PMID- 21245432 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20110401 LR - 20181201 IS - 1527-7755 (Electronic) IS - 0732-183X (Linking) VI - 29 IP - 6 DP - 2011 Feb 20 TI - HLA-DQA1*02:01 is a major risk factor for lapatinib-induced hepatotoxicity in women with advanced breast cancer. PG - 667-73 LID - 10.1200/JCO.2010.31.3197 [doi] AB - PURPOSE: Hepatobiliary adverse events (AEs) have been observed in a small proportion of patients with metastatic breast cancer (MBC) treated with lapatinib. This study sought to identify gene variants associated with lapatinib-induced ALT elevation and hepatobiliary AEs. PATIENTS AND METHODS: A two-stage pharmacogenetic investigation of ALT elevation was conducted in lapatinib-treated patients with MBC. Exploratory marker identification evaluated classical HLA alleles, candidate genes, and genome-wide screening in 37 cases with ALT greater than 3 times the upper limit of normal (ULN) and 286 controls with ALT