Review Article

Flavonoids Targeting the mTOR Signaling Cascades in Cancer: A Potential Crosstalk in Anti-Breast Cancer Therapy

Table 1

mTOR inhibitors used in clinical trials for the management of different breast cancers.

Drugs/compoundsStudy designNature of breast cancerReferences

Fulvestrant+everolimusPhase II clinical trialsPositive breast cancer (estrogen receptor)[31]
EverolimusRetrospectiveMetastatic breast cancer[32]
Exemestane+everolimusPhase III (randomized trial)Advanced breast cancer (hormone-receptor-positive)[33]
TemsirolimusPhase IIMetastatic breast cancer[34]
Tamoxifen+everolimusPhase II (randomized trial)Metastatic breast cancer[35]
Tamoxifen+sirolimusPhase I and phase IIHER2-negative breast cancer and hormone receptor-positive[36]
Plustrastuzumab+vinorelbine+everolimusPhase IIIHER2-positive breast cancer[37]
Trastuzumab+ridaforolimusPhase IIbTrastuzumab-refractory metastatic breast cancer (human epidermal growth factor receptor 2–positive)[38]
Paclitaxel+trastuzumab+everolimusPhase IIAdvanced breast cancer (HER-2 positive)[39]
Letrozole+temsirolimusPhase III randomizedMetastatic breast cancer (hormone receptor-positive)[40]