European Institute of Oncology IRCCS, Milan, Italy.
University of Milan, Milan, Italy.
Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2021 Feb;185(3):879-881. doi: 10.1007/s10549-020-05982-y. Epub 2020 Oct 30.
Besides predicting responsiveness to anti-HER2 agents, HER2 aberrations are associated with a high incidence of central nervous system (CNS) metastasis across several cancer types, including breast, lung, gastric and colorectal cancer. In this setting, several novel anti-HER2 agents with relevant CNS activity are emerging, including tucatinib and trastuzumab deruxtecan. Both agents are already FDA-approved for treating advanced breast cancer, but are also being tested for the treatment of other HER2-driven histologies. The confirmation of their activity in other cancer types may provide histology-agnostic weapons against HER2-driven brain metastasis, possibly improving the prognosis of a wide population of cancer patients.
除了预测对抗 HER2 药物的反应外,HER2 异常与几种癌症类型(包括乳腺癌、肺癌、胃癌和结直肠癌)中中枢神经系统(CNS)转移的高发生率相关。在这种情况下,几种具有相关 CNS 活性的新型抗 HER2 药物正在出现,包括 tucatinib 和 trastuzumab deruxtecan。这两种药物均已获得 FDA 批准用于治疗晚期乳腺癌,但也正在测试用于治疗其他 HER2 驱动的组织学。它们在其他癌症类型中的活性的确认可能为针对 HER2 驱动的脑转移提供了组织学上不可知的武器,有可能改善广泛的癌症患者的预后。