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Colorectal Cancer Yields to Dual HER2 Blockade.
Cancer discovery - 1 Jul 2016
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According to data from a phase II study, the anti-HER2 combination of trastuzumab and lapatinib is active in patients with KRAS-wild-type, HER2-positive metastatic colorectal cancer. None of the study participants responded to previous, standard treatment with the EGFR inhibitors cetuximab or panitumumab, but 30% achieved an objective response to dual HER2 blockade.
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