Endocrine Abstracts

Worldwide, breast cancer is the most common cancer to develop in women. Steroid receptors play a key role in the progression of the majority of breast cancer subtypes. Estrogen Receptor-α (ERα), for example drives the growth of approximately 70% of tumours and is therefore a useful therapeutic target for this disease. However, the Androgen Receptor (AR) is the highest expressed receptor in normal breast and appears to also play an important role in breast cancer. In ...