Mitochondrial metabolism: a predictive biomarker of radiotherapy efficacy and toxicity

F Taghizadeh-Hesary, M Houshyari… - Journal of Cancer …, 2023 - Springer
Introduction Radiotherapy is a mainstay of cancer treatment. Clinical studies revealed a
heterogenous response to radiotherapy, from a complete response to even disease …

Estrogen receptor blockade and radiation therapy cooperate to enhance the response of immunologically cold ER+ breast cancer to immunotherapy

KA O'Leary, AM Bates, WJ Jin, BM Burkel… - Breast Cancer …, 2023 - Springer
Background Most patients with estrogen receptor positive (ER+) breast cancer do not
respond to immune checkpoint inhibition (ICI); the tumor microenvironment (TME) of these …

[HTML][HTML] A review of therapeutic agents for breast cancer with potentially radiosensitizing properties

Z Zhang, D Lim, Z Feng - Radiation Medicine and Protection, 2024 - Elsevier
Breast cancer is the most frequently diagnosed malignant tumor in women worldwide and
the leading cause of cancer death. Radiotherapy for breast cancer is readily accepted and …

StackER: a novel SMILES-based stacked approach for the accelerated and efficient discovery of ERα and ERβ antagonists

N Schaduangrat, N Homdee, W Shoombuatong - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
The role of estrogen receptors (ERs) in breast cancer is of great importance in both clinical
practice and scientific exploration. However, around 15–30% of those affected do not see …

Molecular subtypes of breast cancer predicting clinical benefits of radiotherapy after breast-conserving surgery: a propensity-score-matched cohort study

SK Hung, HJ Yang, MS Lee, DW Liu, LC Chen… - Breast Cancer …, 2023 - Springer
Background Based on the molecular expression of cancer cells, molecular subtypes of
breast cancer have been applied to classify patients for predicting clinical outcomes and …

Androgen and oestrogen receptor co-expression determines the efficacy of hormone receptor-mediated radiosensitisation in breast cancer

AR Michmerhuizen, LM Lerner, C Ward… - British Journal of …, 2022 - nature.com
Purpose Radiation therapy (RT) and hormone receptor (HR) inhibition are used for the
treatment of HR-positive breast cancers; however, little is known about the interaction of the …

Breast cancer cells are sensitized by piperine to radiotherapy through estrogen receptor-α mediated modulation of a key NHEJ repair protein-DNA-PK

K Shaheer, BRS Prabhu, HS Ali, D Lakshmanan-M - Phytomedicine, 2024 - Elsevier
Background Non-homologous end joining, an important DNA-double-stranded break repair
pathway, plays a prominent role in conferring resistance to radiotherapeutic agents …