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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Karger Publishers
2017-07-01
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Series: | Case Reports in Oncology |
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Online Access: | http://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/478003 |