The Effectiveness of Trastuzumab Combined with Sequential Chemotherapy for Metastatic Gastric Carcinoma with Overexpression of HER2

Metastatic gastric carcinoma is a mortal disease with a median survival of barely 10 months. An approximate 20% of the cases overexpress HER2, and among them, the combination of chemotherapy with trastuzumab is actually the first-line palliative treatment. However, after progression, sequential stra...

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Main Authors: Omar Saavedra Santa Gadea, Francisco José Valdivia García
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Karger Publishers 2017-07-01
Series:Case Reports in Oncology
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Online Access:http://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/478003