Cargando…
Efficacy of T-DM1 for leptomeningeal and brain metastases in a HER2 positive metastatic breast cancer patient: new directions for systemic therapy - a case report and literature review
BACKGROUND: Herein, we report a complete response after whole brain radiotherapy (WBRT) and concomitant T-DM1 in a patient with HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer (MBC) and extensive brain and leptomeningeal involvement. CASE PRESENTATION: A 46 years old Caucasian woman with HER2-positive MBC an...
Autores principales: | Ricciardi, Giuseppina Rosaria Rita, Russo, Alessandro, Franchina, Tindara, Schifano, Silvia, Mastroeni, Giampiero, Santacaterina, Anna, Adamo, Vincenzo |
---|---|
Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
Publicado: |
BioMed Central
2018
|
Materias: | |
Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5784540/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29370839 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12885-018-3994-5 |
Ejemplares similares
-
Nab-paclitaxel and trastuzumab combination: a promising approach for neoadjuvant treatment in HER2-positive breast cancer
por: Ricciardi, Giuseppina Rosaria Rita, et al.
Publicado: (2016) -
Efficacy of nab-paclitaxel plus trastuzumab in a long-surviving heavily pretreated HER2-positive breast cancer patient with brain metastases
por: Ricciardi, Giuseppina Rosaria Rita, et al.
Publicado: (2015) -
Influence of EGFR mutational status on metastatic behavior in non squamous non small cell lung cancer
por: Russo, Alessandro, et al.
Publicado: (2017) -
Heterogeneous Responses to Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (EGFR) Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors (TKIs) in Patients with Uncommon EGFR Mutations: New Insights and Future Perspectives in this Complex Clinical Scenario
por: Russo, Alessandro, et al.
Publicado: (2019) -
A decade of EGFR inhibition in EGFR-mutated non small cell lung cancer (NSCLC): Old successes and future perspectives
por: Russo, Alessandro, et al.
Publicado: (2015)