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Eric Van Cutsem, MD, PhD, and Axel Grothey, MD, on HERACLES and Other Colorectal Cancer Findings

2015 ASCO Annual Meeting

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Eric Van Cutsem, MD, PhD, of University Hospitals Gasthuisberg/Leuven, and Axel Grothey, MD, of the Mayo Clinic, discuss the Italian-led study on trastuzumab and lapatinib in HER2-amplified metastatic colorectal as well as other colorectal cancer findings discussed at ASCO (Abstract 3508).



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