| ■ Scientists Identify Gene for Stubborn Breast Cancers | 2011.07.15 |
| Scientists have identified a gene linked to about 70 percent of breast cancer cases that are resistant to hormone treatments. Since hormones can trigger the growth of tumors, treatments that inhibit those hormones can be key to treating certain breast cancers, researchers at the Massachusetts-based Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research wrote in the journal Nature. Examples include tamoxifen and a class of drugs called aromatase inhibitors, BBC News said. |