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ReviewCancers2020

Therapeutic Strategies for the Management of Hormone Receptor-Positive, Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor 2-Positive (HR+/HER2+) Breast Cancer: A Review of the Current Literature.

Eirini Thanopoulou, Leila Khader, Morena Caira, Andrew Wardley, Johannes Ettl, Federica Miglietta, Patrick Neven, Valentina Guarneri

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In one paragraph

Review in Cancers, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
18citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 13% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

18 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 34 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 6 institutions in 4 countries.

Eirini ThanopoulouEli Lilly and Company Limited, Erl Wood Manor, Windlesham, Surrey GU20 6PH, UK.
Leila KhaderEli Lilly Italia S.p.A.,500019 Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-0081-6272
Morena CairaEli Lilly Italia S.p.A.,500019 Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy.
Andrew WardleyThe NIHR Manchester Clinical Research Facility at The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, School of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Biology Medicine & Health, University of Manchester, Manchester M204BX, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-9639-0888
Johannes EttlDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technical University of Munich, 81675 München, Germany.
Federica MigliettaMedical Oncology 2, Istituto Oncologico Veneto IOV IRCCS, 35128 Padua, Italy.
Patrick NevenMultidisciplinary Breast Center and Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, UZ Leuven, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-1434-9460
Valentina GuarneriMedical Oncology 2, Istituto Oncologico Veneto IOV IRCCS, 35128 Padua, Italy.
Eli Lilly (Italy) · ITUniversity of Padua · ITEli Lilly (United Kingdom) · GBTUM Klinikum · DEUniversitair Ziekenhuis Leuven · BEUniversity of Manchester · GB

Funding

Eli Lilly and Company n/a
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Enormous advances have been made in the understanding and treatment of human epidermal growth factor receptor 2-positive breast cancer (HER2+ BC) in the last 30 years that have resulted in survival gains for affected patients. A growing body of evidence suggests that hormone receptor-positive (HR+)/HER2+ BC and HR-negative (HR-)/HER2+ BC are biologically different, with complex molecular bidirectional crosstalk between the estrogen receptor and HER2 pathway potentially affecting sensitivity to both HER2-targeted and endocrine therapy in patients with HR+/HER2+ BC. Subgroup analyses from trials enrolling patients with HER2+ BC and the results of clinical trials specifically designed to evaluate therapy in patients with HR+/HER2+ BC are helping to guide treatment decisions. In this context, encouraging results with strategies aimed at delaying or reversing drug resistance, including extended adjuvant therapy and the addition of drugs targeting alternative pathways, such as cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK) 4 and 6 inhibitors, have recently emerged. We have reached the point where tailoring the treatment according to risk and biology has become the paradigm in early BC. However, further clinical trials are needed that integrate translational research principles and identify and consider specific patient subgroups and biomarkers.

Indexed as

advanced breast cancercyclin-dependent kinase 4/6 inhibitorsearly breast cancerhormone receptor-positivehuman epidermal growth factor receptor 2-positive

Identifiers

PMID33182657
PMCPMC7696181
OpenAlexW3101211981

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