Advances in Endocrine Resistance and Targeted Therapy of Advanced Hormone Receptor-Positive Breast Cancer
Hormone receptor(HR)-positive breast cancer accounts for approximately 70%of all breast cancer cases.Endocrine therapy benefits the majority of patients,but still,20%to 40%of patients may experience resistance to endocrine treatment,leading to recurrence and progression of the disease.The efficacy of endocrine therapy in advanced HR-positive breast cancer can be influenced by genetic mutation,molecular pathways such as PI3K-AKT-mTOR,abnormal activation of cell cycle signaling,epigenetic modification,and the tumor microenvironment.Since the introduction of mTOR inhibitors represented by everolimus in 2012,there have been significant advancements in the research of endocrine-targeted therapies.The emergence of such drugs as antibody-drug conjugates and cyclin-dependent kinase 4/6 inhibitors has changed the treatment landscape for advanced HR-positive breast cancer patients,significantly improving patients'prognosis.This article reviews the mechanisms of resistance to endocrine therapy in advanced HR-positive breast cancer and the research progress in endocrine-targeted molecular therapies,in the hope of providing new perspectives on the future treatment of advanced HR-positive breast cancer.
breast cancerendocrine therapydrug resistancemolecular targeted therapy