO: De-escalation strategies for HER2-positive breast cancer treatment side effects
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In this video, Sara Hurvitz, MD, discussed her presentation at 39th Miami Breast Cancer Conference.on strategies and tactics clinicians can use to de-escalate side effects for patients being treated for HER2-positive breast cancer.
The de-escalation strategies Hurvitz, an associate professor at David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and medical director of Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center Clinical Research Unit, discussed included removing certain chemotherapy drugs such as anthracyclines from the armamentarium.
In addition, she reviewed how to decide when a patient is a good candidate for treatment with adjuvant pertuzumab or neratinib vs. T-DM1.