Breast cancers become resistant to tamoxifen when:
A. they start overexpressing estrogen receptor
B. progesterone receptors are induced
C. their growth becomes estrogen independent
D. they start expressing BRCA1
E. the enzyme that activates tamoxifen is lost
Ans: C. their growth becomes estrogen independent
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