Clinical trial update: National Cancer Institute of Canada.

abstract：:Various methods are available for the measurement of proliferation rates in tumours, including mitotic counts, estimation of the fraction of cells in S-phase of the cell cycle and immunohistochemistry of proliferation-associated antigens. The evidence, advantages and disadvantages for each of these methods along with ...

journal_title：Breast cancer research : BCR

authors： Beresford MJ,Wilson GD,Makris A

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Breast cancer researchers use cell lines to model myriad phenomena ranging from DNA repair to cancer stem cell phenotypes. Though appropriate, and even requisite, for many studies, the suitability of cell lines as tumour models has come into question owing to possibilities of tissue culture artefacts and c...

journal_title：Breast cancer research : BCR

authors： Vincent KM,Findlay SD,Postovit LM

更新日期：2015-08-20 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Mutations in BRCA1 and BRCA2 confer a high risk of breast cancer (BC), but the magnitude of this risk seems to vary according to the study and various factors. Although controversial, there are data to support the hypothesis of allelic risk heterogeneity. METHODS:We assessed variation in BC risk according...

journal_title：Breast cancer research : BCR

authors： Lecarpentier J,Noguès C,Mouret-Fourme E,Gauthier-Villars M,Lasset C,Fricker JP,Caron O,Stoppa-Lyonnet D,Berthet P,Faivre L,Bonadona V,Buecher B,Coupier I,Gladieff L,Gesta P,Eisinger F,Frénay M,Luporsi E,Lortholary A,

更新日期：2012-07-03 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The chromodomain helicase DNA binding protein 5 (CHD5) has recently been identified as a tumor suppressor in a mouse model. The CHD5 locus at 1p36 is deleted, and its mutation has been detected in breast cancer. We, therefore, evaluated whether CHD5 plays a role in human breast cancer. METHODS:We screened...

journal_title：Breast cancer research : BCR

authors： Wu X,Zhu Z,Li W,Fu X,Su D,Fu L,Zhang Z,Luo A,Sun X,Fu L,Dong JT

更新日期：2012-05-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the stroma in which carcinomas arise has been previously regarded as a bystander to the clonal expansion and acquisition of malignant characteristics of tumor cells, it is now generally acknowledged that stromal changes are required for the establishment of cancer. In the present article, we discuss three rec...

journal_title：Breast cancer research : BCR

authors： Barcellos-Hoff MH,Medina D

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Treatment with estrogen and progesterone (E+P) mimics the protective effect of parity on mammary tumors in rodents and depends upon the activity of p53. The following experiments tested whether exogenous E+P primes p53 to be more responsive to DNA damage and whether these pathways confer resistance to mamm...

journal_title：Breast cancer research : BCR

authors： Dunphy KA,Blackburn AC,Yan H,O'Connell LR,Jerry DJ

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Surgery is currently the definitive treatment for early-stage breast cancer. However, the rate of positive surgical margins remains unacceptably high. The human sodium iodide symporter (hNIS) is a naturally occurring protein in human thyroid tissue, which enables cells to concentrate radionuclides. The hNI...

journal_title：Breast cancer research : BCR

authors： Gholami S,Chen CH,Belin LJ,Lou E,Fujisawa S,Antonacci C,Carew A,Chen NG,De Brot M,Zanzonico PB,Szalay AA,Fong Y

更新日期：2013-03-18 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:We sought to review the available evidence regarding the effect of psychosocial factors on the survival of breast cancer patients. METHODS:We systematically searched the PubMed and PsycINFO databases to identify relevant studies. RESULTS:We identified 31 studies examining the association of various psych...

journal_title：Breast cancer research : BCR

authors： Falagas ME,Zarkadoulia EA,Ioannidou EN,Peppas G,Christodoulou C,Rafailidis PI

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:In 2001, data from the California Cancer Registry suggested that breast cancer incidence rates among non-Hispanic white (nHW) women in Marin County, California, had increased almost 60% between 1991 and 1999. This analysis examines the extent to which these and other breast cancer incidence trends could ha...

journal_title：Breast cancer research : BCR

authors： Phipps AI,Clarke CA,Ereman RR

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Despite advances in early detection and adjuvant targeted therapies, breast cancer is still the second most common cause of cancer mortality among women. Tumor recurrence is one of the major contributors to breast cancer mortality. However, the mechanisms underlying this process are not completely understo...

journal_title：Breast cancer research : BCR

authors： Holdman XB,Welte T,Rajapakshe K,Pond A,Coarfa C,Mo Q,Huang S,Hilsenbeck SG,Edwards DP,Zhang X,Rosen JM

更新日期：2015-11-18 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Cellular senescence is a terminal cell proliferation arrest that can be triggered by oncogenes. One of the traits of oncogene-induced senescence (OIS) is the so-called senescence-associated secretory phenotype or senescence secretome. Depending on the context, the non-cell autonomous effects of OIS may var...

journal_title：Breast cancer research : BCR

authors： Morancho B,Martínez-Barriocanal Á,Villanueva J,Arribas J

更新日期：2015-08-12 00:00:00

abstract：:PIK3CA mutations represent one of the most common genetic aberrations in breast cancer. They have been reported to be present in over one-third of cases, with enrichment in the luminal and in human epidermal growth factor receptor 2-positive subtypes. Substantial preclinical data on the oncogenic properties of these m...

journal_title：Breast cancer research : BCR

authors： Zardavas D,Phillips WA,Loi S

更新日期：2014-01-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Progesterone receptor status is a marker for hormone responsiveness and disease prognosis in breast cancer. Progesterone receptor negative tumours have generally been shown to have a poorer prognosis than progesterone receptor positive tumours. The observed loss of progesterone receptor could be through a range of mec...

journal_title：Breast cancer research : BCR

authors： Cork DM,Lennard TW,Tyson-Capper AJ

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Breast adipocytes play important roles in both the development and function of mammary epithelial cells. Therefore, carcinoma-adipose stromal cell (ASC) interactions have been considered pivotal in supporting tumor growth in breast cancer. In addition, it has been demonstrated that the biological features of...

journal_title：Breast cancer research : BCR

authors： Sakurai M,Miki Y,Takagi K,Suzuki T,Ishida T,Ohuchi N,Sasano H

更新日期：2017-06-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Targeting the function of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) has failed as an effective clinical option for breast cancer. Understanding the drivers of inherent resistance has been a challenge. One possible mechanism is the acquisition of stem-like properties through the process of epithelial-mesenchymal transiti...

journal_title：Breast cancer research : BCR

authors： Brown WS,Wendt MK

更新日期：2014-09-23 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Involution of the mammary gland is a complex process of controlled apoptosis and tissue remodelling. The aim of the project was to identify genes that are specifically involved in this process. METHODS:We used Affymetrix oligonucleotide microarrays to perform a detailed transcript analysis on the mechanis...

journal_title：Breast cancer research : BCR

authors： Stein T,Morris JS,Davies CR,Weber-Hall SJ,Duffy MA,Heath VJ,Bell AK,Ferrier RK,Sandilands GP,Gusterson BA

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Menopausal hormone therapy has been reported to increase the risk of certain subtypes of breast cancer and to be associated with a favorable survival. These associations could either be due to an increased mammographic surveillance or to a biological effect. We assessed these associations in a Swedish coho...

journal_title：Breast cancer research : BCR

authors： Rosenberg LU,Granath F,Dickman PW,Einarsdóttir K,Wedrén S,Persson I,Hall P

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The oncogenic receptor tyrosine kinase (RTK) ERBB2 is known to dimerize with other EGFR family members, particularly ERBB3, through which it potently activates PI3K signalling. Antibody-mediated inhibition of this ERBB2/ERBB3/PI3K axis has been a cornerstone of treatment for ERBB2-amplified breast cancer pat...

journal_title：Breast cancer research : BCR

authors： Kennedy SP,Han JZR,Portman N,Nobis M,Hastings JF,Murphy KJ,Latham SL,Cadell AL,Miladinovic D,Marriott GR,O'Donnell YEI,Shearer RF,Williams JT,Munoz AG,Cox TR,Watkins DN,Saunders DN,Timpson P,Lim E,Kolch W,Croucher

更新日期：2019-03-21 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:We present a fully automated method for deriving quantitative measures of background parenchymal enhancement (BPE) from breast dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (DCE-MRI) and perform a preliminary evaluation of these measures to assess the effect of risk-reducing salpingo-oophorectomy (R...

journal_title：Breast cancer research : BCR

authors： Wu S,Weinstein SP,DeLeo MJ 3rd,Conant EF,Chen J,Domchek SM,Kontos D

更新日期：2015-05-19 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Homologous recombination (HR) DNA repair is of clinical relevance in breast cancer. Three DNA-based homologous recombination deficiency (HRD) scores (HRD-loss of heterozygosity score (LOH), HRD-telomeric allelic imbalance score (TAI), and HRD-large-scale state transition score (LST)) have been developed th...

journal_title：Breast cancer research : BCR

authors： Timms KM,Abkevich V,Hughes E,Neff C,Reid J,Morris B,Kalva S,Potter J,Tran TV,Chen J,Iliev D,Sangale Z,Tikishvili E,Perry M,Zharkikh A,Gutin A,Lanchbury JS

更新日期：2014-12-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the past 8 years there has been a wealth of breast cancer gene expression studies. The majority of these studies have focused upon characterising a tumour at presentation, before treatment, rather than looking at the effects of treatment on the tumour. More recently, a number of groups have moved from predicting ...

journal_title：Breast cancer research : BCR

authors： Sims AH,Bartlett JM

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The concept of 'targeted' therapies implies that such drugs only act on cells that specifically express the particular target, therefore giving rise to a low incidence of side effects. However, targeted therapies currently approved for the treatment of breast cancer have demonstrated a relatively high incidence of car...

journal_title：Breast cancer research : BCR

authors： Criscitiello C,Metzger-Filho O,Saini KS,de Castro G Jr,Diaz M,La Gerche A,de Azambuja E,Piccart-Gebhart MJ

更新日期：2012-06-19 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Studies have identified multi-potent stem cells in the adult mammary gland. More recent studies have suggested that the embryonic mammary gland may also contain stem/progenitor cells that contribute to initial ductal development. We were interested in determining whether embryonic cells might also directly...

journal_title：Breast cancer research : BCR

authors： Boras-Granic K,Dann P,Wysolmerski JJ

更新日期：2014-12-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Breast cancer risk is continuing to increase across all societies with rates in countries with traditionally lower risks catching up with the higher rates in the Western world. Although cure rates from breast cancer have continued to improve such that absolute numbers of breast cancer deaths have dropped in many count...

journal_title：Breast cancer research : BCR

authors： Evans DG,Howell A

更新日期：2015-07-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The global observational BREAKOUT study investigated germline BRCA mutation (gBRCAm) prevalence in a population of patients with human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-negative metastatic breast cancer (MBC). METHODS:Eligible patients had initiated first-line cytotoxic chemotherapy for HER2-negativ...

journal_title：Breast cancer research : BCR

authors： O'Shaughnessy J,Brezden-Masley C,Cazzaniga M,Dalvi T,Walker G,Bennett J,Ohsumi S

更新日期：2020-10-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:CRIPTO is a multi-functional signaling protein that promotes stemness and oncogenesis. We previously developed a CRIPTO antagonist, ALK4L75A-Fc, and showed that it causes loss of the stem cell phenotype in normal mammary epithelia suggesting it may similarly inhibit CRIPTO-dependent plasticity in breast canc...

journal_title：Breast cancer research : BCR

authors： Balcioglu O,Heinz RE,Freeman DW,Gates BL,Hagos BM,Booker E,Mirzaei Mehrabad E,Diesen HT,Bhakta K,Ranganathan S,Kachi M,Leblanc M,Gray PC,Spike BT

更新日期：2020-11-13 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC), a subtype of breast cancer with negative expressions of estrogen receptor, progesterone receptor, and human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2), is frequently diagnosed in younger women and has poor prognosis for disease-free and overall survival. Due to the lack...

journal_title：Breast cancer research : BCR

authors： Chen YJ,Yeh MH,Yu MC,Wei YL,Chen WS,Chen JY,Shih CY,Tu CY,Chen CH,Hsia TC,Chien PH,Liu SH,Yu YL,Huang WC

更新日期：2013-11-12 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Reliable predictive and prognostic markers for routine diagnostic purposes are needed for breast cancer patients treated with neoadjuvant chemotherapy. We evaluated protein biomarkers in a cohort of 116 participants of the GeparDuo study on anthracycline/taxane-based neoadjuvant chemotherapy for operable b...

journal_title：Breast cancer research : BCR

authors： Darb-Esfahani S,Loibl S,Müller BM,Roller M,Denkert C,Komor M,Schlüns K,Blohmer JU,Budczies J,Gerber B,Noske A,du Bois A,Weichert W,Jackisch C,Dietel M,Richter K,Kaufmann M,von Minckwitz G

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Breast cancers frequently metastasise to the skeleton where they cause osteolytic bone destruction by stimulating osteoclasts to resorb bone and by preventing osteoblasts from producing new bone. The Runt-related transcription factor 2, Runx2, is an important determinant of bone metastasis in breast cancer...

journal_title：Breast cancer research : BCR

authors： Mendoza-Villanueva D,Zeef L,Shore P

更新日期：2011-10-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Adjuvant hormonal therapy for postmenopausal women with early stage breast cancer has become far more complex over the past several years. This commentary reviews the current status of the five major trials evaluating the use of the aromatase inhibitors in the adjuvant setting. The data currently available suggest tha...

journal_title：Breast cancer research : BCR

authors： Ligibel JA,Winer EP

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00