Identification of novel estrogen receptor inhibitors for the treatment of hormone resistant breast cancer

Estrogen receptor alpha positive (ERα+) disease constitutes approximately 75% of all breast cancer (BCa) cases. However resistance to hormone therapy is observed in early-stage as well as in metastatic disease. Importantly, 70% of ERα+ primary tumors retain active ERα when they metastasize and, ther...

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Main Author: Singh, Kriti
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2017
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/61340