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Biomarkers Predict Trastuzumab Resistance, Lapatinib Response
Biomarkers Predict Trastuzumab Resistance, Lapatinib Response
K Wachter
20081115
2008 Dec 15
Elsevier Global Medical News
Biomarkers Predict Trastuzumab Resistance, Lapatinib Response
Elsevier Global Medical News. 2008 Dec 15, K Wachter
SAN ANTONIO (EGMN) - Two biomarkers may help predict which HER2-positive tumors are resistant to trastuzumab, and one may predict response to lapatinib, findings that could lead the way to better tailored therapy for women with this type of breast cancer.Low phosphatase and tensin homolog (PTEN) expression and mutations in phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K) appear to predict resistance to trastuzumab (Herceptin), and low PTEN appears to predict lapatinib (Tykerb) response, Dr. Jenny Chang reported...