Thursday, August 12, 2010

What is Herceptin?

Herceptin (Trastuzumab) is a drug used in HER2 positive breast cancer. Here is a short video on how this drug works:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66z6BmeA00I

A video at the Herceptin website:

http://www.herceptin.com/breast-cancer-resources/videos.jsp

Herceptin is approved for the adjuvant treatment of HER2-overexpressing, node-positive or node-negative (ER/PR-negative or with one high-risk feature) breast cancer.

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