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Targeting of preexisting and induced breast cancer stem cells with trastuzumab and trastuzumab emtansine (T-DM1).
Cell death & disease - 27 Mar 2014
Diessner J, Bruttel V, Stein R G, Horn E, Häusler S F M, Dietl J, Hönig A, Wischhusen J
Abstract excerpt
The antibody trastuzumab (Herceptin) has substantially improved overall survival for patients with aggressive HER2-positive breast cancer. However, about 70% of all treated patients will experience relapse or disease progression. This may be related to an insufficient targeting of the CD44(high)CD24(low) breast cancer stem cell subset, which is not only highly resistant to chemotherapy and radiotherapy but also a...
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