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. 2013 Sep 26;4(6):1061-2.
doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2013.09.008.

Using mice to treat (wo)men: mining genetic changes in patient xenografts to attack breast cancer

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Using mice to treat (wo)men: mining genetic changes in patient xenografts to attack breast cancer

Steffi Oesterreich et al. Cell Rep. .
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In this issue of Cell Reports, Li et al. show that the analysis of genetic changes in patient-derived xenografts can reveal crucial details of tumor evolution, such as the emergence of functional estrogen receptor mutations in endocrine-resistant breast cancer.

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