For about 20 percent of patients with advanced gastric cancer, tumors overproduce a receptor protein called HER2.
ILLUSTRATION BY ERIN MOORE
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN “GUT REACTION,” CURE WINTER 2009
*HER2 is also associated with breast cancer.
Related Content:
All I Want For Christmas
What Palliative Care Means for Patients with Metastatic Breast Cancer
How Modern Research Is Transforming Metastatic HER2+ Breast Cancer Care
This Test Helped Identify Treatment in Colorectal Cancer Surgery