An article published online First and in the June edition of The lancet Oncology reports the findings of a phase II study on inflammatory breast cancer, an aggressive form of the disease representing up to one tenth of malignant breast cancer cases. Dr Stephen Johnston, Royal Marsden Hospital, London, UK, and Dr Bella Kaufman, The Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel, and colleagues discuss how lapatinib may be beneficial in the treatment of this form of cancer.
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