Open AccessDifference in Therapeutic Response Between Basal and Nonbasal Triple‐Negative Breast Cancers
Author(s) -
Bertucci François,
Finetti Pascal,
Viens Patrice,
Birnbaum Daniel
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
the oncologist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.176
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1549-490X
pISSN - 1083-7159
DOI - 10.1634/theoncologist.2013-0121
Subject(s) - medicine , triple negative breast cancer , triple negative , oncology , breast cancer , basal (medicine) , complete response , chemotherapy , cancer , insulin
This study, which nicely complements a study recently published in The Oncologist , shows for the first time that triple‐negative breast cancers are much more heterogeneous than basal breast cancers regarding the response to chemotherapy and the probability of response to molecularly targeted therapies.