Gynecologic Cancers | Oncology Today with Dr Neil Love: Role of HER2-Directed Therapy in the Treatment of HER2-Expressing Gynecologic Cancers — Part 1 of a Special 3-Part Edition
Featuring an interview with Dr David M O’Malley, including the following topics: Prevalence of HER2 positivity among various gynecologic cancer subtypes; current testing recommendations (0:00) Trastuzumab and other HER2-targeted therapies as a component of treatment for HER2-positive gynecologic cancers (15:17) Key efficacy outcomes achieved with trastuzumab deruxtecan (T-DXd) among patients with advanced ovarian, endometrial and cervical cancers in the DESTINY-PanTumor02 study (18:05) Incidence of interstitial lung disease (ILD) and other toxicities with T-DXd in the DESTINY-PanTumor02 trial; strategies to manage ILD associated with HER2-directed antibody-drug conjugates (27:59) Case: A woman in her mid-60s with HER2-low (IHC 1+) recurrent uterine carcinosarcoma receives T-DXd on a clinical trial (34:26) Case: A woman in her mid-70s with recurrent uterine serous cancer and history of Crohn’s disease (51:05) Case: A woman in her mid-60s with Stage IIIC primary uterine serous cancer receives carboplatin/paclitaxel/trastuzumab followed by maintenance trastuzumab with no evidence of disease 4 years later (56:50) CME information and select publications