Propranolol: What is BLOCKing Its Clinical Investigation in Breast Cancer?

Blaes, Anne H; Domingo-Musibay, Evidio; Kalinsky, Kevin · Clin Cancer Res · 2020

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Abstract

Presurgical propranolol modulates biomarkers associated with breast cancer progression. β-adrenergic signaling promotes invasion, epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition phenotype, and immune cell infiltration into the tumor microenvironment. Blockade of the β-adrenergic receptor signaling with propranolol, along with potential future combinatorial strategies, holds promise for reducing breast cancer progression and metastasis.<i>See related article by Hiller et al., p. 1803</i>.

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