What is triple negative breast cancer?

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1. Jennifer
   

    "Your pathology test result may conclude that the breast cancerous cells checked negative for estrogen receptors (ER-), progesterone receptors (PR-), and HER2 (HER2-). Testing negative for all three entails that the cancer infection is triple-negative.
   
   These negative test results signify that the development of the cancer infection is not sustained by the hormones estrogen and progesterone, neither by the occurrence of numerous HER2 receptors. That why, triple-negative breast cancer infection does not respond to hormonal therapy (such as tamoxifen or aromatase inhibitors) or treatments that emphasize HER2 receptors, for example Herceptin. Therefore, other medicines can be utilized for the treatment of triple-negative breast cancer.
   
   About 10-20% of breast cancers i.e. more than one out of every 10, are discovered to be triple-negative. For surgeons and medical professionals, there is a strong concern in searching latest medications that can heal this kind of breast cancer. Early investigations are seeking to find out if certain medications can hinder with the methods that cause triple-negative breast cancerous infection to grow. "

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