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New Amount Of Her-2 Gene Amplification As Assessed By Fish Is Linked To Magnitude Of Survival Benefit In Patients With Locally Advanced Breast Cancer

By admin2 | July 28, 2008

Today,  Patients with locally advanced breast cancers whose tumours contain high numbers of copies of the gene for the human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER-2), as assessed by fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH), are more likely to have a complete response to treatment with an antibody to the receptor than patients with fewer copies of the gene in their tumours. [click link for full article]
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