Is there a role for immunotherapy in HER2-positive breast cancer?

NPJ Breast Cancer. 2018 Aug 15:4:21. doi: 10.1038/s41523-018-0072-8. eCollection 2018.

Abstract

Although the prognosis and prediction of therapeutic benefit for breast cancer patients overexpressing the human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) have dramatically changed with the administration of anti-HER2-targeted therapies, HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer is still an incurable disease. Thus, new and better therapeutic options are urgently needed. Among them, are the agents stemming from the field of immunology that have been the focus of impressive scientific progress and new therapeutic opportunities seem to emerge "every day" in a variety of tumor types.

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  • Review