Schmid Summarizes Updates in HER2-Positive Breast Cancer Management

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In today’s episode, sponsored by Genentech, we had the pleasure of speaking with Peter Schmid, MD, PhD, FRCP.

Dr Schmid is the chair of Cancer Medicine, a professor of cancer medicine, and the centre lead of the Centre of Experimental Cancer Medicine at Barts Cancer Institute of Queen Mary University in London, England. He is also the clinical director of Barts Breast Cancer Centre at St Bartholomew’s Hospital.

Data from the 2023 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium included the phase 3 HER2CLIMB 02 trial (NCT03975647) findings, which revealed that the median time to disease progression or death was 9.5 months (95% CI, 7.4-10.9) for patients with advanced or metastatic HER2-positive breast cancer who were treated with ado-trastuzumab emtansine (T-DM1; Kadcyla) plus tucatinib (Tukysa) compared with 7.4 months (95% CI, 5.6-8.1) for patients given T-DM1 plus placebo; tucatinib plus T-DM1 reduced the risk of disease progression or death by 24% (HR, 0.77; 95% CI, 0.61-0.95; P = .0163).

In our exclusive interview, Dr Schmid discussed considerations for applying recent data updates in HER2-positive breast cancer management to clinical practice and detailed how he treats patients with HER2-positive disease in differing settings.

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