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triple negative breast cancer
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Anti-oestrogen provides novel strategy to boost checkpoint inhibitors
Adding anti-oestrogen therapy improves response to combined chemotherapy and immune checkpoint inhibition in tumours that do not express oestrogen receptors. The Japanese study, published in British Journal of Cancer, provides a new rationale for introducing therapies blocking oestrogen signalling to…
Antimicrobial exposure linked to poorer survival in triple negative breast cancer
Each additional total or unique monthly antimicrobial prescription is associated with inferior overall and breast-cancer-specific survival in women with triple negative breast cancer (TNBC). The study published in Nature Communications, 12 April 2023, found that the association was directly related…