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Estrogen receptor mutations in tamoxifen-resistant breast cancer.
Cancer research - 15 Jan 1994
Karnik P S, Kulkarni S, Liu X P, Budd G T, Bukowski R M
Abstract excerpt
Clinical resistance to antiestrogens like tamoxifen is a major problem in the treatment of hormone-dependent breast cancers. Since the estrogen receptor plays a central role in mediating the effects of estrogens and antiestrogens, we hypothesized that mutations in the estrogen receptor could be one mechanism by which breast tumors evolve from a hormone-dependent to a hormone-independent phenotype. The eight exons...
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