Neoadjuvant Dual HER2‐Targeted Therapy With Lapatinib and Trastuzumab Improves Pathologic Complete Response in Patients With Early Stage HER2‐Positive Breast Cancer: A Meta‐Analysis of Randomized Prospective Clinical Trials
Hicks M, Macrae E, Abdel‐Rasoul M, Layman R, Friedman S, Querry J, Lustberg M, Ramaswamy B, Mrozek E, Shapiro C, Wesolowski R. Neoadjuvant Dual HER2‐Targeted Therapy With Lapatinib and Trastuzumab Improves Pathologic Complete Response in Patients With Early Stage HER2‐Positive Breast Cancer: A Meta‐Analysis of Randomized Prospective Clinical Trials. The Oncologist 2015, 20: 337-343. PMID: 25732265, PMCID: PMC4391765, DOI: 10.1634/theoncologist.2014-0334.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAddition of lapatinibHER2-positive breast cancerNeoadjuvant chemotherapyBreast cancerLymph nodesClinical trialsEarly-stage HER2-positive breast cancerSan Antonio Breast Cancer SymposiumPathologic complete response rateEarly-stage breast cancerResidual invasive cancerResidual invasive carcinomaComplete response rateOperable breast cancerAxillary lymph nodesPathologic complete responseProspective clinical trialsStage breast cancerRates of pCRDual HER2NAC armProspective RCTsCancer SymposiumPCR rateComplete response