Abstract:Background: It is estimated that 50 thousand patients live with metastatic breast cancer (MBC) in Brazil. A recent Brazilian registry (LACOG 0312) on MBC demonstrated a median overall survival (OS) by breast subtype of 15 months for triple negative, 23 months for HER2 positive, and 42 months for Luminal tumors, which are very similar to developed countries except the HER2 positive group which have limited access to targeted agents in the public health system. Recently, CDK 4/6 inhibitors were approved for the … Show more
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