TY - JOUR AU - Jankowitz, Rachel C. AU - Brufsky, Adam M. PY - 2012 DA - 2012/04/30 TI - Adjuvant treatment of HER2-positive breast cancer: winning efforts continue to improve HER2-positive patient outcome long-term JO - Breast Cancer Research SP - 308 VL - 14 IS - 2 AB - Randomized adjuvant trials continue to show significant reductions in distant recurrence and death for early-stage women treated with adjuvant trastuzumab. BCIRG-006 showed superior disease-free and overall survival of two trastuzumab-containing regimens in comparison to a non-trastuzumab-containing regimen. The rates of disease-free and overall survival were not statistically different for the two trastuzumab-containing arms. Ongoing study is needed to identify markers of resistance to trastuzumab and incorporate newer agents in the adjuvant setting in order to further decrease rates of distant recurrence and death from HER2-positive breast cancer. SN - 1465-542X UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/bcr3120 DO - 10.1186/bcr3120 ID - Jankowitz2012 ER -