HER-2

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HER-2

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

noun ErbB-2 · HER2 · neu

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

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@misc{her_2_2026,
  title = {HER-2},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/her-2},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}