HER-2

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See also: HER2

English

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Etymology

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It has similar structure to human epidermal growth factor receptor, or HER. Initialism of Human Epidermal growth factor Receptor 2.

Noun

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HER-2 (uncountable)

  1. (oncology) Receptor which is the target for the drug trastuzumab in chemotherapy.
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