Ribavirin restores ESR1 gene expression and tamoxifen sensitivity in ESR1 negative breast cancer cell lines
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Tumor growth is estrogen independent in approximately one-third of all breast cancers, which makes these patients unresponsive to hormonal treatment. This unresponsiveness to hormonal treatment may be explained through the absence of the estrogen receptor alpha (...
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Language: | English |
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BMC
2011-12-01
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Series: | Clinical Epigenetics |
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Online Access: | http://www.clinicalepigeneticsjournal.com/content/3/1/8 |