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Endocrine resistance in hormone-responsive breast cancer: mechanisms and therapeutic strategies.
Endocrine-related cancer - 1 Aug 2016
Murphy Conleth G, Dickler Maura N
Abstract excerpt
The majority of breast cancers may be considered hormone responsive due to expression of hormone receptors (HR+). Although endocrine therapy is always considered for advanced HR+ breast cancer, the emergence of resistance is inevitable over time and is present from the start in a proportion of patients. In this review, we explore the mechanisms underlying de novo and acquired resistance to endocrine therapy. We...
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