Herceptin – Breast Cancer Medicine

by jeyasree on December 29, 2009

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Breast Cancer is the very complicated disease of Women’s. The most common disease can affect women’s at stage from 20 to 50. Herceptin is the top brand name of a medicine called trastuzumab. The trastuzumab is mainly helps to reduce the size of the tumor and fully stop the growing level of breast cancer. It may useful in fighting cancer of the breast and removing from the surface the cell.

This medicine is also very costly. Herceptin have many benefits on people who have high levels of HER2 Protein. HER2 was found on the some breast cancer cells. HER Protein regulates cell survival, growth, migration, adhesion and differentiation. This is given by a drip into a vein. The basic step of the Herceptin’s effectiveness is binds to the HER2 Protein and the immune natural killer cells are attracted to Herceptin.

At Herceptin, offers easily determine which cells are unconditional and help to kill them. It also provides some side effects of HER2 Protein,

• Chest pain
• Heart problems
• Aches and pains
• Cough and shortness of breath
• Diarrhea
• Nausea and vomiting
• Pneumonia
• Stomach pain.

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