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From ASCO: Updates in HER2-positive breast cancers

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Debu Tripathy

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Debu Tripathy, MD, editor-in-chief of CURE, discusses preliminary studies on combining Herceptin (trastuzumab) with existing drugs to treat HER2-positive breast cancer. These highlighted studies were presented at the 2013 American Society of Clinical Oncology's annual meeting in Chicago.

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