Overcoming endocrine resistance in breast cancer

Current Cancer Drug Targets

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 519-528

  Madaio, R A ^a   Spalletta, G ^b   Cravello, L ^b   Ceci, M ^c   Repetto, L ^c   Naso, G ^d  

^a Ospedale Israelitico di Roma   (Italy)

^b IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^c INRCA   (Italy)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Estrogen receptor; Hormone resistance

Indexed keywords

ANASTROZOLE; BRCA1 PROTEIN; CYTOCHROME P450; CYTOCHROME P450 2D6; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; ERLOTINIB; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; EVEROLIMUS; FULVESTRANT; GEFITINIB; LAPATINIB; LETROZOLE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; RALOXIFENE; SOMATOMEDIN C RECEPTOR; TAMOXIFEN; TEMSIROLIMUS; TRASTUZUMAB; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; SELECTIVE ESTROGEN RECEPTOR MODULATOR;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER HORMONE THERAPY; CANCER INHIBITION; CANCER RELAPSE; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESISTANCE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; ONTOGENY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; BREAST TUMOR; FEMALE; METABOLISM; REVIEW;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DRUG RESISTANCE, NEOPLASM; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR MODULATORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN;

EID: 77956514087     PISSN: 15680096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/156800910791517226     Document Type: Article

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