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.
University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States
Sutter General Hospital, Sacramento, California, United States
McGill Cancer Centre at McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
University Hospital Zurich, Division of Dermatology, Zurich, ZH, Switzerland
China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
VUMedical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States
Helsinki University Hopsital, Helsinki, Finland
Hospital Nuestra Senora de Sonsoles, Avila, Spain
Hospital Clinico Universitario 'Lozano Blesa', Zaragoza, Spain
University of Maryland Marlene & Stewart Greenebaum Cancer Center, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Cliniche Gavazzeni S.p.A. - Humanitas Gavazzeni, Bergamo, BG, Italy
Fondazione Poliambulanza, Brescia, BS, Italy
Azienda Ospedaliera San Gerardo, Monza, MB, Italy
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States
Hunter Holmes McGuire VA Medical Center, Richmond, Virginia, United States
Massey Cancer Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States
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