Male breast cancer (MBC) is rare and largely hormonally driven. Here, the authors examine the action of steroid hormone receptors in male and female breast cancers and find gender selective hormone receptor action that associates with the survival of MBC patients.

doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-02856-2, hdl.handle.net/1765/104685
Nature Communications
Department of Medical Oncology

Severson, T., Kim, Y. (Yongsoo), Joosten, S.E.P. (Stacey E. P.), Schuurman, K., van der Groep, P., Moelans, C., … Zwart, W. (2018). Characterizing steroid hormone receptor chromatin binding landscapes in male and female breast cancer. Nature Communications, 9(1). doi:10.1038/s41467-018-02856-2