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ReviewBreast (Edinburgh, Scotland)2022

Antibody drug conjugates targeting HER2: Clinical development in metastatic breast cancer.

Elie Rassy, Layal Rached, Barbara Pistilli

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Review in Breast (Edinburgh, Scotland), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 45 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
45citing papers in PubMed
6.9field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

45 citing papers in PubMed, 69 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Redefining breast cancer: therapeutic opportunities in HER2-low and emerging molecular subtypes.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2026
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  11. Fighting HER2 in Gastric Cancer: Current Approaches and Future Landscapes.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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  12. Metabolic hallmarks of trastuzumab resistance.Expert opinion on therapeutic targets · 2025
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  16. Evidence for cytoprotective autophagy in response to HER2-targeted monoclonal antibodies.The Journal of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Elie RassyDepartment of Medical Oncology, Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France.
Layal RachedDepartment of Medical Oncology, Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France.
Barbara PistilliDepartment of Medical Oncology, Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France. Electronic address: barbara.pistilli@gustaveroussy.fr.
Institut Gustave Roussy · FR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The identification of the HER2 alteration as an actionable oncogenic driver in breast cancer has propelled the development of HER-targeting monoclonal antibodies (mAb) such as trastuzumab and pertuzumab, which led to dramatic improvements in survival outcomes. Lately, the great strides made toward developing antibody-conjugation methods have led to the development of a new class of compelling compounds, the antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) targeting HER2 which have profoundly transformed the treatment landscape of breast cancer. HER2-targeting ADCs, trastuzumab-emtansine and trastuzumab-deruxtecan, have improved the overall survival in the second and third-line settings with manageable adverse events. Other HER2-targeting ADCs using novel technological advances in the antibody, linker and/or payload conception have shown promising activity in preclinical and clinical studies and some of them are now being evaluated in larger clinical trials. Multiple challenges still impede the success of ADCs in breast cancer namely the lack of a comprehensive understanding of resistance mechanisms as well as the mechanisms of action of ADCs in special subgroups of patients such as those with low or ultra-low HER2 expression and patients with brain or leptomeningeal metastases (BM). In this framework, we review the approved indications and ongoing trials for HER2-targeting ADCs, across patient subgroups, including those with BM and discuss the associated potential mechanisms of action and resistance. Last, we provide an overview of the future perspectives involving HER2-targeting ADCs in breast cancer.

Indexed as

Breast NeoplasmsImmunoconjugatesAdo-Trastuzumab EmtansineErb-b2 Receptor Tyrosine KinasesFemaleHumansTrastuzumabAdo-Trastuzumab EmtansineErb-b2 Receptor Tyrosine KinasesImmunoconjugatesTrastuzumabAntibody-drug conjugateBreast cancerHER2

Identifiers

PMID36334569
PMCPMC9636477
OpenAlexW4307292724

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