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Breast cancer steadily holds leading market positions in the malignancy morbidity and mortality pattern. The treatment of metastatic breast cancer remains an extremely topical issue, when its aim is not only to prolong the patient’s life, but also to preserve its quality. Due to advances in molecular diagnostics, it has become possible to use several new classes of drugs in recent times. CDK4/6 inhibitors that demonstrate high efficacy in the first-line therapy for luminal metastatic breast cancer is one of these groups. This review presents data from recent registration studies and a description of observations from our own clinical experience.

The HannaH study showed that neoadjuvante-adjuvant subcutaneous and intravenous trastuzumab have similar efficacy and tolerability in patients with early HER2-positive breast cancer. The analysis of the results of the subcutaneous and intravenous trastuzumab usage in Russian population showed the favorable association between tpCR anf EFS. tpCR achiviement is associated with clinical benefit in HER2 positive breast cancer. For patients with difficult venous access who do not require intravenous chemotherapy currently, Subcutaneous trastuzumab allows to receive effective treatment without the risk of complications, which involves catheterization of a Central vein.