[Monoclonal antibody therapy in breast cancer]. / Monoklonális antitest-terápia emlõrákban.

ABSTRACT

A new trend has been taking place in the daily oncology practice in the past twenty years we are progressively moving toward individualized and personalized treatments. The treatment of breast cancer is one of the best examples to underline the outstanding effectiveness of the individualized approach. The modern molecular pathology features are capable of predicting the biological behavior of the tumors which gives a new basis for our therapeutic choices, both for neoadjuvant and adjuvant settings, as well as for metastatic disease. In our paper we review the currently used monoclonal antibodies in the treatment of breast cancer and provide an overview of the new research and future directions in this field.