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ArticleNature reviews. Clinical oncology2009

Targeted therapies: Combined lapatinib and paclitaxel in HER2-positive breast cancer.

Carlos A Castañeda, Henry L Gomez

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Article in Nature reviews. Clinical oncology, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Carlos A CastañedaDivision of Medicine, Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Neoplásicas, Av. Angamos Este 2520, Surquillo, Lima 34, Peru.
Henry L Gomez

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A randomized phase III trial evaluated the effect of adding lapatinib to paclitaxel as first-line therapy for patients with metastatic breast cancer whose tumors were negative or untested for human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) overexpression. Progression-free survival was prolonged significantly in patients with HER2-overexpressing tumors, which indicates that lapatinib exerts its main effects via the HER2 pathway.

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Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy ProtocolsBreast NeoplasmsClinical Trials, Phase III as TopicErb-b2 Receptor Tyrosine KinasesFemaleHumansLapatinibPaclitaxelQuinazolinesRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicErb-b2 Receptor Tyrosine KinasesLapatinibPaclitaxelQuinazolines

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