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The Impact of ESR1 Mutations on the Treatment of Metastatic Breast Cancer.
Hormones & cancer - 1 Aug 2018
Pejerrey Sasha M, Dustin Derek, Kim Jin-Ah, Gu Guowei, Rechoum Yassine, Fuqua Suzanne A W
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After nearly 20 years of research, it is now established that mutations within the estrogen receptor (ER) gene, ESR1, frequently occur in metastatic breast cancer and influence response to hormone therapy. Though early studies presented differing results, sensitive sequencing techniques now show that ESR1 mutations occur at a frequency between 20 and 40% depending on the assay method. Recent studies have focused...
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