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ReviewNPJ breast cancer2025

Antibody-drug conjugates for treating early-stage breast cancer: current use, anticipated evolutions.

Pooja Patel, Antonio Giordano, Sara Giordano, Ilana Schlam, Sara M Tolaney, Paolo Tarantino

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Review in NPJ breast cancer, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed
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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

4 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Pyridine-containing antitumor agents: structure-oriented medicinal chemistry, structure-activity relationships, and ADMET liabilities.Medicinal chemistry research : an international journal for rapid communications on design and mechanisms of action of biologically active agents · 2026
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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

6 authors.

Pooja PatelMedical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA.
Antonio GiordanoMedical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA.
Sara GiordanoMedical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA.
Ilana SchlamMedical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA.
Sara M TolaneyMedical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA.
Paolo TarantinoMedical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA. Paolo_Tarantino@DFCI.HARVARD.EDU.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8686-0228

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) combine the specificity of monoclonal antibodies with potent cytotoxic payloads, leading to improved tumor delivery of the latter. After improving outcomes for patients with metastatic disease, ADC testing moved to the curative setting, where already one agent (trastuzumab emtansine) has been approved, after demonstrating to improve overall survival. Herein, we review the rationale, evidence, and challenges with the use of ADCs in the early-stage setting.

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PMID40739147
PMCPMC12311120

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