Assessing cost-utility of predictive biomarkers in oncology: a streamlined approach.

abstract：:The aim of this study was to compare the effects on health-related quality of life (HRQOL) of two treatment regimens in the TEX trial during 9 month from random assignment, with emphasis on the 2- and 9-months assessments. A total of 287 patients were randomized to treatment in 3-week cycles with either epirubicin plu...

journal_title：Breast cancer research and treatment

authors： Svensson H,Einbeigi Z,Johansson H,Hatschek T,Brandberg Y

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:BRCA1 protein is normally expressed in the nuclei of breast epithelial cells and functions as a negative regulator of the cell cycle. Mutations of BRCA1 gene have been associated with familial breast carcinomas. Although somatic mutations have not been demonstrated in sporadic breast carcinomas, loss of nuclear expres...

journal_title：Breast cancer research and treatment

authors： Sun X,Gong Y,Rao MS,Badve S

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Research on the effect of cardiorespiratory (CR) exercise on upper extremity (UE) limb volume is limited in women with breast cancer-related lymphedema (BCRL). The aim of this study was to compare changes in UE volume immediately following a symptom-limited CR treadmill test in women with and without BCRL. As part of ...

journal_title：Breast cancer research and treatment

authors： Smoot B,Zerzan S,Krasnoff J,Wong J,Cho M,Dodd M

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of the study was to compare breast-conserving therapy (BCT) and mastectomy (M) in BRCA1/2 mutation carriers. Women with invasive breast cancer and a pathogenic mutation in BRCA1 or BRCA2 were included in the study (n = 162). Patients treated with BCT (n = 45) were compared with patients treated with M (n =...

journal_title：Breast cancer research and treatment

authors： Nilsson MP,Hartman L,Kristoffersson U,Johannsson OT,Borg A,Henriksson K,Lanke E,Olsson H,Loman N

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Save Our Sisters Project builds on the roles of 95 "natural helpers" to increase mammography screening among older African American women in a NC county. Natural helpers are lay people to whom others naturally turn for advice, emotional support, and tangible aid. Findings from 14 focus group interviews showed that...

journal_title：Breast cancer research and treatment

authors： Eng E,Smith J

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of the present study was to characterize primitive epithelial progenitor populations present in adult normal human mammary tissue using a combination of flow cytometry and in vitro colony assay procedures. Three types of human breast epithelial cell (HBEC) progenitors were identified: luminal-restricted, m...

journal_title：Breast cancer research and treatment

authors： Stingl J,Eaves CJ,Zandieh I,Emerman JT

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cognitive impairment, especially verbal episodic memory and executive function impairments, has been considered to be a possible adverse effect of aromatase inhibitors (AI). This phase III open-label study compared the impact of tamoxifen and AI on verbal episodic memory (Rey auditory verbal learning test-RAVLT) and o...

journal_title：Breast cancer research and treatment

authors： Le Rhun E,Delbeuck X,Lefeuvre-Plesse C,Kramar A,Skrobala E,Pasquier F,Bonneterre J

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Women's Health Initiative (WHI) randomized trials found that use of combined estrogen and progestin menopausal hormone therapy (CHT) increases breast cancer risk, but use of unopposed estrogen hormone therapy (EHT) does not. However, several questions regarding the impact of hormone use on risk of different types ...

journal_title：Breast cancer research and treatment

authors： Li CI,Daling JR,Haugen KL,Tang MT,Porter PL,Malone KE

更新日期：2014-06-01 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

abstract：:Mammographic density is a strong risk factor for breast cancer; however the mechanism that underlies this association is unclear. We hypothesized that measures of energy balance early in life and in adulthood may be associated with mammographic density. We conducted a cross-sectional analysis of 1,398 women in the Nur...

journal_title：Breast cancer research and treatment

authors： Samimi G,Colditz GA,Baer HJ,Tamimi RM

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:25-Hydroxy-3-oxoolean-12-en-28-oic acid (Amooranin-AMR) is a triterpene acid isolated from the stem bark of a tropical tree (Amoora rohituka) grown wild in India. A herbal preparation used for the treatment of cancer by the Ayurvedic system of medicine contains the stem bark of Amoora rohituka as one of the ingredient...

journal_title：Breast cancer research and treatment

authors： Rabi T,Wang L,Banerjee S

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:IBEP-2, an established cell line recently derived from breast carcinoma, was characterized with regard to estrogen receptor (ER) expression, cell mitogenic response to estrogenic stimulation and sensitivity to antiestrogens. In addition, we examined ER modulation following binding of agonist and antagonists, and the E...

journal_title：Breast cancer research and treatment

authors： Journé F,Body JJ,Leclercq G,Nonclercq D,Laurent G

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new method of measuring gene copy number in small samples of DNA was used to measure amplification of the erbB-2 gene and of chromosome 20q in breast cancer. This method, termed 'differentially competitive polymerase chain reaction' (DC-PCR) combines the advantages of two other techniques for measuring amplification...

journal_title：Breast cancer research and treatment

authors： Deng G,Yu M,Chen LC,Moore D,Kurisu W,Kallioniemi A,Waldman FM,Collins C,Smith HS

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Docetaxel-containing chemotherapy improves disease-free survival (DFS) and overall survival in patients with early stage breast cancer. Bevacizumab improves response rate and DFS in metastatic breast cancer. However, adding antivascular endothelial growth factor therapy to anthracycline-containing chemotherapy may inc...

journal_title：Breast cancer research and treatment

authors： Yardley DA,Hart L,Waterhouse D,Whorf R,Drosick DR,Murphy P,Badarinath S,Daniel BR,Childs BH,Burris H

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seroma formation after axillary lymphadenectomy in women with breast cancer remains a problem despite many efforts to reduce surgery-related morbidity. In a prospective, randomised, open, parallel-group, controlled clinical trial we evaluated the effect of a fibrin-glue coated collagen patch (TachoComb H, Nycomed Phar...

journal_title：Breast cancer research and treatment

authors： Berger A,Tempfer C,Hartmann B,Kornprat P,Rossmann A,Neuwirth G,Tulusan A,Kubista E

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Breast cysts are associated with an increased risk of breast cancer. Some biomarkers such as estrogen receptor alpha (ERa), progesterone receptor (PR), and cyclin D1, show similar patterns of expression in epithelial cells lining breast cysts as malignant epithelial cells in local and invasive ductal breast cancer. We...

journal_title：Breast cancer research and treatment

authors： Tran DD,Lawson JS

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The enumeration of circulating tumor cells (CTCs) provides important prognostic values in patients with metastatic breast cancer. Recent studies indicate that individual CTCs form clusters and these CTC-clusters play an important role in tumor metastasis. We aimed to assess whether quantification of CTC-clusters provi...

journal_title：Breast cancer research and treatment

authors： Mu Z,Wang C,Ye Z,Austin L,Civan J,Hyslop T,Palazzo JP,Jaslow R,Li B,Myers RE,Jiang J,Xing J,Yang H,Cristofanilli M

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:ALIQUOT (Anastrozole vs. Letrozole, an Investigation of Quality Of Life and Tolerability) was a prospective, open-label, randomized pharmacodynamic study designed to assess the effects of aromatase inhibitors (AIs) on bone turnover in healthy postmenopausal women with estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer. Ninety-f...

journal_title：Breast cancer research and treatment

authors： McCaig FM,Renshaw L,Williams L,Young O,Murray J,Macaskill EJ,McHugh M,Hannon R,Dixon JM

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Paraneoplastic neurological syndromes are a rare complication of breast cancer. Nevertheless, they may be clinically relevant leading to neurological impairment. Clinicians should be aware that these neurological disorders could even precede the diagnosis of breast cancer. Here we present the case of a female patient ...

journal_title：Breast cancer research and treatment

authors： Minisini AM,Pauletto G,Bergonzi P,Fasola G

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Chronic upper extremity disability (UED) is common after breast cancer treatment but under-identified and under-treated. Although UED has been linked to quality of life (QoL), the role of UED as mediator between contemporary treatment practices and QoL has not been quantified. This investigation describes UED i...

journal_title：Breast cancer research and treatment

authors： Chrischilles EA,Riley D,Letuchy E,Koehler L,Neuner J,Jernigan C,Gryzlak B,Segal N,McDowell B,Smith B,Sugg SL,Armer JM,Lizarraga IM

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine any changes in usage of axillary dissection over time from 1983 to 1993, and to characterize those patients who do not receive axillary node dissection. METHODS:A total of 129,946 female patients receiving cancer-directed surgery for early stage breast cancer, who were identified from the SEER ...

journal_title：Breast cancer research and treatment

authors： Du X,Freeman JL,Goodwin JS

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To address the widespread concern that false-positive results during breast MRI screening may have adverse psychological effects. METHODS:Impact of Event Scale measurements in 103 high-risk women enrolled in a longitudinal MRI screening study and comparison of subjects with normal results vs. those with prior ...

journal_title：Breast cancer research and treatment

authors： O'Neill SM,Rubinstein WS,Sener SF,Weissman SM,Newlin AC,West DK,Ecanow DB,Rademaker AW,Edelman RR

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the expression of -CXC chemokine ligand 13 (CXCL13) and its receptor -CXC chemokine receptor 5 (CXCR5) in 98 breast cancer (BC) patients with infiltrating duct carcinoma, out of which 56 were found lymph node metastasis (LNM) positive. Interestingly, co-expression of CXCL13 and CXCR5 showed a significa...

journal_title：Breast cancer research and treatment

authors： Biswas S,Sengupta S,Roy Chowdhury S,Jana S,Mandal G,Mandal PK,Saha N,Malhotra V,Gupta A,Kuprash DV,Bhattacharyya A

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To update and expand on data related to treatment, resource utilization, and costs by cancer stage in Canadian patients with hormone receptor-positive (HR+)/human epidermal growth factor receptor 2-negative (HER2-) breast cancer (BC). METHODS:We analyzed data for adult women diagnosed with invasive HR+/HER2- B...

journal_title：Breast cancer research and treatment

authors： Brezden-Masley C,Fathers KE,Coombes ME,Pourmirza B,Xue C,Jerzak KJ

更新日期：2020-10-16 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：BACKGROUND:At the present time, there is no consensus on the association between benign thyroid diseases and breast cancer (BC). Therefore, the aim of this study is to help shed some light on the association between hyperthyroidism, hypothyroidism, and thyroiditis and breast cancer risk. METHODS:Use of the Disease Ana...

journal_title：Breast cancer research and treatment

authors： Bach L,Kostev K,Schiffmann L,Kalder M

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oestrogen receptor (ER) negative breast cancers are more likely to achieve a pathological complete response (pCR) to neoadjuvant chemotherapy compared to those with ER positive tumours. ER positive tumours exhibit low proliferation and ER negative cancers high proliferation. The aim of this study was to determine to w...

journal_title：Breast cancer research and treatment

authors： Jones RL,Salter J,A'Hern R,Nerurkar A,Parton M,Reis-Filho JS,Smith IE,Dowsett M

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A review of the literature finds that women diagnosed with breast cancer, who were on an aspirin regimen, experienced a decreased risk of distant metastases and death. Several recent studies have reported an improvement in overall survival in colorectal cancer patients who harbored mutations in the oncogene PIK3CA and...

journal_title：Breast cancer research and treatment

authors： Turturro SB,Najor MS,Ruby CE,Cobleigh MA,Abukhdeir AM

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pathological complete response (pCR) is an important predictor of long-term survival in patients with breast cancer receiving neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC). At present, the accuracy of traditional radiological assessments during treatment in predicting pCR is poor. Unidimensional and 3D volumetric ultrasound measurem...

journal_title：Breast cancer research and treatment

authors： Gounaris I,Provenzano E,Vallier AL,Hiller L,Iddawela M,Hilborne S,Taylor K,Britton P,Earl HM,Sinnatamby R

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Compared to breast cancer risk genes such as BRCA2, ATM, PALB2, and NBN, no defined phenotype is currently associated with biallelic pathogenic variants (PVs) in CHEK2. This study compared the prevalence of breast and other cancers in women with monoallelic and biallelic CHEK2 PVs. METHODS:CHEK2 PV carriers we...

journal_title：Breast cancer research and treatment

authors： Rainville I,Hatcher S,Rosenthal E,Larson K,Bernhisel R,Meek S,Gorringe H,Mundt E,Manley S

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00