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ArticleNeuro-oncology practice2025

Risk of central nervous system metastasis and survival in HER2+ positive breast and non-breast cancers.

Omar Elghawy, John S Wang, Reema Patel, Jack C Shapiro, Shira L Wald, Adam Barsouk, Lauren Reed-Guy, Jessica Xu, Austin Yang, Jonathan H Sussman and 1 more

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Omar ElghawyDepartment of Internal Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0786-8035
John S WangDepartment of Internal Medicine, McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, USA.
Reema PatelDivision of Hematology & Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Virginia Health, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA.
Jack C ShapiroDepartment of Internal Medicine, McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, USA.
Shira L WaldDepartment of Internal Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Adam BarsoukDepartment of Internal Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2333-7530
Lauren Reed-GuyDepartment of Internal Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0002-7999-5153
Jessica XuDepartment of Internal Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Austin YangDepartment of Internal Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Jonathan H SussmanDepartment of Internal Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3057-3550
Varinder KaurDivision of Hematology & Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Virginia Health, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6480-7204

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Abstract

Background: Incidence, survival, and optimal choice of therapy for central nervous system (CNS) metastasis are well characterized in human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 positive (HER2+) breast cancer (BC), yet remain poorly defined in other HER2+ solid tumors (STs). Methods: A retrospective cohort analysis was performed to characterize the incidence of CNS metastasis and clinical outcomes in patients with HER2+ breast cancer and ST treated at the University of Virginia Emily Couric Cancer Center between January 2010 and January 2022. Results: In the cohort, 50 patients had HER2+ ST and 383 had HER2+ BC. Of the ST group, 48.0% received CNS imaging at diagnosis as compared to 2.9% of breast cancer patients ( Conclusions: Patients with non-breast cancer HER2+ STs had higher risk of CNS metastasis and poorer OS compared to HER2+ breast cancer patients, with lower utilization of HER2-directed therapy.

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breast cancerCNS metastasisHER2+ cancerradiation oncology

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PMID41458940
PMCPMC12741837

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