“Targeting” Triple-Negative Breast Cancer: The Lessons Learned From BRCA1-Associated Breast Cancers
Rita Nanda
20110301
2011 Apr 1
Semin Oncol
“Targeting” Triple-Negative Breast Cancer: The Lessons Learned From BRCA1-Associated Breast Cancers
Semin Oncol. 2011 Apr;38(2):254-262, Rita Nanda
Abstract
Breast cancer has long been recognized as a heterogeneous entity, with distinct subsets characterized by differences in tumor biology and response to therapy. With the advent of molecular profiling, we have gained a further appreciation of the heterogeneity of this complex disease. While the last decade has seen advances in the treatment of hormone receptor (HR) and human epidermal growth factor receptor 2/erb-B2 (HER2)-positive breast cancers, outcomes for women with estrogen receptor (ER)-, progesterone...