Letter to the Editor: Lapatinib Confounds Post-Hoc Weight Loss Analysis in the ALTTO Trial

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Neil M. Iyengar Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York; and

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Jennifer A. Ligibel Department of Adult Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts

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Volume/Issue:
Volume 20: Issue 1
Online Publication Date:
Jan 2022
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.6004/jnccn.2021.7082
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Print ISSN:
1540-1405
Online ISSN:
1540-1413
Publisher:
National Comprehensive Cancer Network
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    Piccart-Gebhart MJ, Holmes AP, Baselga J, et al. First results from the phase III ALTTO trial (BIG 2-06; NCCTG [Alliance] N063D) comparing one year of anti-HER2 therapy with lapatinib alone, trastuzumab alone, their sequence, or their combination in the adjuvant treatment of HER2-positive early breast cancer [abstract]. J Clin Oncol 2014;32(Suppl):Abstract LBA4.

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Copyright © 2022 by the National Comprehensive Cancer Network 2022
Article Category:
Letter
Print Publication Date:
01 Jan 2022
Online Publication Date:
Jan 2022

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