Proactive Brain Screening Using Contrast-Enhanced Brain CT Scans in HER2+ Metastatic Breast Cancer.

Clin Cancer Res · 2026 · PMC13133600 · PMID 41661219

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a numerical trendP = 0.057so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

Patients undergoing screening had better preserved performance status at brain metastasis diagnosis ( P = 0.002) and a numerical trend toward fewer brain metastases ( P = 0.057).

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Additionally, another key prognostic factor, brain metastasis number, also showed a trend favoring patients who underwent brain screening.

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