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Mechanisms of hormone resistance in breast cancer.
Breast cancer research and treatment - 1 Jan 1993
Horwitz K B
Abstract excerpt
At least half of all advanced breast cancers are positive for estrogen receptor (ER) and progesterone receptor (PR), but many nevertheless fail to respond to endocrine therapy. Studies of breast cancer cell lines and breast tumor specimens are beginning to reveal molecular heterogeneity of the receptors in subpopulations of these cells, leading to altered receptor function and sometimes to hormone resistance....
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