AXL/epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) complexes in breast cancer - culprits for resistance to EGFR inhibitors?

Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) is highly expressed in triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC), and elevated levels correlate with poor prognosis. In analogy with the paradigm of oncogene addiction, blocking EGFR in TNBC was expected to have clinical efficacy – but this has not been the case. R...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Heideman, Marinus R, Hynes, Nancy E
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: BioMed Central 2013
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3978757/