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Please start a new post/discussion for a targeted therapy that you'd like to discuss, if you don't see it here already, so others can join in with their experiences.

Note: If you are Stage IV (metastatic), there are many threads addressing these medications for Stage IV patients in the Stage IV forum you may find helpful. Please feel free to also post a new thread here, if you're looking from experiences from all stages. Thank you!

For more information, please see our pages on Targeted Therapy for detailed information on who each medication works for, what to expect, side effects, how to pay for your treatment:

• Afinitor (everolimus)
• Avastin (bevacizumab)
• Enhertu (fam-trastuzumab-deruxtecan-nxki)
• Herceptin (trastuzumab)
• Ibrance (palbociclib)
• Kadcyla (chemical name: T-DM1 or ado-trastuzumab emtansine)
• Kisqali (ribociclib)
• Lynparza (olaparib)
• Margenza (margetuximab-cmkb)
• Nerlynx (neratinib)
• Perjeta (pertuzumab)
• Phesgo (pertuzumab, trastuzumab, and hyaluronidase-zzxf)
• Piqray (apelisib)
• Talzenna (talazoparib)
• Trodelvy (sacituzumab govitecan-hziy)
• Tukysa (tucatinib)
• Tykerb (lapatinib)
• Verzenio (abemaciclib)

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