Breast cancer treatments: updates and new challenges

A Burguin, C Diorio, F Durocher - Journal of personalized medicine, 2021 - mdpi.com
Breast cancer (BC) is the most frequent cancer diagnosed in women worldwide. This
heterogeneous disease can be classified into four molecular subtypes (luminal A, luminal B …

Role of estrogen receptors in health and disease

P Chen, B Li, L Ou-Yang - Frontiers in endocrinology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Estrogen receptors (ERs) regulate multiple complex physiological processes in humans.
Abnormal ER signaling may result in various disorders, including reproductive system …

The impact of race and ethnicity in breast cancer—disparities and implications for precision oncology

KA Hirko, G Rocque, E Reasor, A Taye, A Daly… - BMC medicine, 2022 - Springer
Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer worldwide and is one of the leading
causes of cancer death. The incidence, pathological features, and clinical outcomes in …

Pathways to endocrine therapy resistance in breast cancer

MM Haque, KV Desai - Frontiers in endocrinology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Breast cancers with positive expression of Estrogen Receptor (ER+) are treated with anti-
hormone/endocrine therapy which targets the activity of the receptor, the half-life of the …

Molecular mechanisms of endocrine resistance in estrogen-receptor-positive breast cancer

EB Belachew, DT Sewasew - Frontiers in endocrinology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The estrogen receptor is a vital receptor for therapeutic targets in estrogen receptor-positive
breast cancer. The main strategy for the treatment of estrogen receptor-positive breast …

Latest generation estrogen receptor degraders for the treatment of hormone receptor-positive breast cancer

YC Chen, J Yu, C Metcalfe, T De Bruyn… - Expert Opinion on …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction The selective estrogen receptor degrader (SERD) and full receptor antagonist
provides an important therapeutic option for hormone receptor (HR)-positive breast cancer …

Somatic estrogen receptor α mutations that induce dimerization promote receptor activity and breast cancer proliferation

S Irani, W Tan, Q Li, W Toy, C Jones… - The Journal of …, 2024 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Physiologic activation of estrogen receptor α (ERα) is mediated by estradiol (E2) binding in
the ligand-binding pocket of the receptor, repositioning helix 12 (H12) to facilitate binding of …

Understanding and targeting resistance mechanisms in cancer

ZN Lei, Q Tian, QX Teng, JND Wurpel, L Zeng… - MedComm, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Resistance to cancer therapies has been a commonly observed phenomenon in clinical
practice, which is one of the major causes of treatment failure and poor patient survival. The …

The hedgehog signaling pathway: a viable target in breast cancer?

P Bhateja, M Cherian, S Majumder, B Ramaswamy - Cancers, 2019 - mdpi.com
The hedgehog (Hh) pathway plays a key role in embryonic development and stem cell
programs. Deregulation of the Hh pathway is a key driver of basal cell carcinoma, and …

[HTML][HTML] Genomic landscape of endometrial carcinomas of no specific molecular profile

A Momeni-Boroujeni, B Nguyen, CM Vanderbilt… - Modern Pathology, 2022 - Elsevier
Endometrial carcinomas (ECs) classified by The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) as copy
number-low (also referred to as “no specific molecular profile”[NSMP]) have a prognosis …