Advancing Neoadjuvant Therapy with Inetetamab for HER2-Positive Breast Cancer. (PubMed, Cancer Lett)
Although HER2-targeted therapies such as trastuzumab and pertuzumab result in significantly improved clinical outcomes, the total pathological complete response (tpCR) rate remains suboptimal, particularly among hormone receptor (HR)-positive patients [2]. In this issue of Cancer Letters, Zuo and colleagues present findings from a single-arm, multicenter phase II clinical trial investigating a neoadjuvant regimen combining inetetamab, pertuzumab, and nab-paclitaxel (TIP regimen) in patients with early-stage or locally advanced HER2-positive breast cancer [5]. Through comprehensive evaluation of both efficacy and safety, the study demonstrates exceptional therapeutic potential of the TIP regimen, with a high tpCR rate observed in estrogen receptor (ER)-negative patients, indicating particular promise for this subgroup of HER2-positive breast cancer.