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HER2-Mutated Breast Cancer Responds to Treatment With Single-Agent Neratinib, a Second-Generation HER2/EGFR Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor.
Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network : JNCCN - 1 Sept 2015
Ben-Baruch Noa Efrat, Bose Ron, Kavuri Shyam M, Ma Cynthia X, Ellis Matthew J
Abstract excerpt
Activating mutations in the HER2 tyrosine kinase have been identified in human breast cancers that lack HER2 gene amplification. These patients are not candidates for HER2-targeted drugs under current standards of care, but preclinical data strongly suggest that these patients will benefit from anti-HER2 drugs. This case report describes a young woman with metastatic breast cancer whose tumor was found to carry a...
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