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ReviewTherapeutic advances in medical oncology2024

Role of antibody drug conjugates in the treatment of patients with breast cancer brain metastases.

Stacey Pan, Jayant Y Gadrey, Sarah Sammons, Nancy U Lin, Sara M Tolaney, Paolo Tarantino, Ilana Schlam

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Review in Therapeutic advances in medical oncology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Stacey PanDivision of Hematology and Oncology, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0004-9164-2160
Jayant Y GadreyDepartment of Internal Medicine, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA.
Sarah SammonsBreast Oncology Program, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA.
Nancy U LinBreast Oncology Program, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA.
Sara M TolaneyBreast Oncology Program, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA.
Paolo TarantinoBreast Oncology Program, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8686-0228
Ilana SchlamBreast Oncology Program, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, 450 Brookline Ave, Boston, MA 02215, USA.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Breast cancer remains a leading cause of brain metastases (BM), which carry a poor prognosis. The current approach to managing BMs in breast cancer patients involves a combination of local therapies (surgery, radiotherapy) and systemic treatments. Developing newer antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) has sparked a revolution in metastatic breast cancer (MBC) care. ADCs such as ado-trastuzumab emtansine, trastuzumab deruxtecan, and sacituzumab govitecan have demonstrated significant improvement in patient outcomes and are standard of care in the treatment of MBC. Most of the ADC registration studies included patients with stable BMs but excluded individuals with active BM, making intracranial (IC) response assessment a challenge. Promising data has recently emerged, suggesting relevant IC activity for certain ADCs and ongoing studies in patients with active BM that will expand our knowledge. This review aims to summarize the effectiveness of approved ADCs as well as promising new ADCs in development for breast cancer with BM.

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antibody–drug conjugatesbrain metastasesbreast cancerclinical trialstargeted therapy

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PMID39529890
PMCPMC11552056

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