Antracyclines may Be the Answer to HER2-positive Breast Cancer

December 29, 2007 at 12:30 PM Drug News
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In an accompanying editorial, Soonmyung Paik, M.D., of the National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project in Pittsburgh and colleagues point out that HER2 status alone may not be enough to determine who should receive anthracyclines, given the molecular differences among different subtypes of breast cancer.

“Optimization of adjuvant chemotherapy for patients diagnosed with breast cancer will depend on defining the baseline prognosis and chemosensitivity of each subclass of breast cancer beyond those crudely defined by HER2 status alone,” the editorialists write.

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