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Darpp-32 and Its Truncated Variant t-Darpp Have Antagonistic Effects on Breast Cancer Cell Growth and Herceptin Resistance
10 Jul 2009
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BACKGROUND: Herceptin (trastuzumab) is a humanized monoclonal antibody that is approved for the treatment of metastatic breast cancer patients whose tumors overexpress Her2 (erbB2/neu). Up to 70% of Her2-positive breast cancers demonstrate a response to Herceptin-based therapies, but resistance almost inevitably arises within a year of the initial response. To help understand the mechanism of Herceptin...
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