| Literature DB >> 26201402 |
Valerie N Barton1, Nicholas C D'Amato1, Michael A Gordon1, Jessica L Christenson1, Anthony Elias1, Jennifer K Richer2.
Abstract
Triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) is an aggressive breast cancer subtype that lacks estrogen receptor, progesterone receptor, and human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) amplification. Due to the absence of these receptors, TNBC does not respond to traditional endocrine or HER2-targeted therapies that improve patient prognosis in other breast cancer subtypes. TNBC has a poor prognosis, and currently, there are no effective targeted therapies. Some TNBC tumors express androgen receptor (AR) and may benefit from AR-targeted therapies. Here, we review the literature on AR in TNBC and propose that TNBC be further sub-classified as either AR+ TNBC or quadruple negative breast cancer since targeting AR may represent a viable therapeutic option for a subset of TNBC.Entities:
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Year: 2015 PMID: 26201402 PMCID: PMC6897499 DOI: 10.1007/s12672-015-0232-3
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Horm Cancer ISSN: 1868-8497 Impact factor: 3.869