The HERA Trial: The Benefits of Trastuzumab by Degree of HER2 amplification

TITLE OF PUBLICATION

Disease-Free Survival According to Degree of HER2 Amplification for Patients Treated With Adjuvant Chemotherapy With or Without 1 Year of Trastuzumab: The HERA Trial

AUTHORS

Mitch Dowsett, Marion Procter, Worta McCaskill-Stevens, Evandro de Azambuja, Urania Dafni, Josef Rueschoff, Bruce Jordan, Stella Dolci, Mark Abramovitz, Oliver Stoss, Giuseppe Viale, Richard D. Gelber, Martine Piccart-Gebhart, and Brian Leyland-Jones

PUBLICATION REFERENCE

Journal of Clinical Oncology | Volume 27 | Issue 18 | Pages 2962–2969 | 13 April 2009

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