Change In HER2 Status Found After Treating Breast Cancer Patients With Herceptin
Monday, September 8, 2008 - 00:28
in Health & Medicine
Researchers have discovered that when treated with Herceptin prior to surgery, 50 percent of HER2 positive, breast cancer patients showed no signs of disease at the time of surgery. However, of those women who had residual disease, about one-third had tumors that converted from HER2 positive to HER 2 negative status -- possibly indicating a resistance to the targeted therapy.
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