Recent advances in the development of anti-HER2 antibodies and antibody-drug conjugates

Annals of Translational Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 12, 2014, Pages

  Wong, Deborah J L ^a   Hurvitz, Sara A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibody drug conjugate; Breast cancer; Human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2); Pertuzumab; T DM1

Indexed keywords

EID: 85015503337     PISSN: 23055839     EISSN: 23055847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3978/j.issn.2305-5839.2014.08.13     Document Type: Review

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