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Pertuzumab is administered as an intravenous infusion in combination with trastuzumab and docetaxel as a first line treatment for HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer. [4] [3] It is also used in the same combination as a neoadjuvant (given to reduce the size of a tumor, prior to surgery or radiation) for HER2-positive early breast cancer; as of 2016 this use had not been shown to increase ...
HER2-positive breast cancer, gastric cancer, pancreatic cancer (orphan) and gastro-oesophageal junction cancer. Cardiac dysfunction, infusion-related reactions, peripheral neuropathy and pulmonary toxicity (rare). 2.2 Tyrosine kinase inhibitor: Afatinib: PO: EGFR, HER2 and HER4 inhibitor. Non-small cell lung cancer.
Palliative chemotherapy is used to control (but not cure) the cancer in settings in which the cancer has spread beyond the breast and localized lymph nodes. See metastatic breast cancer. Combined therapies These combine, for example, non-drug treatments with localized chemotherapy to limit toxicity and achieve better results. [3]
Trastuzumab, sold under the brand name Herceptin among others, is a monoclonal antibody used to treat breast cancer and stomach cancer. [31] [28] [32] [33] It is specifically used for cancer that is HER2 receptor positive. [31]
In the United States, trastuzumab emtansine was approved specifically for treatment of HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer (mBC) in patients who have been treated previously with trastuzumab and a taxane (paclitaxel or docetaxel), and who have already been treated for mBC or developed tumor recurrence within six months of adjuvant therapy.
A drug already FDA-approved for people with a rare form of breast cancer has now been shown to improve patients’ long-term survival, new clinical trial data suggest.. Lynparza (olaparib), a ...
Jane C. Wright pioneered the use of the drug methotrexate to treat breast cancer and skin cancer. The first use of small-molecule drugs to treat cancer was in the early 20th century, although the specific chemicals first used were not originally intended for that purpose.
Shannen Doherty shared a positive update on her t reatment for stage 4 breast cancer thanks to what the "Beverly Hills, 90210" star called a "miracle" treatment. "I'm on a new cancer infusion, and ...