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Nature Reviews Urology 2, 358 (1 August 2005) | doi:10.1038/ncpuro0221

EGFR and HER2 expression predict outcome of muscle-invading bladder cancers

Chakravarti A et al. (2005) Expression of the epidermal growth factor receptor and Her-2 are predictors of favorable outcome and reduced complete response rates, respectively, in patients with muscle-invading bladder cancers treated by concurrent radiation and cisplatin-based chemotherapy: a report from the Radiation Therapy Oncology Group. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 62: 309–317 Elevated expression of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) and related family member HER2 is associated with adverse outcome in many tumor types, and data from pre-clinical and clinical trials have shown a therapeutic benefit from blocking the activity of these proteins.