In this brief presentation, Director of the Rena Rowan Breast Center Kevin Fox, MD, explains the function, significance and pathology of the human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) gene in heritable breast cancer, as well as current treatments to prevent recurrence in women with HER2+ disease, and the issues presented by recent clinical trials of the HER dimerization inhibitor pertuzumab and the oral kinase inhibitor neratinib.

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