CONTRADICTING EVIDENCE:...participants with early-stage HER2-positive breast cancer (N = 128) were recruited...Participants were randomized to receive trastuzumab (T; N = 34), lapatinib (L; N = 36), or both (TL; N = 58) as HER2-targeted therapy...In the intent-to-treat population, we observed similar pCR rates between T (47%, 95% confidence interval [CI] 30-65%) and TL (52%, 95% CI 38-65%), and a lower pCR rate with L (25%, 95% CI 13-43%)...No significant differences in pCR were observed between arms in the HR− subset; however, in the HR+ subset, L had a significantly lower pCR rate compared to T (p = 0.04) and TL (p = 0.03).