Produced in CHO cell cultures, trastuzumab is a recombinant IgG1 kappa, humanized monoclonal antibody that selectively binds with high affinity in a cell-based assay (Kd = 5 nM) to the extracellular domain of the human epidermal growth factor receptor protein (HER2). It is used as a treatment of human epidermal growth factor receptor (HER)-2+ metastatic bre...
For the adjuvant treatment of HER2-overexpressing breast cancer, trastuzumab is indicated in several clinical settings: as part of a treatment regimen consisting of doxorubicin, cyclophosphamide, and either paclitaxel or docetaxel; as part of a treatment regimen with docetaxel and carboplatin; or as monotherapy following multi-modality anthracycline-based th...
NKI-AVL, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Zhi-Ming Shao, Shanghai, China
Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
ICO Badalona, Badalona, Barcelona, Spain
Comp. Hosp.Univ. Santiago (Chus), Santiago De Compostela, La Coruña, Spain
Hospital Universitario del Vall d' Hebron, Barcelona, Spain
Highlands Oncology Group, Fayetteville, Arkansas, United States
University of California LA, Los Angeles, California, United States
Novartis Investigative Site, Hospitalet de LLobregat, Catalunya, Spain
Cancer Hospital Affiliated to Fudan University, Shanghai, Shanghai, China
Winship Cancer Center Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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