Efficacy of lapatinib-capecitabine combination in a patient with multiple metastasis from HER2-positive breast cancer

HER2 overexpression occurs in about 15-20% of breast cancer cases and is associated with rapid tumor growth. The introduction in clinical practice of several drugs inhibiting the biological activity of HER2, such as trastuzumab, pertuzumab, trastuzumab emtansine (T-DM1) and lapatinib, has clearly m...

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Main Authors: Maria Moritti, Evaristo Maiello
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AboutScience Srl 2018-06-01
Series:AboutOpen
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Online Access:https://journals.aboutscience.eu/index.php/aboutopen/article/view/58