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. 2022 Apr 30;3:13. doi: 10.21037/tbcr-22-21

Table 17. Recommendations of salvage treatment for triple negative breast cancer.

Stratification Level I recommendations Level II recommendations Level III recommendations
Taxanes-sensitive (I) Taxane monotherapy (I) Monotherapy (I) Olaparib# (2A)
• Albumin paclitaxel (1A) • Capecitabine (2A) (II) Liposomal paclitaxel (2A)
• Docetaxel (2A) • Vinorelbine (2A) (III) Liposomal doxorubicin (2B)
• Paclitaxel (2A) • Gemcitabine (2A) (IV) Chemotherapy + PD-1 inhibitors (2B)
(II) Combination therapy • Etoposide (2B)
• TX (1A) (II) Combination therapy
• GT (1A) • Albumin paclitaxel + PD-1 inhibitor (2A)
• TP (2A) • Taxanes + bevacizumab (2B)
Taxanes failure (I) Monotherapy (I) Monotherapy (I) Olaparib# (2A)
• Eribulin (1A) • Albumin paclitaxel* (2A) (II) Liposomal doxorubicin (2B)
• Vinorelbine (2A) • Sacituzumab govitecan (2A) (III) Liposomal paclitaxel (2B)
• Gemcitabine (2A) • Etoposide (2B) (IV) Chemotherapy + PD-1 inhibitors (2B)
• Capecitabine (2A) (II) Combination therapy
(II) Combination therapy • Capecitabine + bevacizumab (2B)
• NP (1A) • Albumin paclitaxel + other chemotherapy drugs (2B)
• GP (1A)
• NX (2A)
• Utidelone + capecitabine (2A)

*, consider switching to albumin paclitaxel if docetaxel or paclitaxel fails; #, recommended in the presence of BRCA1/2 mutations. T, taxene; G, gemcitabine; N, vinorelbine; X, capecitabine; P, platinum.