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The need to better understand pathways that drive ER＋ metastatic breast cancer

Published: 13 Dec 2016

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Dr Julie Gralow - University of Washington, Washington, USA

While many tumors in patients with ER /HER2- metastatic breast cancer respond to anti-estrogen therapy, almost all will eventually start to grow again despite the estrogen pathway being shut down. Therefore, there is a need to better understand the other pathways involved in tumor cell growth (Pfizer sponsored).

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