Oncologists Willing To Embrace pCR, Despite Potential Risks, ASCO Survey Finds
Executive Summary
Ahead of Perjeta vote, impromptu survey of clinicians at ASCO Breast Cancer Symposium debate signals readiness to prescribe neoadjuvant drugs, based on pathological complete response data. ASCO President Clifford Hudis cautions of “serious risks to societal well-being with this approach.”
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