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Insights into Molecular Classifications of Triple-Negative Breast Cancer: Improving Patient Selection for Treatment

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Garrido-Castro, Ana C., Lin, Nancy U., Polyak, Kornelia·2019·Cancer Discovery

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Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) remains the most challenging breast cancer subtype to treat. To date, therapies directed to specific molecular targets have rarely achieved clinically meaningful improvements in outcomes of patients with TNBC, and chemotherapy remains the standard of care. Here, we seek to review the most recent efforts to classify TNBC based on the comprehensive profiling of tumors for cellular composition and molecular features. Technologic advances allow for tumor characterization at ever-increasing depth, generating data that, if integrated with clinical–pathologic features, may help improve risk stratification of patients, guide treatment decisions and surveillance, and help identify new targets for drug development. Significance: TNBC is characterized by higher rates of relapse, greater metastatic potential, and shorter overall survival compared with other major breast cancer subtypes. The identification of biomarkers that can help guide treatment decisions in TNBC remains a clinically unmet need. Understanding the mechanisms that drive resistance is key to the design of novel therapeutic strategies to help prevent the development of metastatic disease and, ultimately, to improve survival in this patient population.

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Authors
Garrido-Castro, A. C., Lin, N. U., & Polyak, K.
Affiliations
  • Harvard University (US)
  • 1Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts.
Venue
Cancer Discovery
Published
2019-02-01
Volume
9
Issue
2
Pages
176-198
ISSN
  • 2159-8274 (ISSN-L)
  • 2159-8290
OpenAlex
W2911718257
Cited by
1,451
References
159
Citations by year
2026: 180 · 2025: 221 · 2024: 237 · 2023: 242 · 2022: 228 · 2021: 182 · 2020: 121 · 2019: 40
FWCI
13.64
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Cancer Discovery (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
NCI (R35CA197623)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Cancer Research › Breast Cancer Treatment Studies
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pathology and Forensic Medicine › Breast Lesions and Carcinomas
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › BRCA gene mutations in cancer
Keywords
triple-negative breast cancer, molecular classification, tumor profiling, biomarkers, risk stratification, treatment selection, chemotherapy, drug resistance mechanisms, metastasis, patient selection
MeSH terms
Female, Humans, Prognosis, Biomarkers, Tumor, Patient Selection, Gene Expression Profiling, Molecular Targeted Therapy, Triple Negative Breast Neoplasms

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