Includes the most up-to-date treatment and diagnostic guidelines, include American Society of Clinical Onocology (ASCO) and National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN)
In-depth discussion of the recent breakthrough drug developments that have revolutionized breast cancer treatment over the past decade
Concise scope and size is specifically tailored to meet the demands of busy clinical professionals and trainees
Breast cancer is the most frequently diagnosed cancer and the leading cause of cancer death in women worldwide, accounting for nearly a quarter of the total new cancer cases each year. Of these cases, approximately 15–25% overexpress HER2, a transmembrane RTK kinase that is associated with aggressive tumor growth and poor outcomes. However, in the past decade, survival rates of patients with HER-positive breast cancer have significantly improved due to increased screening, HER2 testing, and breakthrough HER2-targeted drug therapies.
Handbook of HER2-Targeted Agents in Breast Cancer provides oncologists, primary care physicians, trainees and other healthcare providers with a concise, accessible, and up-to-date survey of the field, including a review of our current understanding of the biology of the HER2 pathway and the rationale for targeting it in early-stage and advanced breast cancer, an overview of HER2-testing, and evidence-based discussions of available HER2-targeted regimens in the adjuvant and metastatic settings.
Authors and Affiliations
Cancer Center, University of Texas MD Anderson, Houston, USA
Ricardo H Alvarez
Vall d’Hebron Institute of Oncology, Barcelona, Spain
Javier Cortés,
Leticia Mattos-Arruda
University College London Hospital, London, United Kingdom
Mary Falzon
San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
Angelica Fasolo,
Luca Gianni,
Stefania Zambelli
University College London, London, United Kingdom
Michael Gandy
Breast Center, University of Munich, Munich, Germany
Nadia Harbeck
Universite Libre de Bruxelles Insitut Jules Bordet, City, Belgium
Martine Piccart
Université Libre de Bruxelles Institut Jules Bordet, Brussels, Belgium
Dimitrios Zardavas
About the authors
This book has been written by a collection of some of the foremost experts in the breast cancer field. Dr Ricardo Alvarez is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Breast Medical Oncology at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. Dr Javier Cortes is Deputy Director of the Breast Cancer Program, Head of the Breast Cancer and Melanoma Group in the Oncology Department of Vall d’Hebron University Hospital. Dr Mary Falzon is Consultant Histo/Cytopathologist and Divisional Clinical Director for University College London Hospitals in London, UK. Michael Gandy is Head of Clinical and Research Services at University College London Advanced Diagnostics in London, UK.
Dr Luca Gianni is the Director of the Department of Medical Oncology at the Hospital San Raffaele in Milan, Italy. Professor Nadia Harbeck is Head of the Breast Center at the University of Munich, Germany and heads the Oncological Therapy and Clinical Trials Unit in Obstetrics and Gynecology. Professor Martine Piccart is Professor of Oncology at the Université Libre de Bruxelles and Director of Medicine at the Jules Bordet Institute, in Brussels, Belgium.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Handbook of HER2-targeted agents in breast cancer
Authors: Ricardo H Alvarez, Javier Cortés, Leticia Mattos-Arruda, Mary Falzon, Angelica Fasolo, Michael Gandy, Luca Gianni, Nadia Harbeck, Martine Piccart, Stefania Zambelli, … Dimitrios Zardavas
