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CC BY 4.0 · Glob Med Genet 2023; 10(02): 079-086
DOI: 10.1055/s-0043-57247
Review Article

Role of Molecular Targeted Therapeutic Drugs in Treatment of Breast Cancer: A Review Article

Himanshu Singh
1   Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology and Oral Microbiology, Index Institute of Dental Sciences, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India
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Abstract

Breast cancer is a multifactor, multistage, and heterogeneous disease. Systemic treatment of breast cancer has changed significantly over the last decade. With a better knowledge of the pathogenesis, researchers and scientists have discovered numerous signaling pathways and synonymous therapeutic targets in breast cancer. Because of the molecular nature of breast cancer, which makes it difficult to understand, previous attempts to treat or prevent it have failed. However, recent decades have provided effective therapeutic targets for treatment. In this review, literature or information on various targeted therapy for breast cancer is discussed. English language articles were explored in numerous directory or databases like PubMed, Web of Sciences, Google Scholar, ScienceDirect, and Scopus. The important keywords used for searching databases are “Breast cancer,” “Targeted therapy in breast cancer,” “Therapeutic drugs in breast cancer,” and “Molecular targets in breast cancer.”



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Article published online:
23 May 2023

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