HER2-positive breast cancer with brain metastasis: long-lasting response after lapatinib treatment

We report the case of a 50-year-old patient diagnosed with breast cancer with lymph node, lymph node, pulmonary and hepatic secondaryisms. After receiving a first line chemotherapy containing taxanes, pertuzumab and trastuzumab, the patient developed asymptomatic brain metastases. She is therefore t...

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Main Authors: Alessia D'Alonzo, Claudia Bighin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AboutScience Srl 2018-06-01
Series:AboutOpen
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Online Access:https://journals.aboutscience.eu/index.php/aboutopen/article/view/54