Breast cancer is a disease that starts in the breast with a malignant tumor. A malignant tumor is a mass of cells that grows out of control. The cancerous cells can also metastasize, or move to other tissues or parts of the body. ...
What is triple negative breast cancer? Triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) means that the cancer cells do not have estrogen (ER) and progesterone (PR) on their surface, and they do not over-express the HER2 protein as well (HER2−). In contrast to TNBC, triple positive breast cancer ...
Almost 30% of all breast cancers are noted to overexpress human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (Her2), an epidermal growth factor receptor that is part of the HER family of tyrosine kinases. Her2 exerts its effect by forming heterodimers with other HER family members, resulting in the ...
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To summarize the treatment strategies for patients with human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-positive disease and triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) who have residual disease after preoperative systemic therapy.#There has been a shift towards neoadjuvant systemic therapy for selected patients...
Breast that aches, or feels sore or heavy Dimpled breast skin (like an orange peel), or a sudden red area on the skin Nipple that looks like it has been pushed in How is breast cancer diagnosed? Tell your healthcare provider if you have a family history of cancer, especially breast, ...
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved everolimus in combination with the steroidal aromatase inhibitor, exemestane, for the treatment of postmenopausal women with advanced hormone receptor-positive, HER2-negative breast cancer, who experience recurrence or progression following treatment with a non-...
Triple-negative breast cancer is a heterogeneous disease characterized by a lack of hormonal receptors and HER2 overexpression. It is the only breast cancer subgroup that does not benefit from targeted therapies, and its prognosis is poo... G Prado-Vázquez,A Gámez-Pozo,L Trilla-Fuertes,... ...
Background: The everolimus–exemestane pair was approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 2012 to treat women with hormone receptor-positive (ER+), HER2-negative metastatic breast cancer (MBC) that got worse after treatment with aromatase inhibitor alone. The main benefit of this...
Black women may have a higher risk of getting breast cancer. But not only is it treatable when detected early, the severity of it can be reduced (if not prevented) with proper consul.