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Hormone therapy (also called hormonal therapy, hormone treatment, or endocrine therapy) slows or stops the growth of hormone-sensitive tumors by blocking
Targeted therapies block the growth and spread of cancer
The long-sought discovery of HER2 as an actionable and highly sensitive therapeutic target was a major breakthrough for the treatment of highly aggressive HER2
Certain types of breast cancer require estrogen to grow
Herceptin is used to treat cancers that are HER2 positive and is
For decades, HER2-positive breast cancer was associated with poor outcomes and higher mortality rates than other breast cancer subtypes
Tamoxifen is not known to cause infertility, but it may interfere with childbearing because of the duration of the treatment—usually five to 10 years—during which time women should not get Herceptin: Indications Adjuvant Breast Cancer
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In this CANCERactive article we cover Tamoxifen (or Tamofen
In vitro, the individual drugs or combination produces a cytostatic effect
Apparently there was a small study done that suggested that HER 2+ women respond better to Arimidex than Tamoxifen but my onc now tells me there has been more research that suggests this is not the case, particularly in Hormonal therapy and the humanised anti-HER2 monoclonal antibody trastuzumab (Herceptin®) represent one of the oldest and one of the newest treatment modalities for breast cancer, respectively
These codes all report agents affecting estrogen receptors and estrogen
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It treats certain types of breast cancer and stomach cancer
Endocrine therapy is administered for a duration of 5-10 years to patients with HR-positive early breast cancer
Question Do outcomes differ for patients with hormone receptor (HR)–positive metastatic breast cancer (mBC) with low ERBB2 expression compared with those with no ERBB2 expression when treated with targeted therapies in combination to endocrine therapy (ET)?
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