Therapeutic Response Statement (Sensitivity)

This therapeutic response statement supports the relationship that ER positive, HER2-negative status confers therapeutic sensitivity to Fulvestrant in patients with Invasive Breast Carcinoma.

This statement is based on a regulatory approval from the Health Canada:

FASLODEX (fulvestrant) is indicated for the treatment of estrogen receptor-positive, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-negative locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer in postmenopausal women not previously treated with endocrine therapy.

Citation

AstraZeneca Canada Inc. Faslodex (fulvestrant) [product monograph]. Health Canada website. https://pdf.hres.ca/dpd_pm/00053975.PDF. Revised November 2019. Accessed June 2025.