How would you treat a postmenopausal woman with recurrent, localized ER+,HER2- breast cancer to the contralateral breast while on AI?
Answer from: Medical Oncologist at Academic Institution
Assuming this a new primary, you would treat it like another primary breast cancer with breast surgery +/- radiation. If clinically appropriate you would send genomic testing (i.e., Oncotype or Mammoprint) to make decisions about adjuvant chemotherapy. The contralateral breast cancer (CBC) rec...
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Medical Oncologist at Mayo Clinic I agree that the overall treatment paradigm would ...
Medical Oncologist at Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University I agree with @Charles L. Shapiro that the fir...
Medical Oncologist at Alvin & Lois Lapidus Cancer Institute Northwest Hospital Let's make it even more interesting. What if the w...
Answer from: Medical Oncologist at Academic Institution
I would not consider this recurrent but a new primary since is contralateral. For that reason I would use tamoxifen r/t AI although the data really don't exist. That said, I would probably be more proactive about considering chemotherapy since this cancer clearly has clinical evidence of at le...
Answer from: Medical Oncologist at Community Practice
I think the suggestion of doing NGS is very appropriate here. This tumor developed on an AI and therefore despite the fact ESR1 mutations are rare in primary tumors not exposed to AI , this would not necessarily be the case with a patient continuously on an AI. Activating ESR1 mutations are associat...
Answer from: Medical Oncologist at Academic Institution
In such situations, I agree with metastasis work up, obtaining next gen sequencing/oncotype score in addition to assessing tumor grade and Ki-67. Consider neoadjuvant fulvestrant+/-cdk4-6 inhibitor, monitoring rx response, reassessing Ki-67, grade, and PEPI score after maximal response. This will al...
I agree that the overall treatment paradigm would ...
I agree with @Charles L. Shapiro that the fir...
Let's make it even more interesting. What if the w...