Given that MBCs lack oestrogen receptor, show EGFR overexpression and harbour EGFR amplification in up to 28% of cases, and that some MBCs have proven refractory to standard types of treatment, the use of EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitors may represent an alternative therapeutic regimen for patients with MBC. Further studies addressing the efficacy of EGFR inhibitors in this group of breast carcinom