Abstract:e12509 Background: Breast cancer affects 3.5 million women in the United States with 155, 000 women living with metastatic breast cancer in the US with 40,290 deaths every year. In particular, HER-2 NEU positive lesions are aggressively malignant, with increased recurrence and decreased survival but good response to Herceptin. This study reviews trends of breast cancers and looks in depth into prognostic indicators, in HER-2 NEU positive breast cancers. Methods: Anonymized medical data including demographics … Show more
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