Triple Negative Breast Cancer

Here is a recent research result of a breast cancer study from B.C. Cancer Agency. The findings were published in the Nature journal, and chart the genetic mutations that occurred in the 3 billion letters of the DNA sequence from an estrogen-receptor-alpha-positive breast tumor. It has been said that this discovery will provide unprecedented understanding about how breast cancer progresses.

The team are now building a genomic map of breast cancer based on 2,000 cancers and are also focusing on sequencing the genomes of so-called “triple negative” breast cancers, which are known to be highly aggressive and for which there are limited treatments than for other types of the disease.

You can access the paper here.

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