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Her2 Score Came Out Negative
SPoT-Light HER2 CISH, which stands for Subtraction Probe Technology Chromogenic In Situ Hybridization, is a test used to determine whether breast cancer cells are HER2-positive. HER2-positive cells have too many HER2 receptor proteins at the cell surface. These receptors receive signals from outside the cell telling it to grow and divide. The medication called Herceptin (chemical name: trastuzumab) can block these signals from getting through.
The SPoT-Light HER2 CISH test, which was approved...
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