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ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2026

A Perspective on a Possible New Role for Bevacizumab Combined with Paclitaxel in Hormone-Resistant Metastatic Breast-Cancer Patients.

Giacomo Allegrini, Giulia Acconci, Gianna Musettini, Luigi Coltelli, Chiara Finale, Samanta Cupini, Linda Bartalini, Paola Orlandi, Guido Bocci

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Giacomo AllegriniDepartment of Oncology, Azienda USL Toscana Nord Ovest, 56121 Pisa, Italy.
Giulia AcconciDepartment of Oncology, Azienda USL Toscana Nord Ovest, 56121 Pisa, Italy.
Gianna MusettiniDepartment of Oncology, Azienda USL Toscana Nord Ovest, 56121 Pisa, Italy.
Luigi ColtelliDepartment of Oncology, Azienda USL Toscana Nord Ovest, 56121 Pisa, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-5268-5107
Chiara FinaleDepartment of Oncology, Azienda USL Toscana Nord Ovest, 56121 Pisa, Italy.
Samanta CupiniDepartment of Oncology, Azienda USL Toscana Nord Ovest, 56121 Pisa, Italy.
Linda BartaliniDepartment of Oncology, Azienda USL Toscana Nord Ovest, 56121 Pisa, Italy.
Paola OrlandiDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, 56126 Pisa, Italy.
Guido BocciDepartment of Translational Research and New Technologies in Medicine and Surgery, University of Pisa, 56126 Pisa, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-7120-9141

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The Fondazione per le Attività di Ricerca in Oncologia of Pontedera (FARO) donation
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Abstract

Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 4/6 inhibitors (CDK 4/6i) represented a paradigm shift in the treatment of patients with metastatic hormone-receptor-positive (HR+), HER2-negative (HER2-) breast cancer patients. When disease progression occurs and further hormonal manipulations or target therapies fail, chemotherapy remains a therapeutic choice. For these reasons, resources should be invested in redesigning the best treatment strategy with the current chemotherapy drugs available. Nevertheless, the preferred strategy typically remains a planned sequence of single chemotherapeutic agents. This approach endeavors to extend overall survival and maintain quality of life. Within this complex and evolving therapeutic scenario, where the necessity for effective and treatment options is crucial, we explore in the present paper a perspective for a hypothetical new role of bevacizumab combined with paclitaxel for patients with metastatic HR+, HER2- breast cancer patients resistant to hormone therapy. Recent findings from our preliminary published pharmacogenetic studies, could suggest the efficacy of bevacizumab as linked to a well-defined genomic profile of genes implicated in the process of neoangiogenesis (e.g., favorable profile:

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bevacizumabbreast cancerpaclitaxelpharmacogeneticVEGF

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PMID42652576
PMCPMC13513217

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