| Literature DB >> 26040825 |
Amy Hsieh1, Ken Pittman1, William K Patterson1, Amanda Townsend1.
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Trastuzumab has significantly improved the median survival of patients with HER2-positive breast cancer. In metastatic disease, maintenance trastuzumab is usually given after tumour response has been achieved with the combination of chemotherapy and trastuzumab, with the aim of prolonging time to disease progression. We report a case where a durable complete response (CR) was achieved without maintenance trastuzumab. In the absence of consensus guidelines, it is difficult to recommend which HER2-positive patients with metastatic breast cancer after CR will benefit from withdrawing maintenance trastuzumab therapy and when this could be considered. 2015 BMJ Publishing Group Ltd.Entities:
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Year: 2015 PMID: 26040825 PMCID: PMC4460523 DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2014-207750
Source DB: PubMed Journal: BMJ Case Rep ISSN: 1757-790X