Cardiac monitoring in HER2-positive patients on trastuzumab treatment: A review and implications for clinical practice

Trastuzumab prolongs progression-free and overall survival in patients with human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) positive breast cancer. However, trastuzumab treatment is hampered by cardiotoxicity, defined as a left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) decline with a reported incidence r...

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Main Authors: Nathalie I. Bouwer, Agnes Jager, Crista Liesting, Marcel J.M. Kofflard, Jasper J. Brugts, Jos J.E.M. Kitzen, Eric Boersma, Mark-David Levin
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Published: Elsevier 2020-08-01
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960977620300928
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author Nathalie I. Bouwer
Agnes Jager
Crista Liesting
Marcel J.M. Kofflard
Jasper J. Brugts
Jos J.E.M. Kitzen
Eric Boersma
Mark-David Levin
author_facet Nathalie I. Bouwer
Agnes Jager
Crista Liesting
Marcel J.M. Kofflard
Jasper J. Brugts
Jos J.E.M. Kitzen
Eric Boersma
Mark-David Levin
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description Trastuzumab prolongs progression-free and overall survival in patients with human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) positive breast cancer. However, trastuzumab treatment is hampered by cardiotoxicity, defined as a left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) decline with a reported incidence ranging from 3 to 27% depending on variable factors. Early identification of patients at increased risk of trastuzumab-induced myocardial damage is of great importance to prevent deterioration to irreversible cardiotoxicity. Although current cardiac monitoring with multi gated acquisition (MUGA) scanning and/or conventional 2D-echocardiography (2DE) have a high availability, their reproducibility are modest, and more sensitive and reliable techniques are needed such as 3D-echocardiography (3DE) and speckle tracking echocardiography (STE). But which other diagnostic imaging modalities are available for patients before and during trastuzumab treatment? In addition, what is the optimal frequency and duration of cardiac monitoring? At last, which biomarker monitoring strategies are currently available for the identification of cardiotoxicity in patients treated with trastuzumab?
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spelling doaj.art-5d775c2192d24d79bd7fdf7a7678540f2022-12-21T18:55:10ZengElsevierBreast1532-30802020-08-01523344Cardiac monitoring in HER2-positive patients on trastuzumab treatment: A review and implications for clinical practiceNathalie I. Bouwer0Agnes Jager1Crista Liesting2Marcel J.M. Kofflard3Jasper J. Brugts4Jos J.E.M. Kitzen5Eric Boersma6Mark-David Levin7Department of Cardiology, Albert Schweitzer Hospital, Albert Schweitzerplaats 25, 3300 AK, Dordrecht, the Netherlands; Department of Internal Medicine, Albert Schweitzer Hospital, Albert Schweitzerplaats 25, 3300 AK, Dordrecht, the NetherlandsDepartment of Medical Oncology, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, Dr. Molewaterplein 40, 3000 CA, Rotterdam, the NetherlandsDepartment of Cardiology, Albert Schweitzer Hospital, Albert Schweitzerplaats 25, 3300 AK, Dordrecht, the NetherlandsDepartment of Cardiology, Albert Schweitzer Hospital, Albert Schweitzerplaats 25, 3300 AK, Dordrecht, the NetherlandsDepartment of Cardiology, Erasmus MC Thoraxcenter, Dr. Molewaterplein 40, 3000 CA, Rotterdam, the NetherlandsDepartment of Internal Medicine, Albert Schweitzer Hospital, Albert Schweitzerplaats 25, 3300 AK, Dordrecht, the NetherlandsDepartment of Cardiology, Erasmus MC Thoraxcenter, Dr. Molewaterplein 40, 3000 CA, Rotterdam, the NetherlandsDepartment of Internal Medicine, Albert Schweitzer Hospital, Albert Schweitzerplaats 25, 3300 AK, Dordrecht, the Netherlands; Corresponding author.Trastuzumab prolongs progression-free and overall survival in patients with human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) positive breast cancer. However, trastuzumab treatment is hampered by cardiotoxicity, defined as a left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) decline with a reported incidence ranging from 3 to 27% depending on variable factors. Early identification of patients at increased risk of trastuzumab-induced myocardial damage is of great importance to prevent deterioration to irreversible cardiotoxicity. Although current cardiac monitoring with multi gated acquisition (MUGA) scanning and/or conventional 2D-echocardiography (2DE) have a high availability, their reproducibility are modest, and more sensitive and reliable techniques are needed such as 3D-echocardiography (3DE) and speckle tracking echocardiography (STE). But which other diagnostic imaging modalities are available for patients before and during trastuzumab treatment? In addition, what is the optimal frequency and duration of cardiac monitoring? At last, which biomarker monitoring strategies are currently available for the identification of cardiotoxicity in patients treated with trastuzumab?http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960977620300928TrastuzumabCardiotoxicityCardiac monitoringBiomarkersSpeckle tracking echocardiography
spellingShingle Nathalie I. Bouwer
Agnes Jager
Crista Liesting
Marcel J.M. Kofflard
Jasper J. Brugts
Jos J.E.M. Kitzen
Eric Boersma
Mark-David Levin
Cardiac monitoring in HER2-positive patients on trastuzumab treatment: A review and implications for clinical practice
Breast
Trastuzumab
Cardiotoxicity
Cardiac monitoring
Biomarkers
Speckle tracking echocardiography
title Cardiac monitoring in HER2-positive patients on trastuzumab treatment: A review and implications for clinical practice
title_full Cardiac monitoring in HER2-positive patients on trastuzumab treatment: A review and implications for clinical practice
title_fullStr Cardiac monitoring in HER2-positive patients on trastuzumab treatment: A review and implications for clinical practice
title_full_unstemmed Cardiac monitoring in HER2-positive patients on trastuzumab treatment: A review and implications for clinical practice
title_short Cardiac monitoring in HER2-positive patients on trastuzumab treatment: A review and implications for clinical practice
title_sort cardiac monitoring in her2 positive patients on trastuzumab treatment a review and implications for clinical practice
topic Trastuzumab
Cardiotoxicity
Cardiac monitoring
Biomarkers
Speckle tracking echocardiography
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960977620300928
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