Managing breast cancers with low estrogen receptor and HER2 by drugging both.

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  • Todd W Miller
چکیده

Low estrogen receptor (ER) levels in breast tumors are associated with poorer response to antiestrogen therapy. Finn and colleagues identify low ER levels as a biomarker predicting benefit from the addition of the EGFR/HER2 dual inhibitor lapatinib to an antiestrogen treatment regimen in patients with metastatic ER(+)/HER2(-) breast cancer.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research

دوره 20 3  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2014