Regulatory approval

Published by the Health Canada.

Health Canada approved trastuzumab for metastatic breast cancer in patients whose tumors overexpress HER2.

This is written in the approval document as:

HERCEPTIN (trastuzumab for injection) is indicated for the treatment of patients with metastatic breast cancer (MBC) whose tumours overexpress HER2.

Citation

Hoffmann-La Roche Limited. Herceptin (trastuzumab) [product monograph]. Health Canada website. https://pdf.hres.ca/dpd_pm/00080472.PDF. Revised May 2025. Accessed June 2025.

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Therapeutic response

Precision oncology relationships for therapeutic response derived from this regulatory approval.

Type Biomarker(s) Cancer type Therapy(ies)
Sensitivity (+) HER2-positive Invasive Breast Carcinoma Trastuzumab