Long‐Term Survival of De Novo Stage IV Human Epidermal Growth Receptor 2 (HER2) Positive Breast Cancers Treated with HER2‐Targeted Therapy
Wong Y, Raghavendra AS, Hatzis C, Irizarry JP, Vega T, Horowitz N, Barcenas CH, Chavez‐MacGregor M, Valero V, Tripathy D, Pusztai L, Murthy RK. Long‐Term Survival of De Novo Stage IV Human Epidermal Growth Receptor 2 (HER2) Positive Breast Cancers Treated with HER2‐Targeted Therapy. The Oncologist 2018, 24: 313-318. PMID: 30139836, PMCID: PMC6519755, DOI: 10.1634/theoncologist.2018-0213.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDe novo stage IVProgression-free survivalMetastatic breast cancerHigher progression-free survivalPositive metastatic breast cancerExcellent long-term outcomesOverall survivalLong-term outcomesNED statusBreast cancerStage IVOS ratesLocoregional therapyRandomized studyDe novo stage IV diseaseDisease statusHER2-Targeted TherapyMedian overall survivalStage IV diseaseFirst-line therapyTrastuzumab-based therapyEstrogen receptor-positive statusPositive breast cancerImportant therapeutic goalNED patients