What is childhood apraxia of speech? Childhood apraxia of speech (CAS) is a speech disorder in which a childâs brain has difficulty coordinating the complex oral movements needed to create sounds into syllables, syllables into words, and words into phrases. Typically, muscle weakness is not to blame for this speech disorder.
Related to Breast Cancer. Herceptin: Long-Term Benefits for Breast Cancer. Feb. 24, 2011 -- High-risk breast cancer patients continue to derive benefits from the drug Herceptin even four years after stopping treatment, but questions remain about the biologic therapyâs safety when given with chemotherapy.
SAN ANTONIO -- A year of maintenance therapy with trastuzumab (Herceptin) remains the standard of care for patients with HER2-positive breast cancer, according to results of two large clinical trials. Continuing maintenance to 2 years did not improve outcomes compared with the standard 12 months of therapy.