Dual-colour CISH is a reliable alternative to FISH for assessment of topoisomerase 2-alpha amplification in breast carcinomas.

abstract：BACKGROUND:There has been growing interest in providing clinical trial participants with study results yet only limited information exists regarding the process and impact of sharing results. We sought to evaluate patient perceptions of how results had been shared from a large randomized cooperative group trial, and th...

journal_title：Breast cancer research and treatment

authors： Partridge AH,Wolff AC,Marcom PK,Kaufman PA,Zhang L,Gelman R,Moore C,Lake D,Fleming GF,Rugo HS,Atkins J,Sampson E,Collyar D,Winer EP

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Z0011 trial initiated a paradigm shift in the axillary treatment of breast cancer patients with a positive sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB), disregarding patients with a positive ultrasound-guided lymph node biopsy (UGLNB). We examined whether relevant differences exist between these patients to determi...

journal_title：Breast cancer research and treatment

authors： Verheuvel NC,Voogd AC,Tjan-Heijnen VCG,Siesling S,Roumen RMH

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MicroRNAs play a role in breast cancer development and progression by post-transcriptional repression of the expression of important genes, such as the tumor suppressor gene phosphatase and tensin homolog (PTEN). The focus of the current study was to examine the diagnostic potential of circulating cell-free microRNAs ...

journal_title：Breast cancer research and treatment

authors： Schwarzenbach H,Milde-Langosch K,Steinbach B,Müller V,Pantel K

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The article Reducing chemotherapy use in clinically high-risk, genomically low-risk pN0 and pN1 early breast cancer patients: five-year data from the prospective, randomised phase 3 West German Study Group (WSG) PlanB trial, written by Ulrike Nitz, Oleg Gluz, Matthias Christgen, Ronald E. Kates, Michael Clemens, Wolfr...

journal_title：Breast cancer research and treatment

authors： Nitz U,Gluz O,Christgen M,Kates RE,Clemens M,Malter W,Nuding B,Aktas B,Kuemmel S,Reimer T,Stefek A,Lorenz-Salehi F,Krabisch P,Just M,Augustin D,Liedtke C,Chao C,Shak S,Wuerstlein R,Kreipe HH,Harbeck N

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Primary chemotherapy is commonly used in patients with breast cancer to downstage the primary tumour prior to surgery. There is a need to establish, prior to commencement of chemotherapy, predictors of clinical and pathological response, which may then be surrogate markers for patient survival and thus allow id...

journal_title：Breast cancer research and treatment

authors： Ogston KN,Miller ID,Schofield AC,Spyrantis A,Pavlidou E,Sarkar TK,Hutcheon AW,Payne S,Heys SD

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To investigate the efficacy of letrozole 2.5 mg and 10 mg used as primary neoadjuvant therapy for patients with locally advanced and large operable breast cancer. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Twenty-four postmenopausal patients with locally advanced or large operable breast cancer were treated in two consecutive series w...

journal_title：Breast cancer research and treatment

authors： Dixon JM,Love CD,Bellamy CO,Cameron DA,Leonard RC,Smith H,Miller WR

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Although breast cancer in young women accounts for <10% of diagnoses annually, tumors in young patients exhibit more aggressive characteristics and higher mortality rates. Determination of the frequency of germline mutations in cancer predisposition genes is needed to improve the understanding of breast cancer ...

journal_title：Breast cancer research and treatment

authors： Rummel SK,Lovejoy L,Shriver CD,Ellsworth RE

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epidemiological studies on the association between SULT1A1 codon 213 polymorphism and breast cancer risk are inconclusive. In order to derive a more precise estimation of the association, a meta-analysis was conducted in this article. Sixteen studies including 9,881 cases and 13,564 controls were collected for SULT1A1...

journal_title：Breast cancer research and treatment

authors： Sun Y,Zang Z,Xu X,Zhang Z,Zhong L,Zan W,Zhao Y,Sun L

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Animal models have contributed to our understanding of breast cancer, with publication of results in high-impact journals almost invariably requiring extensive in vivo experimentation. As such, many laboratories hold large collections of surplus animal material, with only a fraction being used in publications relating...

journal_title：Breast cancer research and treatment

authors： Blyth K,Carter P,Morrissey B,Chelala C,Jones L,Holen I,Speirs V

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study describes the inhibitory effect of 5 alpha-dihydrotestosterone (5 alpha-DHT) and its precursors testosterone (T) and androst-4-ene-3,17-dione (delta 4-DIONE) on the growth of the estrogen-sensitive human breast cancer cell line ZR-75-1. In the absence of estrogens, cell proliferation measured after a 12-day...

journal_title：Breast cancer research and treatment

authors： Poulin R,Baker D,Labrie F

更新日期：1988-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alcohol consumption is a risk factor for breast cancer in humans. Experimental studies indicate that alcohol exposure promotes malignant progression of mammary tumors. However, the underlying cellular and molecular mechanisms remain unclear. Alcohol induces a pro-inflammatory response by modulating the expression of c...

journal_title：Breast cancer research and treatment

authors： Wang S,Xu M,Li F,Wang X,Bower KA,Frank JA,Lu Y,Chen G,Zhang Z,Ke Z,Shi X,Luo J

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:For optimal management of ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), reproducible histopathological assessment is essential to distinguish low-risk from high-risk DCIS. Therefore, we analyzed interrater reliability of histopathological DCIS features and assessed their associations with subsequent ipsilateral invasive bre...

journal_title：Breast cancer research and treatment

authors： Groen EJ,Hudecek J,Mulder L,van Seijen M,Almekinders MM,Alexov S,Kovács A,Ryska A,Varga Z,Andreu Navarro FJ,Bianchi S,Vreuls W,Balslev E,Boot MV,Kulka J,Chmielik E,Barbé E,de Rooij MJ,Vos W,Farkas A,Leeuwis-Fedoro

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although there is abundant information about the independent effects of estrogen receptor (ER) and progesterone receptor (PR) on outcomes of breast cancer, comparatively little is known about the impact of joint (ER+PR+, ER+PR-, ER-PR+ and ER-PR-) ERPR expression. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the prognost...

journal_title：Breast cancer research and treatment

authors： Ouyang Y,Li D,Pater JL,Levine M

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The role of sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) in breast cancer patients who undergo neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) remains controversial. This study aims to investigate if axillary lymph node dissection (ALND) could be safely omitted after a negative SLNB in cN1/2 patients who become cN0 after NAC. METHODS:We ...

journal_title：Breast cancer research and treatment

authors： Damin AP,Zancan M,Melo MP,Biazus JV

更新日期：2020-11-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Mammographic density is a strong risk factor for breast cancer, but limited data are available in African American (AA) women. We examined the association between mammographic density and breast cancer risk in AA and white women. Cases (n = 491) and controls (n = 528) were from the Carolina Breast Cancer Study (CBCS) ...

journal_title：Breast cancer research and treatment

authors： Razzaghi H,Troester MA,Gierach GL,Olshan AF,Yankaskas BC,Millikan RC

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prognostication of breast cancer patients, not operated at diagnosis, poses a clinically difficult problem. To use gene amplification we examined cytological samples and determined c-erb-B2 gene copy number with semi-quantitative PCR. Control experiments showed the same gene-copy number in aliquots that were either ai...

journal_title：Breast cancer research and treatment

authors： Lönn U,Lönn S,Nilsson B,Stenkvist B

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aromatase inhibitor 10-propargylestr-4-ene-3,17-dione (PED) has been evaluated in vivo as an anticancer agent. Prolonged administration of PED to rats bearing dimethylbenzanthracene-induced mammary tumors resulted in significant regression of hormone-responsive tumors within several days. Greater than 50% regressi...

journal_title：Breast cancer research and treatment

authors： Zimniski SJ,Brandt ME,Covey DF,Puett D

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To explore the ability of intraoperative specimen radiography (SR) to correctly identify positive margins in patients receiving breast conserving surgery (BCS). To assess whether the reoperation rate can be reduced by using this method. METHODS:This retrospective study included 470 consecutive cases receiving ...

journal_title：Breast cancer research and treatment

authors： Funk A,Heil J,Harcos A,Gomez C,Stieber A,Junkermann H,Hennigs A,Rauch G,Sinn HP,Riedel F,Schäfgen B,Hug S,Maier A,Blumenstein M,Domschke C,Schott S,Wallwiener M,Rom J,Schütz F,Sohn C,Golatta M

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transforming growth factor-β1 (TGF-β1) is negative regulator of cell proliferation and the cell cycle, and plasma levels of TGF-β1 are twice as high in TGF-β1 -509 T homozygotes as in -509 C homozygotes. Published studies on the association between the TGF-β1 gene -509 C/T polymorphism and breast cancer risk are incon...

journal_title：Breast cancer research and treatment

authors： Woo SU,Park KH,Woo OH,Yang DS,Kim AR,Lee ES,Lee JB,Kim YH,Kim JS,Seo JH

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mammographic density is strongly associated with breast cancer risk. Inflammation is involved in breast carcinogenesis, perhaps through effects on mammographic density. We evaluated associations between inflammatory markers interleukin-6 (IL-6), tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), and C-reactive protein (CRP) and mammogr...

journal_title：Breast cancer research and treatment

authors： Reeves KW,Weissfeld JL,Modugno F,Diergaarde B

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intraoperative radiotherapy with electrons (ELIOT) after conservative surgery for breast carcinoma was introduced at the IEO in 1999 as a research programme. The results on 1,822 patients treated from January 2000 to December 2008 are reported. Women with unicentric primary breast carcinoma of less than 2.5 cm in the ...

journal_title：Breast cancer research and treatment

authors： Veronesi U,Orecchia R,Luini A,Galimberti V,Zurrida S,Intra M,Veronesi P,Arnone P,Leonardi MC,Ciocca M,Lazzari R,Caldarella P,Rotmensz N,Sangalli C,Sances D,Maisonneuve P

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Breast Cancer 2 gene (BRCA2) mutation carriers have a 45% chance of developing breast cancer and a 11% risk of developing ovarian cancer by the age of 70. While hundreds of BRCA2-truncating mutations have been associated with an increased cancer risk in carriers, the contribution of unclassified variants (UCVs) to can...

journal_title：Breast cancer research and treatment

authors： Balia C,Galli A,Caligo MA

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:There is a need for biomarkers of drug efficacy for targeted therapies in triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC). As a step toward this, we identify multi-omic molecular determinants of anti-TNBC efficacy in cell lines for a panel of oncology drugs. METHODS:Using 23 TNBC cell lines, drug sensitivity scores (DSS3...

journal_title：Breast cancer research and treatment

authors： Merrill NM,Lachacz EJ,Vandecan NM,Ulintz PJ,Bao L,Lloyd JP,Yates JA,Morikawa A,Merajver SD,Soellner MB

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Indole-3-carbinol (I3C) is a promising phytochemical agent in chemoprevention of breast cancer. Our present study is the first description of I3C that significantly inhibits the cell adhesion, spreading and invasion associated with an up-regulation of PTEN (a tumor suppressor gene) and E-cadherin (a regulator of cell-...

journal_title：Breast cancer research and treatment

authors： Meng Q,Goldberg ID,Rosen EM,Fan S

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The proto-oncogene, HER2, has prognostic and predictive relevance in invasive breast cancer (IBC). HER2 testing of primary IBC guides treatment selection and is assumed to reflect HER2 status of associated metastases, although HER2 discordance between IBC and metastasis has been reported. Systematic review and meta-an...

journal_title：Breast cancer research and treatment

authors： Houssami N,Macaskill P,Balleine RL,Bilous M,Pegram MD

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether fruit, vegetable, and micronutrient intake 1 year prior to breast cancer diagnosis is associated with a reduction in the subsequent risk of all-cause or breast cancer-specific mortality. METHODS:Follow-up data from 1,235 invasive breast cancer cases age 25-98 years from the Long Island B...

journal_title：Breast cancer research and treatment

authors： Fink BN,Gaudet MM,Britton JA,Abrahamson PE,Teitelbaum SL,Jacobson J,Bell P,Thomas JA,Kabat GC,Neugut AI,Gammon MD

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Cytokine milieu of tumor microenvironment affects tumorigenesis in breast cancer. The aim of the present study was to investigate the potential association of functional single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in TNF-LTA locus with breast cancer. METHODS:The study included 127 individuals comprising 40 breast c...

journal_title：Breast cancer research and treatment

authors： Kohaar I,Tiwari P,Kumar R,Nasare V,Thakur N,Das BC,Bharadwaj M

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:When combined with anthracyclines, the humanized anti-HER2 monoclonal antibody trastuzumab (Herceptin) provides significant clinical benefit for women with HER2-overexpressing metastatic breast cancer. However, its use is limited by severe cardiotoxicity. To clarify whether myocardial HER2 and HER4 expression i...

journal_title：Breast cancer research and treatment

authors： Fuchs IB,Landt S,Bueler H,Kuehl U,Coupland S,Kleine-Tebbe A,Lichtenegger W,Schaller G

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are divergent opinions regarding the optimum surgical management of the axilla in patients with invasive breast cancer. Guidelines mandate axillary lymph node dissection (ALND) in the setting of positive sentinel lymph nodes. However, recent studies have questioned the true benefits of this procedure. Therefore,...

journal_title：Breast cancer research and treatment

authors： Joyce DP,Manning A,Carter M,Hill AD,Kell MR,Barry M

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A minority of early invasive breast cancers show a pattern of central necrosis and fibrosis (CNF). Previous studies have documented an adverse prognostic impact and association with other adverse pathological features, but its predictive importance for therapy selection is unknown. We examined the prognostic and predi...

journal_title：Breast cancer research and treatment

authors： Maiorano E,Regan MM,Viale G,Mastropasqua MG,Colleoni M,Castiglione-Gertsch M,Price KN,Gelber RD,Goldhirsch A,Coates AS

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00