Short-term Presurgical Study to Assess Molecular Predictors of Lapatinib's Effects in Primary Breast Cancer

"In order for patients to take their study medication for 14 days only, treatment should commence on the 14th day prior to the day before scheduled surgery (i.e. if surgery is scheduled for the 15th of the month, tablets should be taken from the 1st to the 14th of that month).~Lapatinib tablets are dispensed as 250mg tablets. Patients should be advised to take all 6 tablets at once as one dose (total daily dose 1500mg). Tablets should be taken on an empty stomach either one hour before or one hour after a meal at the same time each day and according to the instructions on the bottle."

"In order for patients to take their study medication for 14 days only, treatment should commence on the 14th day prior to the day before scheduled surgery (i.e. if surgery is scheduled for the 15th of the month, tablets should be taken from the 1st to the 14th of that month).~Lapatinib-placebo tablets will be composed of lactose, cellulose, starch, magnesium stearate, and coated with Opadryl orange and look the same as the active treatment. The patients should take all 6 tablets at once as one dose."