The tumor microenvironment as driver of stemness and therapeutic resistance in breast cancer: New challenges and therapeutic opportunities

U Mehraj, RA Ganai, MA Macha, A Hamid, MA Zargar… - Cellular Oncology, 2021 - Springer
Background Breast cancer (BC), the second most common cause of cancer-related deaths,
remains a significant threat to the health and wellness of women worldwide. The tumor …

The therapeutic potential of targeting tumor microenvironment in breast cancer: rational strategies and recent progress

A Bahrami, SM Hassanian, M Khazaei… - Journal of cellular …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The tumor microenvironment (TME) is cellular environment in addition to harboring
carcinoma cells, consists of different components (eg, blood vessels, immune cells …

Role of the tumor microenvironment in breast cancer

SD Soysal, A Tzankov, SE Muenst - Pathobiology, 2015 - karger.com
In recent years, it has been shown that breast cancer consists not only of neoplastic cells,
but also of significant alterations in the surrounding stroma or tumor microenvironment …

[HTML][HTML] Tumor microenvironment in breast cancer—updates on therapeutic implications and pathologic assessment

JJ Li, JY Tsang, GM Tse - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The tumor microenvironment (TME) in breast cancer plays important roles
in tumor behavior and treatment response, making its pathologic assessment critical for …

Tumor microenvironment promotes breast cancer chemoresistance

U Mehraj, AH Dar, NA Wani, MA Mir - Cancer chemotherapy and …, 2021 - Springer
Breast cancer is presently the most predominant tumor type and the second leading cause
of tumor-related deaths among women. Although advancements in diagnosis and …

Tumor microenvironment-mediated chemoresistance in breast cancer

N Samadi, B Barazvan, JS Rad - The Breast, 2016 - Elsevier
Therapy resistance or tumor relapse in cancer is common. Tumors develop resistance to
chemotherapeutic through a variety of mechanisms, with tumor microenvironment (TM) …

[HTML][HTML] Tumour microenvironment-immune cell interactions influencing breast cancer heterogeneity and disease progression

K Tan, MJ Naylor - Frontiers in Oncology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Breast cancer is a complex, dynamic disease that acquires heterogeneity through various
mechanisms, allowing cancer cells to proliferate, survive and metastasise. Heterogeneity is …

The breast tumor microenvironment: role in cancer development, progression and response to therapy

S Mittal, NJ Brown, I Holen - Expert review of molecular diagnostics, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Numerous clinical and pre-clinical studies have provided ample evidence
supporting that the tumor microenvironment plays a significant role during breast cancer …

[HTML][HTML] The breast tumor microenvironment: A key player in metastatic spread

LEL Terceiro, CA Edechi, NM Ikeogu, BE Nickel… - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The spread of breast cancer to distant parts of the body (metastasis) is the
major cause of death in breast cancer patients. Research has shown that apart from the …

Molecular characterisation of the tumour microenvironment in breast cancer

M Hu, K Polyak - European journal of cancer, 2008 - Elsevier
The tumour microenvironment plays important roles in cancer initiation, growth, progression,
invasion and metastasis, yet the molecular basis underlying these tumour-promoting effects …