Her-2

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Receptor which is the target for the drug trastuzumab in chemotherapy. uncountable

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erbb-2neu

Etymology

It has similar structure to human epidermal growth factor receptor, or HER. Initialism of Human Epidermal growth factor Receptor 2.

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