Exploiting off-target effects of estrogen deprivation to sensitize estrogen receptor negative breast cancer to immune killing

Together, these findings demonstrate a novel effect of ER targeting drugs on the interaction of ER+ and, surprisingly, ER- tumors cells with the immune system. This study is the first to demonstrate the potential use of ER targeting drugs as immunomodulatory agents in an ER agnostic manner and may inform novel immunotherapy strategies in breast cancer.