Abstract
Breast cancer is one of the common malignant tumors of women. In recent years, the incidence of breast cancer is high. Human epidermal growth factor receptor-2 (HER-2) is a tyrosine kinase receptor. Breast cancer with abnormal amplification or overexpression of HER-2 have the characteristics of strong tumor invasiveness and poor prognosis. With the advent of anti-HER-2 drugs, the survival period of patients with HER-2 positive breast cancer is gradually prolonged, and the prognosis of patients with HER-2 positive breast cancer is improved. However, the efficacy of traditional HER-2 targeted drugs on patients with low expression of HER-2 is very limited, and the treatment of breast cancer with low expression of HER-2 is still facing challenges. This article reviews the standardization process of the American Society of Clinical Oncology and the American Society of Pathologists guidelines for HER-2 detection, and puts forward the data basis and possibility of defining a new subtype of breast cancer with low expression of HER-2. The birth of a new generation of HER-2 targeting drugs makes it possible to treat patients with low expression of HER-2, which will redefine breast cancer with low expression of HER-2 and provide a new opportunity for the prognosis of patients with low expression of HER-2.
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