Targeted Therapy for Breast Cancer Prevention
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Targeted Therapy for Breast Cancer Prevention
With a better understanding of the etiology of breast cancer, molecularly targeted drugs have been developed and are being testing for the treatment and prevention of breast cancer. Targeted drugs that inhibit the estrogen receptor (ER) or estrogen-activated pathways include the selective ER modulators (tamoxifen, raloxifene, and lasofoxifene) and aromatase inhibitors (AIs) (anastrozole, letroz...
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عنوان ژورنال: Frontiers in Oncology
سال: 2013
ISSN: 2234-943X
DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2013.00250