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Evolving concepts in HER2 evaluation in breast cancer: Heterogeneity, HER2-low carcinomas and beyond.
Seminars in cancer biology - 1 Jul 2021
Marchiò Caterina, Annaratone Laura, Marques Ana, Casorzo Laura, Berrino Enrico, Sapino Anna
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The human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) is a well-known negative prognostic factor in breast cancer and a target of the monoclonal antibody trastuzumab as well as of other anti-HER2 compounds. Pioneering works on HER2-positive breast cancer in the 90s' launched a new era in clinical research and oncology practice that has reshaped the natural history of this disease. In diagnostic pathology the HER2...
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