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ReviewFrontiers in oncology2025

Clinical characteristics and therapeutic direction of HER2 low-expression breast cancer.

Linlin Zhou, Yinghui Zhang, Jiayu Zhang, Hongyu Wang, Bozhi Zhao, Yixin Cai, Yuansong Qu, Xinxin Li, Dongwei Zhang

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Review in Frontiers in oncology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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9 authors.

Linlin ZhouDepartment of Breast Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China.
Yinghui ZhangDepartment of Breast Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China.
Jiayu ZhangDepartment of Breast Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China.
Hongyu WangDepartment of Breast Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China.
Bozhi ZhaoDepartment of Breast Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China.
Yixin CaiDepartment of Breast Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China.
Yuansong QuDepartment of Breast Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China.
Xinxin LiDepartment of Breast Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China.
Dongwei ZhangDepartment of Breast Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) is one of the oncogenic drivers of breast cancer and is often used as a definitive therapeutic marker for breast cancer. This has led to significant improvements in both targeted therapy and prognosis for HER2-targeted breast cancer. Due to the differences in HER2 gene and protein expression levels, they are clinically classified into HER2 zero-expression breast cancer, low-expression breast cancer and high-expression breast cancer. Among them, HER2 low-expression is considered a special expression state, which is insensitive to conventional anti-HER2 therapy and has a poorer prognosis and thus has received attention from researchers. Some studies demonstrate that patients with HER2 low-expression can benefit from antibody-drug conjugates (ADC). Several studies are currently exploring the efficacy of various ADC drugs in breast cancer with HER2 low-expression, opening up new treatment avenues for patients with HER2 low-expression breast cancer. This review aims to summarize the clinical features of HER2 low-expression breast cancer and the recent advances in its therapeutic agents.

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advanced treatmentclinical featuresHER2HER2 low-expression breast cancertargeted therapy

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