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New insights into the role of androgen and oestrogen receptors in molecular apocrine breast tumours
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Correspondence: Richard D Iggo richard.iggo@me.com
INSERM U916, Bergonie Cancer Institute, University of Bordeaux, 229 cours de l'Argonne, 33076 Bordeaux, France
Breast Cancer Research 2011, 13:318 doi:10.1186/bcr3036
Published: 8 December 2011Abstract
Two recent studies on a rare androgen-dependent form of breast cancer have shed light on the biology of luminal tumours and reinforced the view that interfering with androgen signalling may have a place in the therapy of some forms of breast cancer.