CAMERON D.

It is well established that cancer and its treatment, whether by chemotherapy, radiotherapy, hormone therapy, or surgery, can adversely impact reproductive function in both women and men. The effects of cancer treatment on reproductive function in both sexes may lead to loss of fertility, sexual desire and function, and hormone deficiency,...

Background: Biomarkers for cyclin-dependent kinase 4/6 inhibitors, such as palbociclib, for patients with hormone receptor-positive/HER2-negative metastatic breast cancer are lacking. Thymidine kinase is a proliferation marker downstream of the cyclin-dependent kinase 4/6 pathway. We prospectively investigated the prognostic role of serum...