HER-2-Targeted T Cells May Have a Role in Ovarian Cancer Treatment

Wednesday, April 21, 2010 - 18:31 in Health & Medicine

(PhysOrg.com) -- Ovarian cancer is the most lethal reproductive cancer for women, with just one-fifth of women diagnosed with advanced disease surviving five years. It is frequently reported that less than one-third of ovarian cancers overexpress the HER-2 protein, which is the molecular target of trastuzumab (Herceptin).

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