Headway in resistance to endocrine therapy in breast cancer

Journal of Thoracic Disease

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 171-177

  Xu, YaLi ^a   Sun, Qiang ^a  

^a PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Aes ais; Breast cancer; Endocrine resistance; Erbb MAPK; SRC

Indexed keywords

EID: 83655174782     PISSN: 20721439     EISSN: 20776624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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