Breast cancer

Disease · 3 studies in the Atlas

Hormone-receptor-positive advanced breast cancer becomes resistant to endocrine therapy partly by activating mTOR; adding the rapalog everolimus re-sensitizes it (BOLERO-2).

Evidence at a glance

TierWhat it meansStudies
BDirect human evidence2
CAnimal in vivo1

Studies

StudyYearTierFinding
MAR20262026BEverolimus added to endocrine therapy provided modest but statistically significant PFS benefit (5.0 vs 4.3 months; HR 0.68) in ER+/HER2- advanced breast cancer post-CDK4/6 inhibitor progression, with
BAS20122012BA phase 3 RCT (n=724) proving mTOR matters in a common cancer. When hormone-therapy stops working in breast cancer, it's partly because mTOR switches on. Adding everolimus more than doubled progressio
MEN20232023CRMC-6272, a bi-steric molecule with >25-fold selectivity for mTORC1 over mTORC2, completely suppresses mTORC1 (hitting the rapamycin-resistant substrate 4E-BP1) and overcomes hormone- and CDK4/6-inhib

Related entities

mTORC1 3Everolimus 2mTORC2 14E-BP1 1

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