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Introduction: Biliary tract cancers (BTCs) constitute a heterogeneous group of poor-prognosis solid tumors with limited treatment options. In the last decade, global efforts have tried to identify therapeutic targets by genomic profiling of BTC, unveiling several genetic aberrations that could play a prognostic and/or a predictive role in these malignancies.
Areas covered: In this review, we will present an overview regarding the role of HER2 targeted therapies in BTC, with a particular focus on clinical studies carried out in this field to date and ongoing trials. A literature search was conducted in August 2020 of Pubmed/Medline, Cochrane library and Scopus databases for published preclinical and clinical studies; moreover, abstract of international cancer meetings (AACR, ASCO, and ESMO) were reviewed.
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