Would you offer neoadjuvant immunotherapy in addition to chemotherapy for locally advanced HR+ breast cancer based on the I-SPY 2 data?
Answer from: Medical Oncologist at Academic Institution
The I-SPY 2 trial did show an impressive improvement in pathological complete response rate in triple negative (60% vs 20%) and HR+/Her-2- breast cancer (34% vs 13%) with the addition of pembrolizumab to neoadjuvant chemotherapy, but we still don’t have long term data, such as disease free sur...
Comments
Medical Oncologist at NYU Winthrop Hospital NEJM article by Dr Schmidt shows better Pathologic...
Medical Oncologist at Penn Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Health System In the NEJM yesterday—only about one third o...
Answer from: Medical Oncologist at Academic Institution
No. I agree with @Jairam Krishnamurthy—while pembrolizumab improved pathologic response rates in ISPY-2, we do not know the how this translates to longer term outcomes. This is important given the potential additional toxicity, including a 6% rate of adrenal insufficiency seen with pembrolizum...
NEJM article by Dr Schmidt shows better Pathologic...
In the NEJM yesterday—only about one third o...