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Metastatic and triple-negative breast cancer: challenges and treatment options

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Al-Mahmood, Sumayah, Sapiezynski, Justin, Garbuzenko, Olga B., Minko, Tamara·2018·Drug Delivery and Translational Research

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The major current conventional types of metastatic breast cancer (MBC) treatments include surgery, radiation, hormonal therapy, chemotherapy, or immunotherapy. Introducing biological drugs, targeted treatment and gene therapy can potentially reduce the mortality and improve the quality of life in patients with MBC. However, combination of several types of treatment is usually recommended. Triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) accounts for 10-20% of all cases of breast carcinoma and is characterized by the low expression of progesterone receptor (PR), estrogen receptor (ER), and human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2). Consequently, convenient treatments used for MBC that target these receptors are not effective for TNBC which therefore requires special treatment approaches. This review discusses the occurrence of MBC, the prognosis and predictive biomarkers of MBC, and focuses on the novel advanced tactics for treatment of MBC and TNBC. Nanotechnology-based combinatorial approach for the suppression of EGFR by siRNA and gifitinib is described.

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Authors
Al-Mahmood, S., Sapiezynski, J., Garbuzenko, O. B., & Minko, T.
Affiliations
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (US)
Corresponding author
Minko, Tamara
Venue
Drug Delivery and Translational Research
Published
2018-07-05
Volume
8
Issue
5
Pages
1483-1507
ISSN
  • 2190-393X (ISSN-L)
  • 2190-3948
OpenAlex
W2838505861
Cited by
524
References
269
Citations by year
2026: 32 · 2025: 60 · 2024: 66 · 2023: 83 · 2022: 87 · 2021: 83 · 2020: 77 · 2019: 33 · 2018: 3
FWCI
5.07
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Drug Delivery and Translational Research (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, other-oa)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
National Cancer Institute (CA138533)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Cancer Research › Breast Cancer Treatment Studies
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › HER2/EGFR in Cancer Research
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Cancer Treatment and Pharmacology
Keywords
metastatic breast cancer, triple-negative breast cancer, EGFR, siRNA, nanotechnology, combination therapy, predictive biomarkers, prognosis, targeted therapy, gene therapy, immunotherapy, hormone therapy, chemotherapy
MeSH terms
Gefitinib, Animals, Clinical Trials as Topic, Combined Modality Therapy, Female, Humans, Neoplasm Metastasis, Prognosis, Biomarkers, Tumor, Genetic Therapy, RNA, Small Interfering, Triple Negative Breast Neoplasms, ErbB Receptors

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