Cardiac biomarkers for early detection and prediction of trastuzumab and/or lapatinib-induced cardiotoxicity in patients with HER2-positive early-stage breast cancer: a NeoALTTO sub-study (BIG 1-06)
Ponde N, Bradbury I, Lambertini M, Ewer M, Campbell C, Ameels H, Zardavas D, Di Cosimo S, Baselga J, Huober J, Izquierdo M, Fumagalli D, Bozovic-Spasojevic I, Maetens M, Harbeck N, Pusztai L, Berghorn M, Im YH, Borrego MR, Chen DR, Rodeheffer R, Piccart M, Suter T, de Azambuja E. Cardiac biomarkers for early detection and prediction of trastuzumab and/or lapatinib-induced cardiotoxicity in patients with HER2-positive early-stage breast cancer: a NeoALTTO sub-study (BIG 1-06). Breast Cancer Research And Treatment 2017, 168: 631-638. PMID: 29280043, PMCID: PMC5843537, DOI: 10.1007/s10549-017-4628-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAnti-HER2 therapyNT-proBNPBiomarker elevationCardiac toxicityEarly predictorHER2-positive early-stage breast cancerEarly-stage breast cancerAnthracycline-naïve patientsEarly cardiac toxicityLevels of TnTNT-proBNP elevationBrain natriuretic peptideBreast cancer patientsNeoALTTO trialWeekly paclitaxelCardiac dysfunctionTreatment armsCardiac damageNatriuretic peptideCancer patientsCardiac biomarkersBreast cancerPatientsTroponin TAmino-terminal fragment