TY - JOUR
T1 - New strategies in HER2-overexpressing breast cancer
T2 - Many combinations of targeted drugs available
AU - Abramson, Vandana
AU - Arteaga, Carlos L.
PY - 2011/3/1
Y1 - 2011/3/1
N2 - The anti-HER2 drugs trastuzumab and lapatinib are increasingly changing the natural history of early and metastatic HER2-overexpressing breast cancer. Many other agents targeted against the HER2 signaling network are in clinical development, and these are or will soon be combined with the currently approved anti-HER2 therapies. We review herein recent data in support of the early use of combinations of agents targeted to the HER2 network as the most rational approach against this subtype of breast cancer. We propose that the optimal combination or combinations of anti-HER2 agents delivered early in the natural history of HER2+ breast cancer should close to eliminate acquired drug resistance, shorten the duration of therapy, and potentially dispense with the need of concurrent chemotherapy.
AB - The anti-HER2 drugs trastuzumab and lapatinib are increasingly changing the natural history of early and metastatic HER2-overexpressing breast cancer. Many other agents targeted against the HER2 signaling network are in clinical development, and these are or will soon be combined with the currently approved anti-HER2 therapies. We review herein recent data in support of the early use of combinations of agents targeted to the HER2 network as the most rational approach against this subtype of breast cancer. We propose that the optimal combination or combinations of anti-HER2 agents delivered early in the natural history of HER2+ breast cancer should close to eliminate acquired drug resistance, shorten the duration of therapy, and potentially dispense with the need of concurrent chemotherapy.
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U2 - 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-09-1947
DO - 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-09-1947
M3 - Review article
C2 - 21248299
AN - SCOPUS:79952264098
SN - 1078-0432
VL - 17
SP - 952
EP - 958
JO - Clinical Cancer Research
JF - Clinical Cancer Research
IS - 5
ER -