Improving Treatment of HER2-Positive Cancers: Opportunities and Challenges

Lapatinib with trastuzumab for HER2-positive early breast cancer (NeoALTTO): a randomised, open-label, multicentre, phase 3 trial

(2012) José Baselga et al.   LANCET

Trastuzumab-DM1 is highly effective in preclinical models of HER2-positive gastric cancer

(2011) Mark Barok et al.   CANCER LETTERS

Efficacy and safety of neoadjuvant pertuzumab and trastuzumab in women with locally advanced, inflammatory, or early HER2-positive breast cancer (NeoSphere): a randomised multicentre, open-label, phase 2 trial

(2011) Luca Gianni et al.   LANCET ONCOLOGY

Pertuzumab plus Trastuzumab plus Docetaxel for Metastatic Breast Cancer

(2011) José Baselga et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Cyclin E amplification/overexpression is a mechanism of trastuzumab resistance in HER2+breast cancer patients

(2011) Maurizio Scaltriti et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

PPM1H Is a p27 Phosphatase Implicated in Trastuzumab Resistance

(2011) S. T. Lee-Hoeflich et al.   Cancer Discovery

Inhibition of IGF1R activity enhances response to trastuzumab in HER-2-positive breast cancer cells

(2010) B. C. Browne et al.   ANNALS OF ONCOLOGY

Trastuzumab-DM1 (T-DM1) retains all the mechanisms of action of trastuzumab and efficiently inhibits growth of lapatinib insensitive breast cancer

(2010) Teemu T. Junttila et al.   BREAST CANCER RESEARCH AND TREATMENT

Superior In vivo Efficacy of Afucosylated Trastuzumab in the Treatment of HER2-Amplified Breast Cancer

(2010) Teemu T. Junttila et al.   CANCER RESEARCH

Clinical Benefit of Lapatinib-Based Therapy in Patients with Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor 2-Positive Breast Tumors Coexpressing the Truncated p95HER2 Receptor

(2010) M. Scaltriti et al.   CLINICAL CANCER RESEARCH

Acceptance of Biomarker-Based Tests for Application in Clinical Practice: Criteria and Obstacles

(2010) M Pirmohamed   CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY & THERAPEUTICS

Neratinib, an Irreversible ErbB Receptor Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor, in Patients With Advanced ErbB2-Positive Breast Cancer

(2010) Harold J. Burstein et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY

Randomized Study of Lapatinib Alone or in Combination With Trastuzumab in Women With ErbB2-Positive, Trastuzumab-Refractory Metastatic Breast Cancer

(2010) Kimberly L. Blackwell et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY

Phase II Study of the Antibody Drug Conjugate Trastuzumab-DM1 for the Treatment of Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor 2 (HER2) –Positive Breast Cancer After Prior HER2-Directed Therapy

(2010) Howard A. Burris et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY

Trastuzumab in combination with chemotherapy versus chemotherapy alone for treatment of HER2-positive advanced gastric or gastro-oesophageal junction cancer (ToGA): a phase 3, open-label, randomised controlled trial

(2010) Yung-Jue Bang et al.   LANCET

HER2 diagnostics in gastric cancer—guideline validation and development of standardized immunohistochemical testing

(2010) Josef Rüschoff et al.   VIRCHOWS ARCHIV

Ligand-Independent HER2/HER3/PI3K Complex Is Disrupted by Trastuzumab and Is Effectively Inhibited by the PI3K Inhibitor GDC-0941

(2009) Teemu T. Junttila et al.   CANCER CELL

Strongly Enhanced Antitumor Activity of Trastuzumab and Pertuzumab Combination Treatment on HER2-Positive Human Xenograft Tumor Models

(2009) W. Scheuer et al.   CANCER RESEARCH

Trastuzumab Plus Anastrozole Versus Anastrozole Alone for the Treatment of Postmenopausal Women With Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor 2–Positive, Hormone Receptor–Positive Metastatic Breast Cancer: Results From the Randomized Phase III TAnDEM Study

(2009) Bella Kaufman et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY

Trastuzumab Beyond Progression in Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor 2–Positive Advanced Breast Cancer: A German Breast Group 26/Breast International Group 03-05 Study

(2009) Gunter von Minckwitz et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY

Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase Hyperactivation Results in Lapatinib Resistance that Is Reversed by the mTOR/Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase Inhibitor NVP-BEZ235

(2008) P. J.A. Eichhorn et al.   CANCER RESEARCH

Met Receptor Contributes to Trastuzumab Resistance of Her2-Overexpressing Breast Cancer Cells

(2008) D. L. Shattuck et al.   CANCER RESEARCH

Assessment of a HER2 scoring system for gastric cancer: results from a validation study

(2008) M Hofmann et al.   HISTOPATHOLOGY

Immunoglobulin G Fragment C Receptor Polymorphisms and Clinical Efficacy of Trastuzumab-Based Therapy in Patients With HER-2/neu–Positive Metastatic Breast Cancer

(2008) Antonino Musolino et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY

Lapatinib, a HER2 tyrosine kinase inhibitor, induces stabilization and accumulation of HER2 and potentiates trastuzumab-dependent cell cytotoxicity

(2008) M Scaltriti et al.   ONCOGENE