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Use of everolimus in advanced hormone receptor–positive metastatic breast cancer in a multicenter national observational study.

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e12548Background: The everolimus-exemestane combination has been included in the International guidelines for advanced HR+ breast cancer (mBC) since the results of the Bolero-2 trial. Marketing authorization has been granted in… Click to show full abstract

e12548Background: The everolimus-exemestane combination has been included in the International guidelines for advanced HR+ breast cancer (mBC) since the results of the Bolero-2 trial. Marketing authorization has been granted in France in July 2012 and reimbursement in Nov. 2014. Very few real life data of everolimus (EVE) use have been reported. Methods: All patients who initiated treatment for a newly diagnosed mBC between Jan. 2008 and Dec. 2015 in all 18 French Comprehensive Cancer Centers have been included in the real life ESME database, which collects retrospective data using a clinical trial-like methodology with quality assessments. Primary endpoint of the current analysis was to evaluate the incidence and indication of EVE use before and after marketing authorization and reimbursement Results: The ESME program included a total of 16,703 patients of which 9,921 had HR+/HER2- mBC. Median age at metastatic diagnosis was 62.0 year (range 23-96). Visceral metastases were present in 60.3% of cases. Onl...

Keywords: use everolimus; use; everolimus advanced; breast cancer; advanced hormone; cancer

Journal Title: Journal of Clinical Oncology
Year Published: 2017

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