| Literature DB >> 19483734 |
Carlos A Castañeda1, Henry L Gomez.
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A randomized phase III trial evaluated the effect of adding lapatinib to paclitaxel as first-line therapy for patients with metastatic breast cancer whose tumors were negative or untested for human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) overexpression. Progression-free survival was prolonged significantly in patients with HER2-overexpressing tumors, which indicates that lapatinib exerts its main effects via the HER2 pathway.Entities:
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Year: 2009 PMID: 19483734 DOI: 10.1038/nrclinonc.2009.68
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Nat Rev Clin Oncol ISSN: 1759-4774 Impact factor: 66.675