AstraZeneca study points to new uses for targeted cancer drug Enhertu

The findings, which will be presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology’s annual meeting in Chicago, show that a newer HER2-targeting drug called Enhertu shrank tumors of the uterus, cervix, ovaries, bladder and, to a lesser extent, bile duct. In this way, they’re another data point in a yearslong shift toward describing cancers by their genetics, rather than only by their location in the body.