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Home > Health Conditions > Breast Cancer > Herceptin
Herceptin® (trastuzumab - 9/98)
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News & Research:
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Genetic Approach Provides New Insight Into Trastuzumab Resistance In Breast
Cancer - Science Daily, 10/15/07
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Herceptin: Safe Breast Cancer Stopper - WebMD, 12/15/06
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FDA Expands Breast Cancer Drug's Use - WebMD, 11/17/06
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Breast Cancer Drugs Limit Post-Surgery Recurrence - Intelihealth,
2/22/06
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Drug May Help Curb Breast Cancer - WebMD, 2/22/06
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Optimising Herceptin-based Therapy in HER2-positive Metastatic Breast Cancer
- Doctor's Guide, 2/21/06
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Interim Combined Analysis Shows Benefits of Adjuvant trastuzumab (Herceptin)
in HER2-positive Early Breast Cancer - Doctor's Guide, 2/20/06
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BCIRG 006 Shows Trastuzumab (Herceptin) Improves Disease-free Survival and
Overall Survival Over for HER2-positive Early Breast Cancer - Doctor's
Guide, 2/20/06
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HERceptin Adjuvant Trial Results Suggest Benefits as Monotherapy in Adjuvant
Setting - Doctor's Guide, 2/20/06
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Adjuvant Herceptin - From Clinical Trials to Clinical Practice -
Doctor's Guide, 2/20/06
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Immune Substances May Help Antibody-based Drugs Fight Cancer - Science
Daily, 1/6/06
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Trastuzumab Used as First Line Therapy in Women Whose Cancer Has
Metastasized - Doctor's Guide, 12/12/05
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First Line Treatment with Herceptin Improves Outcomes in Early Stage HER-2
Positive Breast Cancer - Doctor's Guide, 12/9/05
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A New Loading Dose Schedule Gets Herceptin Patients To Steady State
Immediately - Doctor's Guide, 11/19/05
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Herbal Medicine Gamma-Linolenic Acid Boosts the Effectiveness of Herceptin
in Cancer Cells - Doctor's Guide, 11/3/05
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Medical Community Recognise Significance of Herceptin Results in Early
HER2-Positive Breast Cancer - Doctor's Guide, 10/21/05
- Drug found
effective against early breast cancer - MSNBC, 10/19/05
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Breast Cancer Drug Exceeds Study's Goal - WebMD, 3/31/05
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Heart Failure Resulting From Trastuzumab (Herceptin) Use Largely Reversible - Doctor's Guide, 9/15/04
- Obesity Increases Risk for Trastuzumab-Induced Cardiotoxicity - Doctor's Guide, 4/29/04
- Trastuzumab (Herceptin) Gives Disappointing Results in Lung Cancer Trial - Doctor's Guide, 1/13/04
- Trastuzumab Adds to Docetaxel Activity in Metastatic Breast Cancer - Doctor's Guide, 12/8/03
- First-Line Weekly Paclitaxel Plus Trastuzumab Safely Tops Paclitaxel Monotherapy in Metastatic Breast Cancer With High HER2 Expression - Doctor's Guide, 12/5/03
- Navelbine-Herceptin Combo Appears Safe and Effective as First-Line Treatment For HER2-Positive Breast Cancer - Doctor's Guide, 12/5/03
- Trastuzumab/Vinorelbine Safe, Effective First-line Treatment for Advanced Breast Cancer - Doctor's Guide, 8/12/03
- Synergistic Trastuzumab-Containing Regimens Improve Outcomes in Breast Cancer - Doctor's Guide, 8/8/03
- Three-week Course of Herceptin (Trastuzumab) Appears Cardio-safe - Doctor's Guide, 3/17/03
- Serum HER-2/neu Predicts Response to Herceptin Therapy - Doctor's Guide, 12/13/02
- Adding Trastuzumab to Docetaxel/Cisplatin Reduces Lymph Node Involvement in Advanced Breast Cancer - Doctor's Guide, 5/23/02
- Addition Of Chemotherapy To Herceptin (Trastuzamab) Improves Response Rate In Patients With Advanced Breast Cancer - Doctor's Guide, 5/21/02
- New Blood Test May Predict How HER2-Positive Breast Cancer Patients Will Respond to Herceptin (Trastuzumab)-Based Therapy - Doctor's Guide, 4/3/02
- Cancer Combo [Herceptin & Iressa] Delivers One-Two Punch - WebMD, 1/28/02
- Herceptin (Trastuzumab)/Iressa (ZD1839) Combination May Be Highly Effective in Breast Cancer - Doctor's Guide, 1/24/02
- Weekly Paclitaxel Plus Trastuzumab Seems Safe, Active In Advanced Breast Cancer - Doctor's Guide, 12/18/01
- Herceptin Suitable Second- or Third-line Treatment for Metastatic Breast Cancer - Doctor's Guide, 12/17/01
- Herceptin (Trastuzumab) Works in Older Women with Metastatic Breast Cancer - Doctor's Guide, 12/17/01
- Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy with Trastuzumab, Docetaxel and Cisplatin Results in High Rate of Axillary Node Clearance in Patients with Advanced Breast Cancer - Doctor's Guide, 12/14/01
- HER2-Positive Breast Cancer Brain Metastases Appear to Respond to Treatment with Herceptin (Trastuzumab) - Doctor's Guide, 12/14/01
- Positive Effects of Herceptin on Breast Cancer Outcomes Unrelated to Cardiac Dysfunction - Doctor's Guide, 12/13/01
- Herceptin (Trastuzumab) Spares Bone from Metastasis but Leaves Brain Unprotected - Doctor's Guide, 12/13/01
- Risk of Congestive Heart Failure Low with Taxol (Paclitaxel)/Herceptin (Trastuzumab) Adjuvant Therapy - Doctor's Guide, 12/12/01
- Combination Herceptin and Paclitaxel, Every Three Weeks, Effective for HER2-Positive Breast Cancer - Doctor's Guide, 10/23/01
- Taxotere, Carboplatin And Herceptin Combination Effective, Safe In Metastatic Breast Cancer - Doctor's Guide, 5/14/01
- Study Raises Safety Issues With Cancer Drug - Intelihealth, 3/16/01 -
"Herceptin and doxyrubicin together seemed to affect the hearts of test patients, causing fatigue, shortness
of breath and other symptoms ... these side effects do not occur when Herceptin is given with two other chemotherapy agents, taxotere and carboplatin ... early administration of Herceptin might breed tumors resistant to the drug, rendering it useless when current treatments fail and Herceptin is needed for
late-stage cancers"
- Herceptin Offers Hope for Some Women With Advanced Breast Cancer, Biotech Drug Shrinks Aggressive Tumors, Improves Chemotherapy - WebMD, 3/14/01 -
"Herceptin, a bioengineered antibody developed by
Genentech Inc., clicks onto the HER2 molecules that studded the surface of Empey's stubborn breast cancer cells. This blocks HER2 from sending the signals that help cancer cells grow and spread. The result is often that the tumors shrink and wither away."
- Herceptin With Chemotherapy Increases Median Survival In Metastatic Breast Cancer - Doctor's Guide, 3/14/01
- Doxorubicin and Trastuzumab Combination Found To be Safe Cancer Therapy in Cardiac Patients - Doctor's Guide, 2/6/01
- Chemotherapy Including Herceptin (Trastuzumab) Has Low Cardiotoxicity - Doctor's Guide, 12/11/00
- Breast Cancer Drug [Herceptin] May Damage Heart - WebMD, 7/18/00
- Herceptin, In Adjunct Therapy, Reducing Tumor Size - Doctor's Guide, 12/13/99
- Navelbine Plus Herceptin Promising For Metastatic Breast Cancer - Doctor's Guide, 12/10/99
- Quality Of Life Improves With Herceptin Treatment, Study Shows - Doctor's Guide, 5/19/99
- Herceptin Extends Survival In Breast Cancer Patients - Doctor's Guide, 5/17/99
- FDA Approves Herceptin For Breast Cancer - Doctor's Guide, 9/28/01
- FDA Advisory Committee Recommends Herceptin For Metastatic Breast Cancer - Doctor's Guide, 9/4/98
- New Anti-Cancer Drugs Will Offer Alternative To Chemo, Surgery - Doctor's Guide, 5/21/98
- Herceptin Effective Against Most Aggressive Types Of Breast Cancer - Doctor's Guide, 5/19/98
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