Breast cancer—epidemiology, risk factors, classification, prognostic markers, and current treatment strategies—an updated review

S Łukasiewicz, M Czeczelewski, A Forma, J Baj… - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women. It is estimated
that 2.3 million new cases of BC are diagnosed globally each year. Based on mRNA gene …

Systemic therapy for estrogen receptor–positive, HER2-negative breast cancer

HJ Burstein - New England Journal of Medicine, 2020 - Mass Medical Soc
Estrogen Receptor–Positive Breast Cancer ER-positive, HER2-negative breast cancer,
which accounts for about 70% of all breast cancers, is heterogeneous. Antiestrogen therapy …

An update on the pathological classification of breast cancer

EA Rakha, GM Tse, CM Quinn - Histopathology, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Breast cancer (BC) is a heterogeneous disease, encompassing a diverse spectrum of
tumours with varying morphological, biological, and clinical phenotypes. Although tumours …

CBP/p300: critical co-activators for nuclear steroid hormone receptors and emerging therapeutic targets in prostate and breast cancers

AR Waddell, H Huang, D Liao - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The CREB-binding protein (CBP) and p300 are paralogous lysine
acetyltransferases that serve as critical co-activators for transcription factors involved in …

17β-estradiol promotes extracellular vesicle release and selective miRNA loading in ERα-positive breast cancer

R Drula, B Pardini, X Fu… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
The causes and consequences of abnormal biogenesis of extracellular vesicles (EVs) are
not yet well understood in malignancies, including in breast cancers (BCs). Given the …

The role of progesterone receptors in breast cancer

Z Li, H Wei, S Li, P Wu, X Mao - Drug design, development and …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
The progesterone receptor (PR) modulates estrogen receptors α (ERα) action in breast
cancer; it is an upregulated target gene of ER, and its expression is dependent on estrogen …

Breast cancer stem cells: A review of their characteristics and the agents that affect them

NL Shan, Y Shin, G Yang, P Furmanski… - Molecular …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The evolving concept that cancer stem cells (CSCs) are the driving element in cancer
development, evolution and heterogeneity, has overridden the previous model of a tumor …

Comparison of long-term outcome between clinically high risk lobular versus ductal breast cancer: a propensity score matched study

F Magnoni, G Corso, P Maisonneuve, B Bianchi… - …, 2024 - thelancet.com
Background Abemaciclib is currently approved for the adjuvant treatment of high-risk, lymph
node (LN)-positive, hormone receptor (HR)-positive breast cancer (BC). In a real-world …

The quest for improving the management of breast cancer by functional imaging: The discovery and development of 16α-[18F] fluoroestradiol (FES), a PET radiotracer …

JA Katzenellenbogen - Nuclear medicine and biology, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Introduction 16α-[18 F] Fluoroestradiol (FES), a PET radiotracer for the estrogen
receptor (ER) in breast cancer, was the first receptor-targeted PET radiotracer for oncology …

Preclinical and clinical trials of new treatment strategies targeting cancer stem cells in subtypes of breast cancer

N Landeros, I Castillo, R Pérez-Castro - Cells, 2023 - mdpi.com
Breast cancer (BC) can be classified into various histological subtypes, each associated with
different prognoses and treatment options, including surgery, radiation, chemotherapy, and …