Lee S. Schwartzberg, MD, on HER2– HR+ Breast Cancer: Tesetaxel and Capecitabine
2020 San Antonio Breast Cancer SymposiumLee S. Schwartzberg, MD, of the West Cancer Center, discusses phase III results from the CONTESSA study, which showed that an all-oral regimen of tesetaxel plus a reduced dose of capecitabine significantly improved progression-free survival compared with capecitabine alone in patients with HER2-negative, hormone receptor–positive metastatic breast cancer previously treated with a taxane (Abstract GS4-01).
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