Trastuzumab for Her2/neu-positive metastatic salivary gland carcinoma: Case report and review of the literature

Salivary gland carcinomas metastasize to distant organs in 20% of salivary gland malignancies. Applying immunohistochemistry (IHC) measures, salivary gland tumors showed a wide range of oncogene markers expression, including the human epidermoid receptor 2 (Her2/neu), which could be targeted with mo...

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Main Authors: Belal Firwana, Bassel Atassi, Rim Hasan, Nour Hasan, Ammar Sukari
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2012-07-01
Series:Avicenna Journal of Medicine
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Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/2231-0770.102282