Long-term disease control with lapatinib and capecitabine in a patient with HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer pretreated with trastuzumab and trastuzumab-emtansine

Tumori. 2013 May-Jun;99(3):e131-3. doi: 10.1177/030089161309900333.

Abstract

We describe the case of a woman who has been undergoing treatment for HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer since 2002. She presented liver metastasis at diagnosis in February 2002. Combination therapy with docetaxel and trastuzumab was administered as first-line treatment, and a complete response of the hepatic lesion and a partial response at the breast primary cancer site were achieved. After 6 cycles of therapy, the patient underwent surgical excision of the breast and then received trastuzumab alone until progression, which occurred in March 2010 with the development of a right chest wall lesion. The patient progressed after therapy with trastuzumab emtansine (T-DM1) received as second-line treatment. Subsequently, a combination of lapatinib and capecitabine was started in April 2011. At this writing, the patient is still receiving treatment (24 months) and is showing a long-lasting response with a favorable safety profile.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Ado-Trastuzumab Emtansine
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized / administration & dosage
  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / therapeutic use*
  • Biomarkers, Tumor / analysis*
  • Breast Neoplasms / chemistry
  • Breast Neoplasms / drug therapy*
  • Breast Neoplasms / pathology
  • Capecitabine
  • Deoxycytidine / administration & dosage
  • Deoxycytidine / analogs & derivatives*
  • Female
  • Fluorouracil / administration & dosage
  • Fluorouracil / analogs & derivatives*
  • Humans
  • Lapatinib
  • Maytansine / administration & dosage
  • Maytansine / analogs & derivatives
  • Middle Aged
  • Quinazolines / administration & dosage*
  • Receptor, ErbB-2 / analysis*
  • Time Factors
  • Trastuzumab
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Up-Regulation

Substances

  • Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized
  • Biomarkers, Tumor
  • Quinazolines
  • Lapatinib
  • Deoxycytidine
  • Maytansine
  • Capecitabine
  • ERBB2 protein, human
  • Receptor, ErbB-2
  • Trastuzumab
  • Ado-Trastuzumab Emtansine
  • Fluorouracil