The benefit of HER2-targeted therapies on overall survival of patients with metastatic HER2-positive breast cancer - a systematic review

Breast Cancer Research

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Mendes, Diogo ^a,b   Alves, Carlos ^a,b   Afonso, Noémia ^c   Cardoso, Fátima ^d   Passos Coelho, José Luís ^e   Costa, Luís ^f   Andrade, Sofia ^g   Batel Marques, Francisco ^a,b  

^a ASSOCIATION FOR INNOVATION AND BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH ON LIGHT AND IMAGE AIBILI   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^c PORTUGUESE ONCOLOGY INSTITUTE   (Portugal)

^d Champalimaud Cancer Centre   (Portugal)

^e HOSPITAL DA LUZ   (Portugal)

^f HOSPITAL DE SANTA MARIA   (Portugal)

^g Market Access Department   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANASTROZOLE; CAPECITABINE; CARBOPLATIN; DOCETAXEL; DOXORUBICIN; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; EVEROLIMUS; LAPATINIB; LETROZOLE; NAVELBINE; PACLITAXEL; PERTUZUMAB; PLACEBO; TRASTUZUMAB; TRASTUZUMAB EMTANSINE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ERBB2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; QUINAZOLINE DERIVATIVE; TAXOID;

ARTICLE; BREAST METASTASIS; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER HORMONE THERAPY; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; LOADING DRUG DOSE; MOLECULARLY TARGETED THERAPY; MONOTHERAPY; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PROGRESSION FREE SURVIVAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; METABOLISM; MORTALITY; PROCEDURES;

ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL, HUMANIZED; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CLINICAL TRIALS, PHASE III AS TOPIC; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR TARGETED THERAPY; QUINAZOLINES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RECEPTOR, ERBB-2; TAXOIDS; TRASTUZUMAB;

EID: 84946926293     PISSN: 14655411     EISSN: 1465542X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13058-015-0648-2     Document Type: Article

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