Association of the germline TP5 ...
The tumor suppressor gene TP53 and its regulator MDM2 are both important players in the DNA-damage repair ‘‘TP53 response pathway’’. Common germline ...
Routine pathologic parameters c ...
OncotypeDXTM is an RT-PCR-based assay used to predict chemotherapy benefit in patients with estrogen receptor (ER) positive breast cancers. We were ...
Lack of any association between ...
Active metabolites of tamoxifen are formed mainly by the action of cytochrome P450 2D6 (CYP2D6). Since there are controversies regarding association ...
Can we avoid axillary dissectio ...
There is considerable interest in foregoing axillary dissection (AD) when the sentinel node (SN) is positive in early breast cancer, particularly wh ...
Genomic profiling of mitochondr ...
Oncocytic carcinomas are composed of mitochondrion- rich cells. Though recognised by the WHO classification as a histological special type of breast ...
A HRM-based screening method de ...
The RAD51C gene has been recently proposed as a high-penetrance breast and ovarian cancer gene. However, early replication studies have failed to co ...
Associations of objectively ass ...
Physical activity reduces the risk of postmenopausal breast cancer through multiple inter-related biologic mechanisms; sedentary time may contribute ...
Does the effect of weight lifti ...
The lymphedema diagnostic method used in descriptive or intervention studies may influence results found. The purposes of this work were to compare ...
Gene expression profiling assig ...
CHEK2 1100delC is a moderate-risk cancer susceptibility allele that confers a high breast cancer risk in a polygenic setting. Gene expression profil ...
MiR-28 regulates Nrf2 expressio ...
NF-E2-related factor 2 (Nrf2) is an important transcription factor involved in antioxidant response. Nrf2 binds antioxidant response elements (ARE) ...
A diagnostic gene profile for m ...
Classification of breast cancer into molecular subtypes maybe important for the proper selection of therapy, as tumors with seemingly similar histop ...
Responsiveness of adjacent duct ...
Adjacent ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) is found in approximately 45%of invasive ductal carcinomas (IDC) of the breast. Pure DCIS overexpresses HER ...
Mortality following bone metast ...
The aim of the study is to quantify the impact of bone metastasis and skeletal-related events (SREs) on mortality in older breast cancer patients. U ...
Detection of circulating tumor ...
We read with great interest a recent article entitled ‘‘The prognostic role of circulating tumor cells (CTCs) detected by RT-PCR in breast cancer: a ...
NQO1 expression correlates inve ...
NQO1 participates in cellular defense against oxidative stress and regulates apoptosis via p53- and NFjB-mediated pathways. We have previously found ...
Serum CD44 levels and overall s ...
CD44 is an adhesion molecule involved in tumor cell invasion and metastasis. The function of CD44 in breast cancer is not understood completely, or ...
Reproductive factors and histol ...
Evidence suggests that certain reproductive factors are more strongly associated with the incidence of lobular than of ductal breast cancer. The mec ...
Targeted and intracellular trig ...
Limiting tumor invasion to the surrounding healthy tissues has proven to be clinically relevant for anticancer treatment options. We have demonstrat ...
Outcome of triple-negative brea ...
More than 75% of breast cancers that develop in BRCA1 mutation carriers are triple-negative breast cancers (TNBC). The aim of this study was to comp ...
Genomic analysis identifies uni ...
The ability to predict metastatic potential could be of great clinical importance, however, it is uncertain if predicting metastasis to specific vit ...
SerpinB3, a new prognostic tool ...
It is unclear which patients with breast cancer benefit from anthracycline-based neoadjuvant chemotherapy and whether taxanes increase survival. Hsp ...
Birth weight and other prenatal ...
Little is known about the role of birth weight and other prenatal factors in the etiology of breast cancer in Asian-Americans. We investigated the r ...
Sentinel lymph node biopsy comp ...
Sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) has been recommended as the standard performance for negative sentinel lymph node (SLN) patients without axillary ...
Pathological complete response ...
Sequential doxorubicin/paclitaxel (AT) followed by CMF treatment was shown to be an active neoadjuvant chemotherapy regimen in the first European C ...
Characterization of BRCA1 and B ...
Mutations in BRCA1 and BRCA2 predispose carriers to early onset breast and ovarian cancer. A common problem in clinical genetic testing is interpret ...