Current best practices and rationalistic perspectives in causation-based prevention, early detection and multidisciplinary treatment of breast and gastric cancer

Gastric & Breast Cancer e-journal
DOI: 10.2122/gbc.2012.0240

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Dual inhibition of HER2 for a safe increase of efficacy in breast cancer.

Charalabos Batsis, MD.

Affiliation: Charalabos Batsis, Assistant Professor of Surgery, Department of Surgery, University Hospital of Ioannina, Ioannina, TK 45110, Greece.

E-mail:  chbatsis@hotmail.com

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A combination of two anti-HER2 drugs, trastuzumab and lapatinib, can have a synergistic antitumor activity and be more effective than one single drug added to standard chemotherapy for HER2-positive breast cancer patients reports a recent paper in Lancet [1].

(Citation: Gastric & Breast Cancer 2012; 11(3): 160-162)

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