Current evidences on XPC polymo ...
Published data on the association between three polymorphisms (Lys939Gln, Ala499Val, and PAT±) of Xeroderma Pigmentosum group C (XPC) and breast can ...
Socioeconomic inequalities in a ...
The associations of socioeconomic status (SES) and participation in the breast cancer screening program, as well as consequences for stage of diseas ...
Significant differences among p ...
The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) has published guidelines for hereditary breast and ovarian cancer syndrome (HBOCS) management. Litt ...
Trends in improving survival in ...
In this issue of the Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, there is the encouraging report from van den Hurk et al. [1] that the 5 year overall surv ...
Image-guided sampling reveals i ...
Mammographic density (MD) adjusted for age and body mass index (BMI) is a strong heritable breast cancer risk factor; however, its biological basis ...
Differential expression of prog ...
The aim of this study was to compare tumor expression of prognostic biomarkers between interval breast cancers and screen-detected breast cancers ov ...
Unfavourable pattern of metasta ...
Little is known about time trends in metastases in the patients treated in routine health care facilities without metastases at diagnosis (M0) and a ...
Improved survival of patients w ...
In this study, changes in prognosis for more than 8,000 patients with primary distant metastatic breast cancer were analyzed, using nation-wide data ...
Lack of association between XPG ...
The xeroderma pigmentosum group G (XPG or ERCC5) and group F (XPF or ERCC4) play an important role in DNA repair, and produce dual incision 30 and 5 ...
Sentinel node micrometastases i ...
Sentinel node biopsy (SNB) for axillary staging in breast cancer allows the application of more extensive pathologic examination techniques. Microme ...
Evidence for biological effects ...
Metformin may reduce the incidence of breast cancer and enhance response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy in diabetic women. This trial examined the effe ...
Breast cancer as heterogeneous ...
The observed bimodal patterns of breast cancer incidence in the U.S. suggested that breast cancer may be viewed as more than one biological entity. ...
Effects on survival of menstrua ...
Adjuvant surgical oophorectomy is an effective and remarkably cost effective treatment for premenopausal women with hormone receptor positive operab ...
PD-1 polymorphisms are associat ...
The programmed death-1 (PD-1) is a potent immunoregulatory molecule which is responsible for the negative regulation of T-cell activation and periph ...
Prognostic utility of b-tubulin ...
We evaluated the prognostic and predictive utility of b-tubulin isotype III (TUBB3) tumour gene transcription in early breast cancer patients enroll ...
Effects of toremifene and anast ...
The potential long-term adverse effects on quality of life have to be considered when selecting agents for adjuvant hormonal treatment for postmenop ...
Significant changes in dietary ...
The diagnosis of cancer can motivate survivors to alter their lifestyle habits. Healthcare providers need to be aware of what changes patients are l ...
The prognoses of metaplastic br ...
Metaplastic breast carcinoma (MBC) is a rare, heterogeneous breast cancer characterized by admixture of adenocarcinoma with metaplastic elements, lo ...
The association between IGF1 CA ...
IGF-I CA repeat polymorphisms have been reported to influence the risk for breast cancer in many studies; however, the results still remains controv ...
The effect of various vitamin D ...
Vitamin D deficiency in the patients treated for breast cancer is associated with numerous adverse effects (bone loss, arthralgia, and falls). The f ...
A novel approach using telomera ...
The aim of this study was to develop a new method for detecting circulating tumor cells (CTCs) in breast cancer patients by using the telomerase-spe ...
Discriminatory accuracy and pot ...
Several single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) are associated with an increased risk of breast cancer. The clinical utility of genotyping individual ...
Current evidence on the relatio ...
Rare alleles at the HRAS1 variable number of tandem repeats (VNTRs) locus have been implicated in breast cancer risk. Although many studies have sho ...
Effect of adding gefitinib to n ...
Gefitinib, an epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor, has shown both anti-proliferative and anti-tumoral activity in breast canc ...
Relative contributions of BRCA1 ...
Approximately 10% of Ashkenazi Jewish (AJ) women with breast cancer (BC) carry a founder mutation in BRCA1 or BRCA2. There is an association between ...