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Development of therapeutic approaches to 'triple negative' phenotype breast cancer.
Expert opinion on therapeutic targets - 1 Sept 2008
Shiu Kai-Keen, Tan David S P, Reis-Filho Jorge S
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BACKGROUND: Triple negative phenotype (TNP) breast cancers are characterised by the lack of expression of oestrogen and progesterone receptors and of human EGF receptor 2 (HER2) overexpression/amplification. This subgroup of cancers has an aggressive clinical behaviour and is associated with poorer overall survival compared with other subtypes. Given the lack of targets for current tailored therapies in TNP...
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