Erythropoietin Counteracts Breast Cancer Treatment with Herceptin, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Study

Newswise — Red-blood-cell-boosting drugs used to treat anemia may undermine breast cancer treatment with Herceptin, a targeted therapy that blocks the cancer-promoting HER2 protein, researchers from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center report in the Nov. 16 edition of Cancer Cell.

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