Preoperative therapy with trastuzumab and oral vinorelbine (± endocrine therapy) in patients with HER2-positive breast cancer

Monica Iorfida; Vincenzo Bagnardi; Alessandra Balduzzi; Silvia Dellapasqua; Anna Cardillo; Alberto Luini; Mattia Intra; Ida Minchella; Paolo Veronesi; Giuseppe Viale; Aron Goldhirsch; Marco Colleoni

doi:10.1016/j.breast.2009.12.011

Preoperative therapy with trastuzumab and oral vinorelbine (± endocrine therapy) in patients with HER2-positive breast cancer

Monica Iorfida, Vincenzo Bagnardi, Alessandra Balduzzi, Silvia Dellapasqua, Anna Cardillo, Alberto Luini, Mattia Intra, Ida Minchella, Paolo Veronesi, Giuseppe Viale, Aron Goldhirsch, Marco Colleoni

Istituto Europeo di Oncologia

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Background: Combined trastuzumab and intravenous vinorelbine yielded high clinical activity as preoperative treatment in patients (pts) with HER 2/. neu positive breast cancer. Patients and methods: We tested a preoperative combination of trastuzumab with oral vinorelbine (oV) in pts with locally advanced (T2-T4 N0-3 M0) HER2-positive breast cancer. Trastuzumab was administered i.v q 3 wks and oV was administered at the dose of 55 mg/sqm on days 1 and 3 q 3 wks, for 8 courses. Pts with ER ≥ 10% tumors received endocrine therapy with letrozole 2.5 mg/day, plus monthly triptorelin if premenopausal. Results: Forty-five pts entered the study. The overall response rate (CR + PR) was 76% (95% CI: 60%-87%). pCR was observed in 4 pts (10%). Among ER-positive tumors 21/25 pts obtained a clinical response (84%) and two pts obtained a pCR (8%). Conclusions: The combination of trastuzumab and oral vinorelbine demonstrated encouraging activity in patients with HER 2 positive ER-positive tumors. Alternative strategies should be investigated in patients with endocrine non responsive disease.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	128-132
Number of pages	5
Journal	Breast
Volume	19
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.breast.2009.12.011
Publication status	Published - Apr 2010

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Keywords

Breast cancer
Oral vinorelbine
Preoperative therapy
Trastuzumab

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Surgery

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Iorfida, M., Bagnardi, V., Balduzzi, A., Dellapasqua, S., Cardillo, A., Luini, A., Intra, M., Minchella, I., Veronesi, P., Viale, G., Goldhirsch, A., & Colleoni, M. (2010). Preoperative therapy with trastuzumab and oral vinorelbine (± endocrine therapy) in patients with HER2-positive breast cancer. Breast, 19(2), 128-132. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.breast.2009.12.011

Preoperative therapy with trastuzumab and oral vinorelbine (± endocrine therapy) in patients with HER2-positive breast cancer. / Iorfida, Monica ; Bagnardi, Vincenzo; Balduzzi, Alessandra; Dellapasqua, Silvia ; Cardillo, Anna ; Luini, Alberto ; Intra, Mattia ; Minchella, Ida ; Veronesi, Paolo ; Viale, Giuseppe ; Goldhirsch, Aron ; Colleoni, Marco.

In: Breast, Vol. 19, No. 2, 04.2010, p. 128-132.

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Iorfida, Monica ; Bagnardi, Vincenzo ; Balduzzi, Alessandra ; Dellapasqua, Silvia ; Cardillo, Anna ; Luini, Alberto ; Intra, Mattia ; Minchella, Ida ; Veronesi, Paolo ; Viale, Giuseppe ; Goldhirsch, Aron ; Colleoni, Marco. / Preoperative therapy with trastuzumab and oral vinorelbine (± endocrine therapy) in patients with HER2-positive breast cancer. In: Breast. 2010 ; Vol. 19, No. 2. pp. 128-132.

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