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Metastatic breast cancer: trastuzumab deruxtecan outperforms trastuzumab emtansine in DESTINY-Breast03

Miriam Davis, PhD   |   Clinical Summary   |   30 March 2022
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Takeaway

  • The antibody-drug conjugate trastuzumab deruxtecan (the latter a topoisomerase inhibitor) improves PFS by a striking 72% over trastuzumab emtansine in patients whose metastatic HER2 + breast cancer has progressed after treatment with front-line anti-HER2 antibodies and a taxane, according to the DESTINY-Breast03 trial.

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