A Novel Approach to Detect Therapeutic Resistance in Breast Cancer

Abstract

Our aim is to understand whether adjuvant therapy of a first primary breast cancer might predict the prognosis of a metachronous bilateral cancer. Major findings: Our findings support a selection process where adjuvant systemic treatment selectively prevents the occurrence of cancers with a favourable prognosis, allowing those with a more aggressive phenotype to surface clinically.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 2008
Accession Number
ADA493898

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People

  • Kamila Czene

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  • Biomedical Research
  • Breast Cancer
  • Cancer
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  • Drug Therapy
  • Genes
  • Genetics
  • Health Care
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  • Lymph Nodes
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  • Neoplasms
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  • Biology
  • Medicine

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  • Oncology (Cancer Research).