Lapatinib: New opportunities for management of breast cancer

Breast Cancer: Targets and Therapy

Volumn 2, Issue , 2010, Pages 79-91

  Liao, Julia ^a   Gallas, Michelle ^a   Pegram, Mark ^a,b   Slingerland, Joyce ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Capecitabine; ERBB family; ERBB2; Lapatinib; Letrozole; Trastuzumab

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053958011     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11791314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/BCTT.S5929     Document Type: Review

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