... is progressing rapidly, and new drugs targeting certain genes and proteins ... the cells have too many copies of a gene called HER2/neu and ...
http://www.cancer.org/cancer/cancercauses/geneticsandcancer/oncogenesandtumorsuppressorgenes/oncogenes-tumor-suppressor-genes-and-cancer-genes-for-cancer-treatment
http://www.cancer.org/acs/groups/cid/documents/webcontent/002550-pdf.pdf
... HER2 gene Search [sometimes called HER2/neu]. see human ... See also mutation, gene. ... hereditary prostate cancer genes Search. any of a number ...
http://www.cancer.org/cancer/cancerglossary/index.aspx?letter=h
... The test looks at the activity of 70 different genes to determine if the ... HER2 type: These cancers have extra copies of the HER2 gene and sometimes ...
http://www.cancer.org/cancer/breastcancer/detailedguide/breast-cancer-diagnosis
... probes to count the number of HER2 genes in breast ... of a number of specific genes at the ... time (sometimes referred to as gene expression profiling ...
http://www.cancer.org/cancer/breastcancerinmen/detailedguide/breast-cancer-in-men-diagnosis
... The FISH test counts copies of the HER2 gene, and immunohistoch emistry identifies the amount of HER2 receptor protein. ...
http://www.cancer.org/cancer/news/news/fda-approves-new-test-to-identify-herceptin-candidates
http://www.cancer.org/cancer/cancerglossary/index.aspx?letter=H
... This protein may help the cancer cells to grow. Having too much of this protein is caused by having too many copies of the HER2 gene. ...
http://www.cancer.org/cancer/esophaguscancer/detailedguide/esophagus-cancer-treating-targeted-therapy
... Some ovarian cancers have too much of a gene called HE-4, and make more of a protein called HE-4 (or ... HER2 (or HER2/neu, erbB-2, or EGFR2). ...
http://www.cancer.org/treatment/understandingyourdiagnosis/examsandtestdescriptions/tumormarkers/tumor-markers-specific-markers
... now beginning to look at patterns of genes or proteins ... ovarian cancers have too much of a gene called HE ... HER2 (or HER2/neu, erbB-2, or EGFR2) ...
http://www.cancer.org/acs/groups/cid/documents/webcontent/003189-pdf.pdf
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