Genentech Medicine Approved in Stomach Cancer

October 20th, 2010

On October 20, 2010, Herceptin® (Trastuzumab) was approved, in combination with cisplatin and capecitabine or 5-fluorouracil, for the treatment of patients with HER2-overexpressing metastatic gastric or gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma who have not received prior treatment for metastatic disease.