EGFR and HER2 signaling in breast cancer brain metastasis

Breast cancer occurs in approximately 1 in 8 women and 1 in 37 women with breast cancer succumbed to the disease. Over the past decades, new diagnostic tools and treatments have substantially improved the prognosis of women with local diseases. However, women with metastatic disease still have a dismal prognosis without effective treatments. Among different molecular subtypes of breast cancer, the HER2-enriched and basal-like subtypes typically have higher rates of metastasis to the brain. Basal-like metastatic breast tumors frequently express EGFR. Consequently, HER2- and EGFR-targeted therapies are being used in the clinic and/or evaluated in clinical trials for treating breast cancer patients with brain metastases. In this review, we will first provide an overview of the HER2 and EGFR signaling pathways. The roles that EGFR and HER2 play in breast cancer metastasis to the brain will then be discussed. Finally, we will summarize the preclinical and clinical effects of EGFR- and HER2-targeted therapies on breast cancer metastasis.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2016

Erschienen:

2016

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:8

Enthalten in:

Frontiers in bioscience (Elite edition) - 8(2016), 2 vom: 01. Jan., Seite 245-63

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Sirkisoon, Sherona R [VerfasserIn]
Carpenter, Richard L [VerfasserIn]
Rimkus, Tadas [VerfasserIn]
Miller, Lance [VerfasserIn]
Metheny-Barlow, Linda [VerfasserIn]
Lo, Hui-Wen [VerfasserIn]

Themen:

EC 2.7.10.1
ERBB2 protein, human
ErbB Receptors
Journal Article
Receptor, ErbB-2

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 26.09.2016

Date Revised 31.03.2022

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM255948735