Why So Many Breast Cancers Resist Estrogen Deprivation Therapy (1 of 2) (IMAGE)

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Why So Many Breast Cancers Resist Estrogen Deprivation Therapy (1 of 2)

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Breast cancer cells with extra copies of the FGFR1 gene (visualized as yellow glowing regions inside blue-stained DNA) resist treatment with estrogen therapy.

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Melinda Sanders, MD, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

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