Abstract:The management of human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-positive early-stage breast cancer (BC) has changed in recent years thanks to the introduction of anti-HER2 agents in clinical practice as standard of care in the neoadjuvant setting. In this scenario, we probed the issue of which HER2-positive BC patients are eligible for neoadjuvant or for adjuvant treatment, since these therapeutic strategies seem to be mutually exclusive in clinical practice according to an Italian drug surveillance system. … Show more
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