What Is It? What Does It Do? Why so Important?

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Q: What is Herceptin?

A: Herceptin is a drug used to treat women with breast cancer. Research suggests that the drug, whose scientific name is trastuzumab, halves the chances of the aggressive HER-2 form of breast cancer returning.

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What Is It? What Does It Do? Why so Important?

Q: What is HER-2?

A: HER-2 is a protein which can fuel the growth of tumours in the breast. Herceptin targets the HE...

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