What are the biomarkers/targetted treatments that are closest to coming to the clinic for widespread use for inflammatory breast cancer?

Targetted therapy is the mantra but what are the best targets to hit?- mek or mTor inhibitors?

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naotoueno (Physician - Oncology - Hematology/Oncology (Verified) ) - 10 / 20 / 2011

Widespread use is something that will not happen easily in any research related to cancer. Sorry.

Most of the advancement in cancer research is an increment. Step by step. Further, IBC is under funded so it makes the situation more difficult.

MD Anderson Cancer Center focuses now on targeting EGFR, HDAC, VEGFR, c-Met, HER2, IGFR and etc. There are many targeted therapy trials conducted specially targeting IBC or including IBC.
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