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ReviewBreast cancer (Dove Medical Press)2026

Emerging Targeted and Multimodal Therapeutic Strategies in Breast Cancer: A Comprehensive Review.

Wenning Wu, Yufeng He, Chunxiang Zhang

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Review in Breast cancer (Dove Medical Press), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Wenning Wu *Department of Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, Sichuan, 646000, People's Republic of China.
Yufeng He *Department of Cardiology, The Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, Sichuan, 646000, People's Republic of China.
Chunxiang ZhangDepartment of Cardiology, The Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, Sichuan, 646000, People's Republic of China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Breast cancer treatment has advanced substantially with the development of targeted and multimodal strategies, yet tumor heterogeneity and therapeutic resistance continue to limit long-term outcomes. This review provides a concise and critical overview of established and emerging targeted therapies, with emphasis on resistance mechanisms, innovations in drug delivery, and integrative therapeutic approaches. Established modalities, including endocrine therapy, HER2-directed antibody and antibody-drug conjugate therapies, and chemotherapy, are summarized alongside key subtype-specific challenges. Emerging targets such as PARP, CDK4/6, WBP2, and Trop2, as well as metabolic and tumor-microenvironment-oriented strategies, are evaluated for their potential to overcome resistance. Advances in immunotherapy, including checkpoint inhibitors, bispecific antibodies, and CAR-T cell therapies, are examined with attention to mechanistic rationale and limitations across breast cancer subtypes. Progress in nanotechnology-based delivery systems, exosome-mediated transport, and multimodal predictive frameworks, including miRNA regulatory networks, is further assessed for its relevance to personalized treatment. Overall, this review synthesizes current molecular insights and therapeutic innovations to inform the development of more effective and durable targeted treatments for breast cancer.

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breast cancerdrug resistancenanomedicinetargeted therapytumor microenvironment

Identifiers

PMID41858526
PMCPMC12997124

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