Mechanisms of ErbB2-mediated paclitaxel resistance and trastuzumab-mediated paclitaxel sensitization in ErbB2-overexpressing breast cancers
β Scribed by Dihua Yu
- Book ID
- 114105432
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2001
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 804 KB
- Volume
- 28
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0093-7754
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## Abstract ## BACKGROUND Trastuzumab (Herceptin; Genentech, South San Francisco, CA) is a humanized antiβErbBβ2 monoclonal antibody that has demonstrated antitumor function, especially in combination with other chemotherapies such as paclitaxel (Taxol; Bristol MyersβSquibb, Princeton, NJ), in pat