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Javier Cortés, MD, PhD, on HER2-Positive Breast Cancer: Trastuzumab Deruxtecan vs Trastuzumab Emtansine

ESMO Congress 2021

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Javier Cortés, MD, PhD, of Barcelona’s IOB Institute of Oncology, discusses phase III data from the DESTINY-Breast03 study, which support trastuzumab deruxtecan becoming the standard of care for second-line treatment of women with HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer (Abstract LBA1).



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