HER2-TARGETED THERAPIES
Case Studies
Section Editor
Barbara Rogers, CRNP, MN, AOCN®, ANP-BC
Fox Chase Cancer Center
Featured Case Study
Patient With Invasive Ductal Carcinoma With Shortness of Breath
Diagnosis
MC is a 65-year-old female who noted a lump in her right breast in 2013. She underwent a mammogram and was noted to have a 4.5-cm mass...
Decreased LVEF Associated With Paclitaxel/Trastuzumab/Lapatinib Therapy for HER2+ Breast Cancer
Presentation and Diagnosis
Jane is a 70-year-old postmenopausal woman who was diagnosed with stage III invasive HER2+ breast cancer (ER/PR+)...
Patient With Invasive Ductal Carcinoma and T-DM1–Associated Decreased LVEF
Presentation and Diagnosis
LL is a 45-year-old woman who was diagnosed with invasive ductal carcinoma of the right breast (HR-, HER2+)...
Patient With Metastatic Rectal Cancer Receiving Trastuzumab
Presentation and Diagnosis
James is a 62-year-old male patient who was diagnosed with rectal cancer with metastatic disease to his lungs...
