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Drug Evaluation

Pharmacodynamics, pharmacokinetics and clinical efficacy of neratinib in HER2-positive breast cancer and breast cancer with HER2 mutations

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Pages 947-957 | Received 29 Nov 2015, Accepted 02 Jun 2016, Published online: 27 Jun 2016

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