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Definition of epidermal growth factor
: a polypeptide hormone that stimulates cell proliferation
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Recent Examples on the Web These are tumors that do not carry receptors for estrogen, progesterone, or human epidermal growth factor, typically targeted by such drugs as Herceptin or tamoxifen.
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Adam Feuerstein, STAT, "Immunomedics wins FDA approval for new drug to treat aggressive form of breast cancer," 22 Apr. 2020 HER2-positive breast cancer, which makes up approximately one-fifth of breast cancers, has too much of a protein called human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2), which promotes the growth of cancer cells.
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Jacqueline Howard, CNN, "FDA approves new drug for patients with metastatic breast cancer," 17 Apr. 2020 These three receptors doctors check are for the hormones estrogen and progesterone, plus a protein called human epidermal growth factor—which is more commonly known as HER2, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
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Jessica Migala, Health.com, "Triple Negative Breast Cancer: Everything You Need to Know," 15 Oct. 2019 Both the Icelandic import Bioeffect and dermatologist Ronald Moy’s DNA Renewal line use a human-like epidermal growth factor (EGF) that’s made in bioengineered barley seeds.
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Jolene Edgar, Allure, "The Truth About Growth Factors in Skin Care and Why They're Controversial," 2 Aug. 2018 Bullock explains that through a microneedling technique, the facial boosts collagen by enabling serums, including an epidermal growth factor (or EGF) serum to seep deeper into the skin.
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Jillian Ruffo, PEOPLE.com, "We Tried It: The $650 'Penis Facial' That Sandra Bullock and Cate Blanchett Swear By," 17 May 2018 The crux of the treatment is a fluid containing EGF or epidermal growth factor (FDA-approved), obtained from the progenitor cells of human fibroblasts from Korean newborn baby foreskin.
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Kathleen Hou, The Cut, "I Tried The ‘Penis Facial’," 16 May 2018
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