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SUBMITTER: Qiu MZ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3878836 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Qiu Miao-Zhen MZ Xu Rui-Hua RH
Biomarker research 20131211 1
Although palliative chemotherapy has been shown to prolong survival and improve quality of life, the survival of advanced gastric cancer (AGC) patients remains poor. With the advent of targeted therapy, many molecular targeted agents have been evaluated in clinical studies. Trastuzumab, an anti-HER2 monoclonal antibody, has shown activity against HER2-positive AGC and becomes the first targeted agent approved in AGC. Drugs that target epidermal growth factor receptor, including monoclonal antibo ...[more]