Lapatinib Ditosylate

Lapatinib Ditosylate is a selective and effective inhibitor of ErbB-2 and EGFR dual tyrosine kinases. ErbB-2 and EGFR dual tyrosine kinases are growth promoting factors that are over expressed in some breast cancer cell lines. Lapatinib inhibits the growth of both EGFR- and ErbB-2-overexpressing cells, whereas OSI-774 and Iressa which are EGFR selective inhibitors preferentially inhibit the growth of the EGFR-overexpressing cell lines. Research studies have reported that Lapatinib Ditosylate can inhibit breast cancer cell proliferation.