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Studies by J.M.A. Beale and co-authors describe new findings in breast cancer

Published in Clinical Oncology Week, August 17th, 2009

"Herceptin (trastuzumab) is an adjuvant chemotherapy agent used in treatment of certain breast cancers," scientists in Subiaco, Australia report.

"Limited information is available on the use of herceptin in pregnancy. This case is a twin pregnancy exposed to herceptin until 23 weeks' gestation," wrote J.M.A. Beale and colleagues.

The researchers concluded: "One twin had chronic renal failure develop, whereas the other twin did not.."

Beale and colleagues published their study in American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Herceptin (Trastuzumab) therapy in a twin pregnancy with associated oligohydramnios. American...

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