What do we learn from HER2-positive breast cancer genomic profiles?

Patients with a tumor presenting amplification of the HER2 gene are currently proposed trastuzumab (herceptin) and this has greatly changed their outcome. However, a number of HER2-positive cancers show intrinsic or acquired resistance to trastuzumab and there are clear indications that they form a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Theillet, Charles
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
Materias:
Editorial
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2917015/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20519027
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/bcr2571
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Sumario:Patients with a tumor presenting amplification of the HER2 gene are currently proposed trastuzumab (herceptin) and this has greatly changed their outcome. However, a number of HER2-positive cancers show intrinsic or acquired resistance to trastuzumab and there are clear indications that they form a heterogeneous group of tumors. A paper in this issue of Breast Cancer Research addresses this heterogeneity at the genomic level.

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