HER2 as a marker for guiding the choice of chemotherapy in breast cancer patients

Patients diagnosed with local or locally advanced breast cancer are treated by a combination of surgery, radiation therapy and drug therapy (chemotherapy, biological and hormonal therapy). Recently, efforts have been made to customize drug treatment according to subgroups that will derive maximum benefit from a specific treatment. This goal is accomplished by the assessment of standard variables, among them specific receptors of the tumor and customization of treatment accordingly. For example, treatment with Herceptin is known to be beneficial only in patients with HER2 positive tumors. It has recently been suggested that this group also derives greater benefit from treatment with anthracyclines.

Medienart:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2010

Erschienen:

2010

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:149

Enthalten in:

Harefuah - 149(2010), 12 vom: 01. Dez., Seite 807-8, 810

Sprache:

Hebräisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Zick, Aviad [VerfasserIn]
Appelbaum, Limor [VerfasserIn]

Themen:

Anthracyclines
Antibodies, Monoclonal
Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized
Antineoplastic Agents
Biomarkers, Tumor
EC 2.7.10.1
ERBB2 protein, human
English Abstract
Journal Article
P188ANX8CK
Receptor, ErbB-2
Review
Trastuzumab

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 29.09.2011

Date Revised 19.11.2015

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM211457051