Abstract Even though most women with estrogen receptor positive (ER+) breast tumors can benefit from endocrine therapy (ET), up to 40% of these patients will eventually experience relapse. Moreover, when these tumors recur, they tend to be more metastatic and therapy-resistant, resulting in disease progression and fatalities. One contributing factor to ET failure and recurrence is intratumoral heterogeneity, where tumors have distinct populations of cells with different sensitivity to ET. Here,
Abstract 693: ET-resistant cell populations in ER positive breast cancer: From profiling to therapeutic targeting.
Svetlana E. Semina·Jonathan L. Coloff·Huiping Zhao·Virgilia Macias·L. Feferman·Andre A. Kajdacsy-Balla·Debra A. Tonetti·Kent Hoskins·Geoffrey L. Greene·Jonna Frasor·Rosemary J. Huggins
