EFFICACY OF NEOADJUVANT THERAPY WITH CHEMOTHERAPY COMBINED WITH TRASTUZUMAB AND PERTUZUMAB IN PATIENTS WITH HER2-NEU POSITIVE BREAST CANCER

Phùng Thị Huyền1,
1 K Hospital

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HER2-neu targeted therapy in combination with chemotherapy has been the standard treatment for HER2-neu positive cancer in the world. In Vietnam, Trastuzumab has been used since 2016 while Pertuzumab has just recently been used. This is a descriptive cohort study evaluating the efficacy of neoadjuvant Trastuzumab and Pertuzumab in combination with chemotherapy for HER2-neu positive breast cancer at K hospital from 01/2018 to 04/2021. The results on 20 patients showed that the clinical overall response rate was 95.0%, with only one patient progressed. Total pathological complete response (tpCR) rate was 80.0%. There were no associations between tpCR and age, tumor and nodal stage, histological type and grade, ER, PR, Ki67 status and chemotherapy regimen. The regimens were well tolerated and no patients had treatment delay or interruption due to toxicities.

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