Management of breast cancer brain metastases: Focus on human epidermal growth factor receptor 2-positive breast cancer

After the introduction of trastuzumab, a monoclonal antibody that binds to human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2), the overall survival (OS) among patients with HER2-positive breast cancer has been substantially improved. However, among these patients, the incidence of brain metastases (BM)...

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Main Authors: Peng Yuan, Song-Lin Gao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: KeAi Communications Co., Ltd. 2017-03-01
Series:Chronic Diseases and Translational Medicine
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2095882X16300883