Evolution of anti-HER2 therapy in advanced HER2+ breast cancer or “why is trastuzumab still a key player?”. A review
- Authors: Grechukhina K.S.1, Sukhova M.V.1, Kolyago E.M.1, Filonenko D.A.1, Zhukova L.G.1
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- Loginov Moscow Clinical Scientific Center
- Issue: Vol 27, No 1 (2025)
- Pages: 19-25
- Section: Articles
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/1815-1434/article/view/291143
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.26442/18151434.2025.1.202822
- ID: 291143
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The use of anti-HER2 therapy has dramatically changed the prognosis of patients with HER2+ breast cancer both in the early and advanced stages. New options that demonstrate the effectiveness of treatment of patients with HER2+ breast cancer can significantly increase the median progression-free survival and the overall frequency of objective response, the duration of this response. Some of them are still approved only in the first-line treatment of the metastatic form, either neo- or adjuvant regimens (for example, pertuzumab). At the same time, the antitumor conjugates being created, such as T-DM1 or T-DxD, have a common link in their structure – the monoclonal base antibody trastuzumab. Despite all the success of this class of drugs, progression occurs at a certain stage in these patients, and it is trastuzumab in combination with various chemotherapeutic regimens and/or drugs of other classes that remains the standard of late-line therapy and ensures the prolongation of patients' lives.
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Katerina S. Grechukhina
Loginov Moscow Clinical Scientific Center
Author for correspondence.
Email: dr.grechukhina@gmail.com
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-0616-5477
Cand. Sci. (Med.)
Russian Federation, MoscowMargarita V. Sukhova
Loginov Moscow Clinical Scientific Center
Email: dr.grechukhina@gmail.com
ORCID iD: 0009-0004-7119-0160
oncologist
Russian Federation, MoscowElena M. Kolyago
Loginov Moscow Clinical Scientific Center
Email: dr.grechukhina@gmail.com
ORCID iD: 0009-0008-3295-8236
Department Head
Russian Federation, MoscowDaria A. Filonenko
Loginov Moscow Clinical Scientific Center
Email: dr.grechukhina@gmail.com
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-7224-3111
Cand. Sci. (Med.)
Russian Federation, MoscowLiudmila G. Zhukova
Loginov Moscow Clinical Scientific Center
Email: dr.grechukhina@gmail.com
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-4848-6938
D. Sci. (Med.), Corr. Memb. RAS
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