Breast Cancer Growth Regulator Holds Promise For More Targeted Treatment

Researchers at Yale School of Medicine have discovered the breast cancer growth regulator sEGFR, which may be a useful tool in monitoring a patient’s responsiveness to treatment with the drug letrozole. Published in a recent issue of the American Association of Cancer Researcher’s journal Cancer Research, the study focused on how decreased concentrations of sEGFR can indicate the effectiveness of letrozole.