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Aleix Prat, MD, PhD, on a HER2-Positive Breast Cancer Biomarker: Results From the PAM50 Trial

ESMO 2019 Congress

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Aleix Prat, MD, PhD, of Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, discusses the findings of a meta-analysis showing that the HER2-E subtype may predict pathologic complete response beyond hormone receptor status in HER2-positive early breast cancer (Abstract 248P).



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