Radiology and Oncology (Jun 2024)

Advancing HER2-low breast cancer management: enhancing diagnosis and treatment strategies

  • Borstnar Simona,
  • Bozovic-Spasojevic Ivana,
  • Cvetanovic Ana,
  • Plavetic Natalija Dedic,
  • Konsoulova Assia,
  • Matos Erika,
  • Popovic Lazar,
  • Popovska Savelina,
  • Tomic Snjezana,
  • Vrdoljak Eduard

DOI
https://doi.org/10.2478/raon-2024-0030
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 58, no. 2
pp. 258 – 267

Abstract

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Recent evidence brought by novel anti-human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) antibody-drug conjugates is leading to significant changes in HER2-negative breast cancer (BC) best practices. A new targetable category termed ‘HER2-low’ has been identified in tumors previously classified as ‘HER2-negative’. Daily practice in pathology and medical oncology is expected to align to current recommendations, but patient access to novel anticancer drugs across geographies might be impeded due to local challenges.

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