Do you advocate for dose dense AC instead of every 3 week dosing in neoadjuvant TNBC as done in KEYNOTE 522?
Answer from: Medical Oncologist at Academic Institution
When giving neoadjuvant therapy for TNBC as given in the KEYNOTE-522 study, I prefer to administer dose dense AC (with growth factor support) + pembrolizumab (after completing weekly paclitaxel and carboplatin + pembrolizumab). While there has been no comparison of dose dense vs. q3week AC with this...
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Medical Oncologist at SSM Health Medical Group Are you bringing the patient back the following we...
Medical Oncologist at Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University For now, yes, I usually have the patient come in f...
Answer from: Medical Oncologist at Academic Institution
We utilize the regimen scheduled studied in KEYNOTE-522 with q3 week AC. Having given carbo/taxol-ddAC prior to the use of pembrolizumab, I find that the tolerance of AC chemotherapy and count recovery has been better with q3week schedule. Although prior studies have shown improvement of outco...
Are you bringing the patient back the following we...
For now, yes, I usually have the patient come in f...