Oncologists Willing To Embrace pCR, Despite Potential Risks, ASCO Survey Finds

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.”

SAN FRANCISCO — An impromptu survey at the American Society of Clinical Oncology’s recent Breast Cancer Symposium showed strong support for using new drugs early, based on pathological complete response data as a surrogate for survival.

Held from Sept. 7-9 in San Francisco, the symposium drew over 930 attendees. Prospects for using new drugs soon after diagnosis as neoadjuvant therapy – meaning prior to surgery –...

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