Interplay between ESR1/PIK3CA codon variants, oncogenic pathway alterations and clinical phenotype in patients with metastatic breast cancer (MBC): comprehensive circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) analysis

Abstract Background although being central for the biology and druggability of hormone-receptor positive, HER2 negative metastatic breast cancer (MBC), ESR1 and PIK3CA mutations are simplistically dichotomized as mutated or wild type in current clinical practice. Methods The study analyzed a multi-i...

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Main Authors: Lorenzo Gerratana, Andrew A. Davis, Marko Velimirovic, Katherine Clifton, Whitney L. Hensing, Ami N. Shah, Charles S. Dai, Carolina Reduzzi, Paolo D’Amico, Firas Wehbe, Arielle Medford, Seth A. Wander, William J. Gradishar, Amir Behdad, Fabio Puglisi, Cynthia X. Ma, Aditya Bardia, Massimo Cristofanilli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2023-10-01
Series:Breast Cancer Research
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13058-023-01718-0