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The Drug Herceptin
Pronounced: (trass-TOOZE-you-mob)
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New Drug Combining Herceptin, Maytansine Shows Improved Survival and...
The annual San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (SABCS), held last month, is the premier scientific symposium in the world for breast... Read more »
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... Read more »
Chemo FAQS: TCH (Taxotere, Carboplatin, Herceptin)
Q. I’m having TCH chemotherapy for breast cancer. What is it?A. The chemotherapy drugs Paclitaxel (Taxol) or docetaxel (Taxotere) and... Read more »
Taking Tykerb? Lower Costs May Be On the Way
Those of us in business know that time is money. Increased efficiency, spending less time on any one project, yields a greater ROI: return... Read more »
All HER2 Positive Breast Cancers Should Get Adjuvant Chemotherapy and...
From the San Antonio Breast Conference in December, new data shows a higher than predicted rate of breast cancer recurrence even with very... Read more »
From Our Sources
Will Herceptin Work for You?
Source: Breastcancer.org
Herceptin may slow down or stop the growth of breast cancer in the 25% of people with metastatic disease who have tumors with too many copies of the... Read more »
Herceptin Treatment Options
Source: Breastcancer.org
Herceptin (chemical name: trastuzumab) is one of the first targeted therapies used to treat breast cancer. It specifically attacks, kills off, or... Read more »
Herceptin
Source: Breastcancer.org
Brand name: Herceptin Chemical name: Trastuzumab Class: HER2 (human epidermal receptor 2) inhibitor targeted therapy. Tykerb is another HER2... Read more »
Herceptin+Tykerb may delay cancer's progress
A combination of the breast cancer drugs Herceptin and Tykerb may slow the progression of the disease, a recent study suggests. In a study of 300... Read more »
What to Expect When Taking Herceptin
Source: Breastcancer.org
Herceptin can only be given intravenously, which means it is dripped into your body through a needle inserted into a vein. The first dose of... Read more »
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