Patients with human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)–positive early breast cancer with residual invasive disease after neoadjuvant systemic therapy have a high risk of recurrence and death.

Seagen is a specialist in antibody-drug conjugates, but has looked to Chinese biotech RemeGen for a HER2-targeting candidate that could challenge rival drugs from AstraZeneca/Daiichi Sankyo and Roche.

Background: Variable rates of HER2 protein overexpression and gene amplification have been reported in advanced ovarian cancers (AOC). Trastuzumab, tested only as a single agent, has been shown to ...

FDA approval of PATHWAY HER2 (4B5) test expands diagnostic capabilities for HER2-ultralow metastatic breast cancer, enabling targeted treatment with trastuzumab deruxtecan. HER2-ultralow ...

OS Therapies’ HER2-focused immunotherapy prevented patients’ lung cancer from returning in 33% of cases, hitting the primary goal of a phase 2 trial. The therapy, dubbed OST-HER2, uses a HER2 ...

In the HER2-low population, treatment with trastuzumab deruxtecan reduced the risk of disease progression or death by 38% compared with chemotherapy. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA ...

Treatment for HER2-positive breast cancer depends on tumor size and spread but may involve a combination of chemotherapy, targeted therapy, monoclonal antibody therapy, and kinase inhibitors.

Enhertu is approved for HR-positive, HER2-low or -ultralow metastatic breast cancer after endocrine therapy progression, based on DESTINY-Breast06 trial results. Enhertu showed a 36% reduction in ...

SAN ANTONIO — Adding the CDK 4/6 blocker palbociclib to standard endocrine and antihuman epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) therapies in metastatic hormone receptor (HR)–positive ...