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...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Autores principales: | , , , , , , , , , , |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Tarporley :
Springer Healthcare Ltd. : Imprint: Springer Healthcare,
2013.
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Edición: | 1st ed. 2013. |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto Completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.