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ReviewExperimental hematology & oncology2025

Antibody-drug conjugates in breast cancer: current evidence and future directions.

Ning Li, Lu Yang, Zixuan Zhao, Tian Du, Gehao Liang, Na Li, Jun Tang

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Review in Experimental hematology & oncology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. Pharmacovigilance study and development of a clinical decision flowchart for personalized selection of trastuzumab, T-DXd, and T-DM1 in breast cancer patients.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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  9. Progress of Trop-2-targeted antibody-drug conjugates in HER-2-negative breast cancer: a mini-review.Translational breast cancer research : a journal focusing on translational research in breast cancer · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Ning Li *Department of Breast Oncology, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Guangdong Provincial Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, 510060, China.
Lu Yang *Department of Radiotherapy, Cancer Center, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510080, China.
Zixuan Zhao *Department of Breast Oncology, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Guangdong Provincial Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, 510060, China.
Tian DuDepartment of Breast Oncology, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Guangdong Provincial Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, 510060, China.
Gehao LiangDepartment of Breast Oncology, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Guangdong Provincial Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, 510060, China.
Na LiDepartment of Breast Oncology, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Guangdong Provincial Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, 510060, China. lina@sysucc.org.cn.
Jun TangDepartment of Breast Oncology, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Guangdong Provincial Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, 510060, China. tangjun@sysucc.org.cn.

Funding

the Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation of Guangdong Province 2024A1515030227
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) are a rapidly evolving class of antitumor drugs and have already revolutionized the treatment strategy of many hematologic and solid cancers. So far, trastuzumab emtansine (T-DM1), trastuzumab deruxtecan (T-DXd), sacituzumab govitecan (SG) and datopotamab deruxtecan (Dato-DXd) are the four ADCs that have been approved by US food and drug administration (FDA) in treatment of breast cancer, and SKB264 has been approved by Chinese national medical products administration (NMPA). Many ADCs for treatment of breast cancer are currently being tested in late-phase clinical trials, with several encouraging results achieved recently. However, major issues arise during the use of ADCs, including emergence of acquired resistance, occurrence of treated-related toxicities, and identification of biomarkers of response and resistance. ADCs are being increasingly tested in combination with other agents, and novel next-generation ADC development is progressing rapidly. A better understanding of the design and development of ADCs will promote ADC development for cancer treatment. In this review, we aim to provide a broad overview of the design and the recent advances of ADCs in breast cancer. We also propose several notable future directions of ADCs in treatment of breast cancer.

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Antibody-drug conjugateBiomarkerBreast cancerCombination therapyTrials

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