赫賽汀的用藥指證:
Indications
Adjuvant Breast Cancer
Herceptin is indicated for adjuvant treatment of HER2-overexpressing node-positive or node-negative (ER/PR-negative or with one high-risk feature*) breast cancer:
- As part of a treatment regimen containing doxorubicin, cyclophosphamide, and either paclitaxel or docetaxel
- With docetaxel and carboplatin
- As a single agent following multi-modality anthracycline-based therapy
* High-risk is defined as ER/PR positive with one of the following features: tumor size >2 cm, age <35 years, or tumor grade 2 or 3.
Metastatic Breast Cancer
Herceptin is indicated:
目前的研究結果:對於Her-2陽性的乳癌患者,輔助使用赫賽汀有助於延長生存,以及延緩/防止複發。任何藥物都尤其副作用,赫賽汀的常見副作用是腹瀉,一些非特異的感冒樣症狀等,但比較嚴重(雖然不那麽常見)的副作用是心衰等心髒方麵的疾病,所以需要定期做心髒方麵的監測篩查。