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Mechanisms of lapatinib resistance in HER2-driven breast cancer.
Cancer treatment reviews - 1 Dec 2015
D'Amato Valentina, Raimondo Lucia, Formisano Luigi, Giuliano Mario, De Placido Sabino, Rosa Roberta, Bianco Roberto
Abstract excerpt
Targeted therapies have been approved for various malignancies but the acquisition of resistance remains a substantial challenge in the clinical management of advanced cancers. Twenty-five per cent of breast cancers overexpress ErbB2/HER2, which confers a more aggressive phenotype and is associated with a poor prognosis. HER2-targeting therapies (trastuzumab, pertuzumab, TDM1 and lapatinib) are available, but a...
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