Identifying The Potential For Tamoxifen Resistance In Patients
Wednesday, June 24, 2009 - 22:21
in Health & Medicine
Tamoxifen is a widely used and highly successful drug in the treatment of breast cancer, though resistance to tamoxifen is still a concern in recurrent disease, since therapy resistant metastatic tumor cells are a major cause of death. Now, researchers have uncovered a protein profile that may accurately predict whether a cancer will be tamoxifen resistant.