作者: David R. Spigel , Harold J. Burstein
关键词: Breast cancer 、 Metastatic breast cancer 、 Medicine 、 Clinical trial 、 Internal medicine 、 Combination therapy 、 Oncology 、 Monoclonal 、 Chemotherapy 、 Innovative Therapies 、 Trastuzumab
摘要: Combination treatment with chemotherapy and trastuzumab is now standard therapy for the first-line of women HER2-overexpressing metastatic breast cancer. has been shown to increase response rates, time progression, quality life, overall survival such patients. Several combination regimens have developed, newer recently reported are being studied in ongoing clinical trials. Newer trastuzumab-based include triplet combinations taxanes platinum salts combining other innovative therapies. Among increasing array available combinations, several proven appropriate therapy. To date, optimal region not defined. Moreover, questions remain regarding best scheduling, duration, use at disease progression. This review briefly outlines evolving role