Sustained complete remission of human epidermal growth factor receptor 2-positive metastatic breast cancer in the liver during long-term trastuzumab (Herceptin) maintenance therapy in a woman: a case report.

John Syrios,Anna Dokou,Nicolas Tsavaris

Sustained complete remission of human epidermal growth factor receptor 2-positive metastatic breast cancer in the liver during long-term trastuzumab (Herceptin) maintenance therapy in a woman: a case report.

2010

John Syrios
Anna Dokou
Nicolas Tsavaris

Introduction This case report and short review discusses how long trastuzumab should be continued in metastatic breast cancer, the safety issues in case of pregnancy and the risk of relapse with trastuzumab cessation.

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Surgery
Capecitabine
Oncology
Vinorelbine
Trastuzumab
Gynecology
Maintenance therapy
Survival rate
Metastatic breast cancer
Pregnancy
Medicine
Internal medicine
Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor 2
Surgical oncology
complete remission

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