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Skipping chemotherapy in HER2-positive breast cancer.

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  1. Oct 31, 2026
    FIVE-YEAR RESULTS: 92% DID WELL WITHOUT CHEMOMid-stage trial · 356 people

    Some breast cancer patients skipped chemo; 92% stayed disease-free 5 years

    In HER2-positive breast cancer, a type driven by a protein called HER2, patients whose tumors shrank fast on targeted drugs alone skipped chemo, and most stayed free of invasive disease for five years.