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How is estrogen-receptor-positive breast cancer treated?

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How is estrogen-receptor-positive breast cancer treated?

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About 70% of all newly diagnosed breast cancers are estrogen-receptor positive. Oncology professor Robert Clarke, PhD, DSc, describes the research on this type of breast cancer and the response of tumors to drugs.

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