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SUBMITTER: Barroso-Sousa R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4720494 | biostudies-literature | 2016
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Barroso-Sousa Romualdo R Silva Danilo D A Fonseca Reis DD Alessi Joao Victor Machado JV Mano Max Senna MS
Ecancermedicalscience 20160107
Luminal breast cancer, as defined by oestrogen and/or progesterone expression by immunohistochemistry, accounts for up to 75% of all breast cancers. In this population, endocrine therapy is likely to account for most of the gains obtained with the administration of adjuvant systemic treatment. The role of adjuvant chemotherapy in these patients remains debatable since it is known that only a small fraction of patients will derive meaningful benefit from this treatment whilst the majority will be ...[more]