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ReviewDrugs2012

Overcoming treatment resistance in HER2-positive breast cancer: potential strategies.

Fabio Puglisi, Alessandro Marco Minisini, Carmine De Angelis, Grazia Arpino

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Review in Drugs, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
18citing papers in PubMed
3.3field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

18 citing papers in PubMed, 41 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Fabio PuglisiDepartment of Oncology, University Hospital of Udine, Udine, Italy. fabio.puglisi@uniud.it
Alessandro Marco Minisini
Carmine De Angelis
Grazia Arpino
University of Naples Federico II · ITUniversity of Udine · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Human epidermal growth factor receptor (HER)-2 overexpression or amplification occurs in about 20% of all breast cancers and results in a worse prognosis. Nevertheless, anti-HER2 treatments have recently been developed, resulting in dramatic improvements in the clinical outcome of patients with HER2-positive breast cancer. Trastuzumab has shown efficacy in early and advanced breast cancer treatment and lapatinib is currently approved for the treatment of advanced disease. Other anti-HER2 agents are being investigated. Mechanisms of resistance to trastuzumab treatment include crosstalk with heterologous receptors and amplification of HER2 signalling; amplification of the phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K)/AKT pathway; alteration in binding of trastuzumab to HER2; and loss of HER2 expression. Proposed mechanisms of resistance to lapatinib involve derepression and/or activation of compensatory survival pathways through increased PI3K/AKT or estrogen receptor (ER) signalling. Several strategies to overcome resistance to anti-HER2 treatment are in different phases of development and include treatment with pertuzumab, T-DM1 and mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) inhibitors.

Indexed as

Drug Resistance, NeoplasmAntibodies, Monoclonal, HumanizedAntineoplastic AgentsBreast NeoplasmsErb-b2 Receptor Tyrosine KinasesFemaleHumansLapatinibPhosphatidylinositol 3-KinaseQuinazolinesRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicReceptors, EstrogenSignal TransductionTrastuzumabAntibodies, Monoclonal, HumanizedAntineoplastic AgentsERBB2 protein, humanErb-b2 Receptor Tyrosine KinasesLapatinibPhosphatidylinositol 3-KinaseQuinazolinesReceptors, EstrogenTrastuzumab

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PMID22686613
OpenAlexW1544749943

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