HER2 expression maintains cancer stem cells in breast tumors

[Hopeful]

Article: http://www.breastcancersource.com/breastcancersourcehcp/6096_33784_0_0_0.aspx?

Abstract: http://www.nature.com/onc/journal/vaop/ncurrent/abs/onc2008207a.html

Hopeful

[Lani]

Dr. Max Wicha presented this work at the AACR annual meeting in April (abailable on line) and at ASCO at a joint ASCO-AACR symposium, also available online.

He presents what evidence he has for this and how he discovered it as well as why he believes it will result in success of a new clinical trial that has just opened at four sites of a gamma secretase inhibitor.

I am lousy at links but will try.

http://app2.capitalreach.com/esp1204/servlet/tc?cn=aacr&c=10165&s=20385&e=9536&&m=1
http://app2.capitalreach.com/esp1204/servlet/tc?cn=aacr&c=10165&s=20385&e=9537&&m=1
http://app2.capitalreach.com/esp1204/servlet/tc?cn=aacr&c=10165&s=20385&e=9614&&m=1
OOPS! the latter (ie ASCO sesssion) is only available to those who subscribed to the virtual meeting (until 3 months after the meeting, ie, August 29