Her-2: The Making of Herceptin, a Revolutionary Treatment for Breast Cancer
Author: Robert Bazell Manufacturer: Random House Keywords: Herceptin ISBN: 0812991842
Book description Her-2: The Making of Herceptin, a Revolutionary Treatment for Breast Cancer reads like a novel at first. Oncologist Dennis Slamon has spent 13 years "obsessed with a molecule called Her-2, " which he believed "held the key to nothing less than curing breast cancer." The book chronicles the search to unlock the secrets of Her-2/neu, a protein that makes cancer cells grow quickly; the discovery of the Her-2/neu antibody, which resulted in tumors shrinking and, sometimes, remission of the cancer; and the development of the drug Herceptin. It is also the story of the women with breast cancer who participated in Herceptin's clinical trials, including Anne McNamara, who has been fighting tumor…
Book review: Wow, what a book! I am a newly diagnosed young woman with breast cancer that over express her2/neu. I am considering taking Herceptin for an early stage cancer. I would not have this possible choice were it not for the… I had to read this book for my Biotechnology class and although I am close to failing it I found Her-2 to be pretty exciting book.Her-2 by Bazell and King is about breast cancer, however, it reveals… Clinical biochemistry books: Manual of Dermatologic Therapeutics: With Essentials of Diagnosis (Spiral Manual Series), Rapid Review Pathology (Rapid Review), Hippies From A to Z: Their Sex, Drugs, Music and Impact From the Sixties to the Present, Every Day a New Adventure: Caregivers Look at Alzheimer's Disease, Regulation of Hepatic Function (Alfred Benzon Symposium) |
