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PJ Hamel

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Author, breast cancer survivor
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Herceptin Immune Targeted Therapy for Breast Cancer

Q. I’ve been diagnosed with HER2-positive stage II breast cancer, and after surgery will be doing chemo (AC + T). After that’s done, my oncologist says I’ll be taking Herceptin. He called it a “targeted therapy.” What does that mean? Is it like tamoxifen?A. Unlike tamoxifen, or the various aromatase inhibitors... Read moreChevron
posted 07/02/2008, comments (10)|
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Kevin Knopf, MD

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Triple Negative Breast Cancer: Making Sense of Estrogen, Progesterone and HER2 Receptor Status

Most oncologists now are thinking of breast cancer as at least four diseases based on endocrine features - luminal A, luminal B, Her2 positive and the so called "triple negative" - breast cancers that express neither estrogen receptors, progesterone receptors nor Her2 receptors. These latter breast cancers, or "triple negative" breast cancers... Read moreChevron
posted 04/04/2008, comments (10)|
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HER2 (HER-2) Positive Breast Cancer? Here’s Some Stunning News about Tykerb

If you’re a woman with HER2 positive breast cancer, stand up right now and cheer: Tykerb, a new drug approved this week by the FDA, has just doubled the arsenal of effective treatments. Up till now, Herceptin has been the only somewhat effective treatment for HER-2 positive cancer, which affects one-third of women with invasive breast... Read moreChevron
posted 03/14/2007, comments (6)|
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