Cynthia X. Ma, MD, PhD | Authors

December 15, 2013

This article aims to provide an overview of The Cancer Genome Atlas findings, with a particular focus on their potential biological relevance and therapeutic implications.

August 10, 2012

It is time to develop more active treatments in the early-disease setting that actually eradicate ER-positive breast cancer before new mutations and secondary resistance have a chance to develop. In this regard, standard chemotherapy is not the answer.

October 12, 2011

Poly(adenosine diphosphate [ADP]–ribose) polymerase (PARP) inhibitors are designed to exploit the “synthetic lethality” concept for cancer therapy.

February 15, 2009

This article reviews ongoing progress in the effort to identify predictors of endocrine therapy responsiveness for breast cancer and discusses the value of “pre-treatment” vs “on-treatment” tumor profiling for predicting outcomes.