Allison W. Kurian, M.D., M.Sc.
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Occurrence of breast cancer subtypes in adolescent and young adult women.
Breast Cancer Res. 2012; (2): R55
Breast cancers are increasingly recognized as heterogeneous based on expression of receptors for estrogen (ER), progesterone (PR), and human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2). Triple-negative tumors (ER-/PR-/HER2-) have been reported to be more common among younger women, but occurrence of the spectrum of breast cancer subtypes in adolescent and young adult (AYA) women aged between 15 and 39 years is otherwise poorly understood.

