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FDA Approves Herceptin as HER2 Breast Cancer Treatment

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By: Tim Wright

Editor-in-Chief, Contract Pharma

Genentech received approval from the FDA for Herceptin, a treatment regimen containing doxorubicin, cyclophosphamide, and paclitaxel, for the adjuvant treatment of HER2-positive node-positive breast cancer. Adjuvant therapy is given to women with early-stage (localized) breast cancer who have had initial treatment — surgery with or without radiation therapy — with the goal of reducing the risk of cancer recurrence and/or the occurrence of metastatic disease. The approval was bas...

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