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Hormone resistance, invasiveness, and metastatic potential in breast cancer.
Breast cancer research and treatment - 1 Jan 1993
Clarke R, Thompson E W, Leonessa F, Lippman J, McGarvey M, Frandsen T L, Brünner N
Abstract excerpt
Critical phenotypic changes that occur during the progression of breast cancer include the loss of hormone-dependence, acquired resistance to systemic therapies, and increased metastatic potential. We have isolated a series of MCF-7 human breast cancer variants which exhibit hormone-independent growth, antiestrogen resistance, and increased metastatic potential. Analysis of the phenotypes of these variants...
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