Journal
CASE REPORTS IN ONCOLOGY
Volume 14, Issue 2, Pages 1071-1079Publisher
KARGER
DOI: 10.1159/000516760
Keywords
Inflammatory breast cancer; HER2-positive breast cancer; Anti-HER2 therapy; Metastatic disease; Stage IV
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- National Cancer Institute [F30 CA228208]
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Inflammatory breast cancer (IBC) is a rare and aggressive type of breast cancer, with overexpression of HER2 being common in IBC and associated with relatively better prognosis. Treatment options for metastatic HER2-positive IBC are expanding, with evolving treatment recommendations for this disease.
Inflammatory breast cancer (IBC) is a rare type of breast cancer that is associated with poor outcomes compared with non-IBC. Overexpression of HER2 is enriched in IBC, and those with HER2-positive disease have a relatively favorable prognosis, with improved survival over the last two decades driven by the advent of novel targeted therapies. Here, we present two patients who have survived for over 10 years after being diagnosed with de novo metastatic HER2-positive IBC. We review the data for the treatments available for metastatic HER2-positive IBC and the evolving treatment recommendations for this disease.
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