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[Clinical relevance of ESR1 circulating mutations detection in hormone receptor positive metastatic breast cancer].
Bulletin du cancer - 1 Jan 2018
Clatot Florian, Perdrix Anne, Sefrioui David, Sarafan-Vasseur Nasrin, Di Fiore Frédéric
Abstract excerpt
If hormone therapy is a key treatment for hormone receptor positive advanced breast cancers, secondary resistance occurs as a rule. Recently, acquired alterations of the ESR1 gene have been identified as a mechanism of resistance on aromatase inhibitor (AI) treatment. The selective pressure by AI exposure during the metastatic setting triggers the emergence of ESR1 activating mutations. In that context, the...
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