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Reflecting on Advancements in the Treatment of HER2-Positive Breast Cancer

12/11/2019

Sherene Loi, MD, PhD, Consultant Medical Oncologist, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Australia, reflects on advances made in the treatment landscape for HER2-positive breast cancer in the past 2 decades.

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