Kandace McGuire, MD

The panel looks to the future landscape for HER2+ breast cancer, highlighting emerging treatment practices and currently unmet needs.

Focusing on the selection of subsequent therapies for patients with HER2-low/HER2+ metastatic breast cancer, the panel discusses treatment sequencing considerations and practices.

Breast cancer specialists discuss adverse events associated with T-DXd, focusing on monitoring for interstitial lung disease (ILD) and the role of re-challenging patients with T-DXd after resolution of grade 1 ILD.

Aditya Bardia, MD, MPH, shares comprehensive insights on the DESTINY-Breast06 study evaluating T-DXd in HER2-low and HER2 ultra-low metastatic breast cancer, and the panel offers its initial impressions.

Ian Krop, MD, PhD, provides an overview of HER2-low and HER2 ultra-low breast cancer and discusses challenges encountered during diagnosis.

Experts on breast cancer discuss the potential impact of ongoing research in HER2+ breast cancer, highlighting how results from the DESTINY-Breast07 study may translate to DESTINY-Breast09.

Melinda Telli, MD, provides an overview of ongoing research in HER2+ metastatic breast cancer, highlighting the DESTINY-Breast09, PATINA, INAVO122, and HER2CLIMB-05 studies.

The panel provides comprehensive insights on approaching first-line treatment of patients with HER2+ metastatic breast cancer and the role of neratinib.

Breast cancer specialists outline their institution’s practices regarding the choice between subcutaneous fixed-dose pertuzumab – trastuzumab-hyaluronidase and intravenous pertuzumab and trastuzumab.

Kandace P. McGuire, MD, provides clinical insights on how patient monitoring practices inform discussions around surgical options, providing the potential for deescalating surgical management.

Ian Krop, MD, PhD, outlines his institution’s approach to utilizing neoadjuvant therapy in patients with HER2+ early breast cancer, and Melinda Telli, MD, discusses the role of surgery.

A panel of experts on breast cancer provide insights on challenges encountered during the diagnosis of HER2+ early breast cancer and discuss the role of immunohistochemistry and FISH testing.

Kandace McGuire, MD, associate professor of Surgery, UNC Department of Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology, UNC School of Medicine, discusses refinements needed in surgery for the treatment of patients with metastatic breast cancer during the 2016 OncLive State of the Science Summit on Metastatic Breast Cancer.

Kandace McGuire, MD, associate professor of Surgery, UNC Department of Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology, UNC School of Medicine, discusses the evolving role of surgery in the treatment of patients with metastatic breast cancer.