Lapatinib is an anti-cancer drug developed by GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) as a treatment for solid tumours such as breast and lung cancer. It was approved by the FDA on March 13, 2007, for use in patients with advanced metastatic breast cancer in conjunction with the chemotherapy drug capecitabine. Lapatinib is a human epidermal growth factor receptor type 2 (HER2...
Indicated in combination with capecitabine for the treatment of patients with advanced or metastatic breast cancer whose tumors overexpress the human epidermal receptor type 2 (HER2) protein and who have received prior therapy including an anthracycline, a taxane, and trastuzumab.
UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, San Francisco, California, United States
Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
Novartis Investigative Site, Liege, Belgium
Novartis Investigative Site, Brighton, United Kingdom
GSK Investigational Site, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States
University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
University of Colorado Cancer Center, Aurora, Colorado, United States
Norris Cotton Cancer Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States
North Shore University Hospital, Lake Success, New York, United States
Baylor Breast Center, Houston, Texas, United States
USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles, California, United States
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
GSK Investigational Site, Rotterdam, Netherlands
GSK Investigational Site, Nashville, Tennessee, United States
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