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Nadia Harbeck, MD, PhD, on Early Breast Cancer: Benefit of a De-escalated Regimen

2021 ASCO Annual Meeting

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Nadia Harbeck, MD, PhD, of Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, discusses results from the ADAPT HR–/HER2+ trial, which showed, for the first time, improved pathologic complete response and survival in patients with early breast cancer who were treated weekly with a de-escalated 12-week regimen of neoadjuvant paclitaxel plus pertuzumab and trastuzumab (Abstract 503).



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