Dr. Ellis on Hopeful ER+/HER2- Breast Cancer Paradigms

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Dr. Matthew Ellis from Washington University on Anticipated ER-positive/HER2-negative Breast Cancer Paradigms

Matthew J. Ellis, MD, PhD, director, Section of Breast Oncology, Division of Oncology, Department of Medicine, Washington University, St Louis, MO, explains that he anticipates a paradigm between other rare forms of cancer and estrogen receptor (ER) positive/HER2-negative breast cancer.

Ellis hopes to find something similar to the use of imatinib for Ph+ CML. In this case a fusion gene, BCR-ABL, activates the tumor cells, by inhibiting the mutation you can get rid of the tumor. In breast cancer an example would be Herceptin and other agents for HER2 amplifications.

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