Advances and optimization in the treatment schedule of HER2-positive breast cancer / 中国肿瘤生物治疗杂志

ABSTRACT

@# The efficacy and prognosis of human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) positive breast cancer patients have been significantly improved with the development and wide application of anti-tumor drugs against HER2. The results of PEONY research once again established the status of the double-target treatment mode of pertuzumab+trastuzumab in the field of neoadjuvant therapy. Based on the two studies of TRYPHAENA and TRAIN-2, paclitaxel plus platinum should be the first choice chemotherapy scheme for anti HER2 double-target therapy, and the treatment course of 6 cycles is preferred. According to the consensus of neoadjuvant therapy experts in China and the latest follow-up results of adjuvant APT study, the neoadjuvant therapy is more suitable for patients with a tumor diameter of more than 3 cm and/or positive lymph nodes metastasis; T-DM1 should be the first choice of adjuvant therapy in patients, who didn’t obtain pCR after neoadjuvant treatment, and whether the double-target adjuvant mode of pertuzumab plus trastuzumab is suitable depends on follow-up of the PEONY study. Low-risk patients with small tumors (<3 cm) and without lymph node metastasis may consider omitting neoadjuvant therapy but adopt direct surgery followed by postoperative adjuvant therapy with trastuzumab plus paclitaxel. The regimen of trastuzumab+pertuzumab combined with taxanes is still the standard first line treatment of late stage HER2+ patients; for Chinese patients, pyrotinib combined with capecitabine can be used as the second line optimization, and T-DM1 can be used as the third line and posterior line selection; when trastuzumab, pertuzumab and T-DM1 fail the treatment, DS-8201 becomes a new selection mode. Combined treatment mode of tucatinib plus trastuzumab and capecitabine can be considered in late stage HER2+ patients with brain metastases.