Herceptin Helps Women with Multiple Chromosomes Containing HER2 Gene

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SAN ANTONIO, TX -- December 14, 2007 -- The targeted therapy Herceptin helps women with HER2+ type of breast cancer independent of whether patients have extra copies of chromosome 17, home to the HER2 gene which produces the HER2 protein that fuels cancer growth. Prior to this report, there were conflicting opinions about whether that was the case, say Mayo Clinic investigators who presented their findings at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium

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