Everyone has heard of the importance of estrogen and progesterone receptors in breast cancer–but how many of you have heard of the possible role of androgen receptors (AR) in breast cancer?
I have a particular interest in this subject as we published an article several years ago that found AR positivity in 49% of estrogen receptor [...]

Question: My daughter was diagnosed w/trip neg breast cancer two years ago…She was 58, Caucasian, postmenapausal, no family history, on statins and an anti-depressant…Her only known risk factor was being extremely overweight (200+lb)…She had a lumpectomy…Her tumor was large but nodes were clear…she was treated with max chemo and radiation…her case is singular compared to [...]

Question: What does triple negative mean regarding breast cancer? My doctor told me that all of the special studies the lab performed on my tumor were negative and that means it can be a more aggressive type of cancer.