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Genetic and epigenetic alterations of the estrogen receptor gene and hormone independence in human breast cancer.
Oncology - 1 Dec 1998
Iwase H, Omoto Y, Iwata H, Hara Y, Ando Y, Kobayashi S
Abstract excerpt
The existence of hormone-independent tumors is a substantial problem for the present endocrine treatment of breast cancers. Estrogen receptor (ER) gene mutation can change the biochemical activity of the protein and can affect hormone responsiveness. However, quite a few mutations of significance have been described in breast cancer. Recently, numerous variant ERs have been detected at the mRNA level with...
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