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SUBMITTER: Simoes BM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7299846 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Simões Bruno M BM Santiago-Gómez Angélica A Chiodo Chiara C Moreira Tiago T Conole Daniel D Lovell Scott S Alferez Denis D Eyre Rachel R Spence Katherine K Sarmiento-Castro Aida A Kohler Bertram B Morisset Ludivine L Lanzino Marilena M Andò Sebastiano S Marangoni Elisabetta E Sims Andrew H AH Tate Edward W EW Howell Sacha J SJ Clarke Robert B RB
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Estrogen receptor (ER) positive breast cancer is frequently sensitive to endocrine therapy. Multiple mechanisms of endocrine therapy resistance have been identified, including cancer stem-like cell (CSC) activity. Here we investigate SFX-01, a stabilised formulation of sulforaphane (SFN), for its effects on breast CSC activity in ER+ preclinical models. SFX-01 reduced mammosphere formation efficiency (MFE) of ER+ primary and metastatic patient samples. Both tamoxifen and fulvestrant increased MF ...[more]