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‹ Wed · 25 Mar 2026
Near-term implementable finding

Repurposing HER2 IHC: Pan-HER2 and Low-HER2.

Expanded HER2 testing guidance for new antibody-drug conjugates directly impacts pathology practice and patient access to emerging therapies.

This paper addresses the evolving HER2 testing landscape driven by ADC therapies (trastuzumab deruxtecan) that are active in HER2-low tumors, requiring laboratories to adopt extended IHC scoring. The shift has immediate and direct implications for pathology workflow and patient eligibility determination across multiple cancer types.

What the study was

Study design
Review / methods commentary
Population
HER2-tested cancer patients (breast, gastric, other)
Category
Diagnostics
Maturity
Potentially Practice-Changing
Journal
Applied Immunohistochemistry & Molecular Morphology

Why it surfaced

HER2-low testing is an immediate, lab-actionable paradigm shift with broad multi-cancer relevance and direct drug eligibility implications; scored HIGH based on near-term implementability and population impact. Evidence maturity = Potentially Practice-Changing given regulatory context.

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