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[Trastuzumab (Herceptin) and breast cancer: mechanisms of resistance].
Bulletin du cancer - 1 Mar 2007
Dieras Véronique, Vincent-Salomon Anne, Degeorges Armelle, Beuzeboc Philippe, Mignot Laurent, de Cremoux Patricia
Abstract excerpt
The detection of overexpression of human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) in some breast cancer tumors has led to the development of a targeted treatment that is tumor selective, effective at extending life expectancy in the patients with advanced or early breast cancers. Trastuzumab (Herceptin), a humanized monoclonal antibody to HER2 is indicated for patients whose tumor demonstrates an amplified copy...
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