Managing breast cancers with low estrogen receptor and HER2 by drugging both

Abstract

Low estrogen receptor (ER) levels in breast tumors are associated with poorer response to antiestrogen therapy. Finn and colleagues identify low ER levels as a biomarker predicting benefit from the addition of the EGFR/HER2 dual inhibitor lapatinib to an antiestrogen treatment regimen in patients with metastatic ER+/HER2- breast cancer. © 2014 American Association for Cancer Research.