Review Article
Predictive Factors of Response in HER2-Positive Breast Cancer Treated by Neoadjuvant Therapy
Table 3
Rates of pCR according to HR status.
| Study (ref.) | Neoadjuvant regimen | pCR rate HR+ | pCR rate HR− | |
| NeoSphere [18] | (i) Docetaxel + trastuzumab—(arm A) (ii) Docetaxel + trastuzumab + pertuzumab (arm B) (iii) Trastuzumab + pertuzumab (arm C) (iv) Docetaxel + pertuzumab (arm D) | 20% 26% 5.9% 17.4% | 36.8% 63.2% 27.3% 30% | NR | Neo-ALTTO [12] | (i) Weekly P + trastuzumab (ii) Weekly P + lapatinib (iii) Weekly P + trastuzumab + lapatinib | 22.7% 16.1% 41.6% | 36.5% 33.7% 61.3% | NR | CHER-LOB [14, 19] | (i) CT + trastuzumab (ii) CT + lapatinib (iii) CT + trastuzumab + lapatinib | 25% 22.7% 35.7% | 26.6% 35.7% 56.2% | NR | Buzdar et al. [4] | (i) CT + trastuzumab (ii) CT alone | 61.5% 27.2% | 70% 25% | NR | NOAH [20]* | (i) CT + trastuzumab (ii) CT alone | 18% 17% | 48% 22% | 0.51 0.002 | REMAGUS 02 [9] | (i) CT + trastuzumab (ii) CT alone | 20.5% 20.5% | 32% 19% | NR | NSABP B-41 [15] | (i) CT + trastuzumab (ii) CT + lapatinib (iii) CT + trastuzumab + lapatinib | 46.7% 48% 55.6% | 65.5% 60.6% 73% | NR |
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ER positive versus ER negative, pCR: pathological complete response; HR: hormone receptors; P: paclitaxel; CT: chemotherapy; NR: not reported; ER: estrogen receptors.
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