Oncology Abstracts

Steroid hormone receptors (SHR) play a major role in the normal breast development and breast cancer progression. Estrogen receptor (ER) is expressed in approximately 75% of breast cancers, and the majority of these tumours also express the androgen receptor (AR). While ER-directed therapies have been effective in the majority of patients, a significant subset develops resistance and requires alternative treatment approaches. In the endocrine-resistant setting, emerging insigh...

Seventy percent of breast cancers are classified as estrogen-receptor positive (ER+) and ER is the key proliferative driver in these tumours. Clinically, ER+ patients receive ER-targeted (endocrine) therapies to inhibit ER activity and whilst these agents reduce the risk of recurrence, up to 43% patients develop drug resistance within 15 years. Hence, identification of mechanisms underlying these resistant mechanisms could extend the use of endocrine-therapies. Profound altera...