Cell
Volume 144, Issue 5, 4 March 2011, Pages 638-640
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Uncovering a Tumor Suppressor for Triple-Negative Breast Cancers

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“Triple-negative” breast cancers are aggressive malignancies that respond poorly to treatments. Now Sun et al. (2011) find that the activity of the protein tyrosine phosphatase PTPN12 is lost in a large percentage of this breast cancer subtype, offering molecular drivers and possible therapeutic targets for this heterogeneous and intractable cancer.

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