Par(-4)oxysm in Breast Cancer

Tripti Shrestha-Bhattarai, Nikhil Hebbar, Vivek M. Rangnekar

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Abstract

Women suffering from breast cancer often succumb to incurable recurrent disease resulting from therapy-resistant cancer cells. In this issue of Cancer Cell, Alvarez and colleagues identify downregulation of the tumor suppressor Par-4 as the key determinant in apoptosis evasion, which leads to tumor recurrence in breast cancer.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3-5
Number of pages3
JournalCancer Cell
Volume24
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 8 2013

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
This work was supported by a KLCR grant and NIH/NCI grant CA060872 (to V.M.R.).

Funding

This work was supported by a KLCR grant and NIH/NCI grant CA060872 (to V.M.R.).

FundersFunder number
KLCR
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
National Childhood Cancer Registry – National Cancer InstituteR01CA060872

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Oncology
    • Cancer Research

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