{"id":19,"date":"2011-04-21T18:19:20","date_gmt":"2011-04-21T18:19:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.menshealthnetwork.org\/gastriccancer\/?page_id=19"},"modified":"2023-06-16T23:00:14","modified_gmt":"2023-06-16T23:00:14","slug":"her2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/gastric-cancer.org\/index.php\/her2\/","title":{"rendered":"HER2+ (HER2-positive)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"164\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/man.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-59\" title=\"man\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>You should know that HER2+ stomach cancer and gastroesophageal junction (GeJ) cancer are aggressive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>HER2 are proteins found on cell surfaces. HER2+ means that stomach cancer cells have too many HER2 receptors on their surfaces. These receptors send signals that cause cells to grow and divide faster, creating more HER2+ cancer cells.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>There are two types of tests used for detection of HER2+ gastric cancer:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>FISH (Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>IHC (ImmunoHistoChemistry)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"274\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/couple.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-68\" title=\"couple\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Although this cancer is rare, 22% of stomach cancers are of the HER2+ type. Upon diagnosis of stomach cancer, a healthcare provider should determine how to proceed with treatment for HER2+.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Healthcare providers may choose to treat HER2+ gastric cancer with a drug called Herceptin, which specifically targets HER2+. Herceptin is currently approved in metastatic gastric cancer only.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You should know that HER2+ stomach cancer and gastroesophageal junction (GeJ) cancer are aggressive. HER2 are proteins found on cell surfaces. HER2+ means that stomach cancer cells have too many HER2 receptors on their surfaces. These receptors send signals that cause cells to grow and divide faster, creating more HER2+ cancer cells. There are two [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-19","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","post"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gastric-cancer.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gastric-cancer.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gastric-cancer.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gastric-cancer.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gastric-cancer.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19"}],"version-history":[{"count":28,"href":"https:\/\/gastric-cancer.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":147,"href":"https:\/\/gastric-cancer.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19\/revisions\/147"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gastric-cancer.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}