Selection of Optimal Adjuvant Chemotherapy and Targeted Therapy for Early Breast Cancer: ASCO Guideline Update

Neelima Denduluri, Mark R. Somerfield, Mariana Chavez-Macgregor, Amy H. Comander, Zoneddy Dayao, Andrea Eisen, Rachel A. Freedman, Ragisha Gopalakrishnan, Stephanie L. Graff, Michael J. Hassett, Tari A. King, Gary H. Lyman, Gillian Rice Maupin, Raquel Nunes, Cheryl L. Perkins, Melinda L. Telli, Maureen E. Trudeau, Antonio C. Wolff, Sharon H. Giordano

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Abstract

PURPOSEThe aim of this work is to update key recommendations of the ASCO guideline adaptation of the Cancer Care Ontario guideline on the selection of optimal adjuvant chemotherapy regimens for early breast cancer and adjuvant targeted therapy for breast cancer.METHODSAn Expert Panel conducted a targeted systematic literature review guided by a signals approach to identify new, potentially practice-changing data that might translate into revised guideline recommendations.RESULTSThe Expert Panel reviewed abstracts from the literature review and identified one article for inclusion that reported results of the phase III, open-label KATHERINE trial. In the KATHERINE trial, patients with stage I to III human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-positive breast cancer with residual invasive disease in the breast or axilla after completing neoadjuvant chemotherapy and HER2-targeted therapy were allocated to adjuvant trastuzumab emtansine (T-DM1; n 743) or to trastuzumab (n 743). Invasive disease-free survival was significantly higher in the T-DM1 group than in the trastuzumab arm (hazard ratio, 0.50; 95% CI, 0.39 to 0.64; P <.001), and risk of distant recurrence was lower in patients who received T-DM1 than in patients who received trastuzumab (hazard ratio, 0.60; 95% CI, 0.45 to 0.79). Grade 3 or higher adverse events occurred in 190 patients (25.7%) who received T-DM1 and in 111 patients (15.4%) who received trastuzumab.RECOMMENDATIONSPatients with HER2-positive breast cancer with pathologic invasive residual disease at surgery after standard preoperative chemotherapy and HER2-targeted therapy should be offered 14 cycles of adjuvant T-DM1, unless there is disease recurrence or unmanageable toxicity. Clinicians may offer any of the available and approved formulations of trastuzumab, including trastuzumab, trastuzumab and hyaluronidase-oysk, and available biosimilars.Additional information can be found at www.asco.org/breast-cancer-guidelines

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)685-693
Number of pages9
JournalJournal of Clinical Oncology
Volume39
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 20 2021

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Oncology
  • Cancer Research

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