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Brain Benefits: Targeted Therapy Offers New Weapon Against HER2+ Breast Cancer with LM

In In The News by Barbara Jacoby

By Mina Lobbous, MD, MPH From: targetedonc.com This study (NCT03501979) investigated the drug combination of tucatinib (Tukysa), trastuzumab (Herceptin), and capecitabine for HER2-positive breast cancer with leptomeningeal metastases (LM). Treatment options for LM are limited, and survival rates are low. The researchers enrolled 17 patients with HER2-positive breast cancer and newly diagnosed LM. All patients received the drug combination in …