Dr. Gradishar on Selecting Agents for HER2+ Breast Cancer

William J. Gradishar, MD, interim chief of Hematology and Oncology in the Department of Medicine, Betsy Bramsen Professorship of Breast Oncology, professor of Medicine (Hematology and Oncology), Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, discusses selecting agents for the treatment of patients with HER2-positive breast cancer.

HER2 breast cancer has seen the introduction of several new agents over the last decade.

One of the challenges, particularly in patients with metastatic disease, is how to optimally use these drugs to deliever the best benefit to the patient, says Gradishar.