A phase II study of afatinib (BIBW 2992), an irreversible ErbB family blocker, in patients with HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer progressing after trastuzumab.

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Published in Breast Cancer Res Treat on March 15, 2012

Authors

Nancy U Lin1, Eric P Winer, Duncan Wheatley, Lisa A Carey, Stephen Houston, David Mendelson, Pamela Munster, Laurie Frakes, Steve Kelly, Agustin A Garcia, Susan Cleator, Martina Uttenreuther-Fischer, Hilary Jones, Sven Wind, Richard Vinisko, Tamas Hickish

Author Affiliations

1: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, 450 Brookline Avenue, Boston, MA 02215, USA. Nancy_Lin@dfci.harvard.edu

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