Fox Chase Cancer Center News

MBCure Launches Research Consortium With Leading Cancer Institutions

MBCure, a nonprofit focused on metastatic breast cancer (MBC) research, awareness, education, and access efforts, is launching the MBCure Research Consortium with three of the world’s leading cancer institutions: Fox Chase Cancer Center, Penn Medicine’s Abramson Cancer Center, and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK).

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Fox Chase Cancer Center Researcher Helps Finds Key Resistance Mechanism in Breast Cancer That Could Lead to More Effective Treatment

Targeted cancer drugs known as CDK4/6 inhibitors have improved outcomes for patients with advanced or metastatic HR+/HER2- breast cancer, but many patients still eventually relapse and become resistant to therapy. New research co-headed by a Fox Chase Cancer Center scientist helps explain why — and offers three strategies for making treatment more effective.

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