Handbook of HER2-targeted agents in breast cancer

Breast cancer is the most frequently diagnosed cancer and the leading cause of cancer death in women worldwide, accounting for nearly a quarter of the total new cancer cases each year.  Of these cases, approximately  15–25% overexpress HER2, a transmembrane RTK kinase that is associated with aggress...

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Main Authors: Alvarez, Ricardo H. (Author), Cortés, Javier (Author), Mattos-Arruda, Leticia De (Author), Falzon, Mary (Author), Fasolo, Angelica (Author), Gandy, Michael (Author), Gianni, Luca (Author), Harbeck, Nadia (Author), Piccart, Martine (Author), Zambelli, Stefania (Author), Zardavas, Dimitrios (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Tarporley : Springer Healthcare Ltd. : Imprint: Springer Healthcare, 2013.
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505 0 |a Introduction and background biology -- HER2 testing -- HER2-positive breast cancer: adjuvant and neoadjuvant therapy -- HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer: first-line treatment -- HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer: second-line treatment -- Emerging targeted agents for HER2-positive breast cancer. 
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700 1 |a Piccart, Martine.  |e author. 
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