abstract：BACKGROUND:Controversies exist as to whether the genetic polymorphisms of the enzymes responsible for the metabolism of tamoxifen can predict breast cancer outcome in patients using adjuvant tamoxifen. Direct measurement of concentrations of active tamoxifen metabolites in serum may be a more biological plausible and r...

journal_title：Breast cancer research : BCR

authors： Helland T,Henne N,Bifulco E,Naume B,Borgen E,Kristensen VN,Kvaløy JT,Lash TL,Alnæs GIG,van Schaik RH,Janssen EAM,Hustad S,Lien EA,Mellgren G,Søiland H

更新日期：2017-11-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:While dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (DCE MRI) is recognized as the most sensitive examination for breast cancer detection, it has a substantial false positive rate and gadolinium (Gd) contrast agents are not universally well tolerated. As a result, alternatives to diagnosing breast can...

journal_title：Breast cancer research : BCR

authors： Feng J,Xu J,Jiang S,Yin H,Zhao Y,Gui J,Wang K,Lv X,Ren F,Pogue BW,Paulsen KD

更新日期：2017-10-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Dysregulated DNA repair and cell proliferation controls are essential driving forces in mammary tumorigenesis. BCCIP was originally identified as a BRCA2 and CDKN1A interacting protein that has been implicated in maintenance of genomic stability, cell cycle regulation, and microtubule dynamics. The aims of t...

journal_title：Breast cancer research : BCR

authors： Droz-Rosario R,Lu H,Liu J,Liu NA,Ganesan S,Xia B,Haffty BG,Shen Z

更新日期：2017-10-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We previously performed a case-control genome-wide association study in women treated with selective estrogen receptor modulators (SERMs) for breast cancer prevention and identified single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in ZNF423 as potential biomarkers for response to SERM therapy. The ZNF423rs9940645 SNP,...

journal_title：Breast cancer research : BCR

authors： Qin S,Ingle JN,Liu M,Yu J,Wickerham DL,Kubo M,Weinshilboum RM,Wang L

更新日期：2017-08-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Cancer Genome Atlas analysis revealed that somatic EGFR, receptor tyrosine-protein kinase erbB-2 (ERBB2), Erb-B2 receptor tyrosine kinase 3 (ERBB3) and Erb-B2 receptor tyrosine kinase 4 (ERBB4) gene mutations (ERBB family mutations) occur alone or co-occur with somatic mutations in the gene encoding the ...

journal_title：Breast cancer research : BCR

authors： Toomey S,Eustace AJ,Fay J,Sheehan KM,Carr A,Milewska M,Madden SF,Teiserskiene A,Kay EW,O'Donovan N,Gallagher W,Grogan L,Breathnach O,Walshe J,Kelly C,Moulton B,Kennedy MJ,Gullo G,Hill AD,Power C,Duke D,Hambly N

更新日期：2017-07-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The underlying biological mechanisms through which epidemiologically defined breast cancer risk factors contribute to disease risk remain poorly understood. Identification of the molecular changes associated with cancer risk factors in normal tissues may aid in determining the earliest events of carcinogenes...

journal_title：Breast cancer research : BCR

authors： Johnson KC,Houseman EA,King JE,Christensen BC

更新日期：2017-07-10 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：BACKGROUND:In breast cancer, BRCA promoter hypermethylation and BRCA germline mutations are said to occur together rarely, but this property has not yet been translated into a clinical test. Our aim in this study was to investigate the diagnostic value of BRCA1/2 methylation in distinguishing breast carcinomas of BRCA1...

journal_title：Breast cancer research : BCR

authors： Vos S,Moelans CB,van Diest PJ

更新日期：2017-05-31 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recent genome-wide profiling by sequencing and distinctive chromatin signatures has identified thousands of long non-coding RNA (lncRNA) species (>200 nt). LncRNAs have emerged as important regulators of gene expression, involving in both developmental and pathological processes. While altered expression of ...

journal_title：Breast cancer research : BCR

authors： Jiang Z,Slater CM,Zhou Y,Devarajan K,Ruth KJ,Li Y,Cai KQ,Daly M,Chen X

更新日期：2017-05-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A novel line of research suggests that eating at nighttime may have several metabolic consequences that are highly relevant to breast cancer. We investigated the association between nighttime eating habits after 10 p.m. and breast cancer in Hong Kong women. METHODS:A hospital-based case-control study was co...

journal_title：Breast cancer research : BCR

authors： Li M,Tse LA,Chan WC,Kwok CH,Leung SL,Wu C,Yu WC,Lee PM,Tsang KH,Law SH,Vermeulen R,Gu F,Caporaso NE,Yu IT,Wang F,Yang XR

更新日期：2017-03-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Women with breast cancer who have multiple affected relatives are more likely to have inherited genetic risk factors for the disease. All the currently known genetic risk factors for breast cancer account for less than half of the average familial risk. Furthermore, the genetic factor(s) underlying an increa...

journal_title：Breast cancer research : BCR

authors： Walker LC,Pearson JF,Wiggins GA,Giles GG,Hopper JL,Southey MC

更新日期：2017-03-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Black-white disparities in breast cancer incidence rates and birth outcomes raise concerns about potential disparities in the reproductive health of premenopausal breast cancer survivors. We examined the prevalence of preterm birth (PTB), low birthweight (LBW), and small for gestational age (SGA) by breast c...

journal_title：Breast cancer research : BCR

authors： Black KZ,Nichols HB,Eng E,Rowley DL

更新日期：2017-01-31 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Approximately 100 common breast cancer susceptibility alleles have been identified in genome-wide association studies (GWAS). The utility of these variants in breast cancer risk prediction models has not been evaluated adequately in women of Asian ancestry. METHODS:We evaluated 88 breast cancer risk variant...

journal_title：Breast cancer research : BCR

authors： Wen W,Shu XO,Guo X,Cai Q,Long J,Bolla MK,Michailidou K,Dennis J,Wang Q,Gao YT,Zheng Y,Dunning AM,García-Closas M,Brennan P,Chen ST,Choi JY,Hartman M,Ito H,Lophatananon A,Matsuo K,Miao H,Muir K,Sangrajrang S,

更新日期：2016-12-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Most BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation carriers have inherited a single (heterozygous) mutation. Transheterozygotes (TH) who have inherited deleterious mutations in both BRCA1 and BRCA2 are rare, and the consequences of transheterozygosity are poorly understood. METHODS:From 32,295 female BRCA1/2 mutation carriers, w...

journal_title：Breast cancer research : BCR

authors： Rebbeck TR,Friebel TM,Mitra N,Wan F,Chen S,Andrulis IL,Apostolou P,Arnold N,Arun BK,Barrowdale D,Benitez J,Berger R,Berthet P,Borg A,Buys SS,Caldes T,Carter J,Chiquette J,Claes KB,Couch FJ,Cybulski C,Daly MB,d

更新日期：2016-11-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The Developmental Origins of Health and Disease (DOHaD) theory focuses on the consequences of periconceptional and in utero exposures. A wide range of environmental conditions during early development are now being investigated as a driving force for epigenetic disruptions that enhance disease risk in later life, incl...

journal_title：Breast cancer research : BCR

authors： Romanus S,Neven P,Soubry A

更新日期：2016-10-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Full-field digital mammography (FFDM) has largely replaced film-screen mammography in the US. Breast density assessed from film mammograms is strongly associated with breast cancer risk, but data are limited for processed FFDM images used for clinical care. METHODS:We conducted a case-control study nested a...

journal_title：Breast cancer research : BCR

authors： Habel LA,Lipson JA,Achacoso N,Rothstein JH,Yaffe MJ,Liang RY,Acton L,McGuire V,Whittemore AS,Rubin DL,Sieh W

更新日期：2016-05-21 00:00:00

abstract：:High mammographic density is the most important risk factor for breast cancer, after ageing. However, the composition, architecture, and mechanical properties of high X-ray density soft tissues, and the causative mechanisms resulting in different mammographic densities, are not well described. Moreover, it is not know...

journal_title：Breast cancer research : BCR

authors： Sherratt MJ,McConnell JC,Streuli CH

更新日期：2016-05-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although recent models suggest that the detection of Circulating Tumor Cells (CTC) in epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EM CTC) might be related to disease progression in metastatic breast cancer (MBC) patients, current detection methods are not efficient in identifying this subpopulation of cells. Furth...

journal_title：Breast cancer research : BCR

authors： Bulfoni M,Gerratana L,Del Ben F,Marzinotto S,Sorrentino M,Turetta M,Scoles G,Toffoletto B,Isola M,Beltrami CA,Di Loreto C,Beltrami AP,Puglisi F,Cesselli D

更新日期：2016-03-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Developing novel strategies against treatment-resistant triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) cells remains a significant challenge. The ErbB family, including epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), plays key roles in metastasis, tumorigenesis, cell proliferation, and drug resistance. Recently, these charac...

journal_title：Breast cancer research : BCR

authors： Tanei T,Choi DS,Rodriguez AA,Liang DH,Dobrolecki L,Ghosh M,Landis MD,Chang JC

更新日期：2016-01-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:E74-like factor 5 (ELF5) is an epithelial-specific member of the E26 transforming sequence (ETS) transcription factor family and a critical regulator of cell fate in the placenta, pulmonary bronchi, and milk-producing alveoli of the mammary gland. ELF5 also plays key roles in malignancy, particularly in basa...

journal_title：Breast cancer research : BCR

authors： Piggin CL,Roden DL,Gallego-Ortega D,Lee HJ,Oakes SR,Ormandy CJ

更新日期：2016-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Human epidermal growth factor receptor-2 (HER2) gene amplification (HER2+) drives tumor cell growth and survival in ~25% of breast cancers. HER2 signaling activates the type I phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K), upon which these tumors rely. Consequently, inhibitors of HER2 and type I PI3K block growth and i...

journal_title：Breast cancer research : BCR

authors： Young CD,Arteaga CL,Cook RS

更新日期：2015-12-04 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：:As the release of tumor-associated DNA into blood circulation is a common event in patients with cancer, screening of plasma or serum DNA may provide information on genetic and epigenetic profiles associated with breast cancer development, progression, and response to therapy. Quantitative testing of circulating DNA c...

journal_title：Breast cancer research : BCR

authors： Schwarzenbach H,Pantel K

更新日期：2015-10-09 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Breast cancer is the most common female malignancy worldwide and, despite improvements in treatment modalities, there are increased chances of recurrence and metastasis in a substantial number of cases and it remains one of the major causes of mortality among female cancer patients. Anaplastic lymphoma kin...

journal_title：Breast cancer research : BCR

authors： Siraj AK,Beg S,Jehan Z,Prabhakaran S,Ahmed M,R Hussain A,Al-Dayel F,Tulbah A,Ajarim D,Al-Kuraya KS

更新日期：2015-09-17 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The status of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) has been recently proposed to predict clinical outcome of patients with breast cancer. We therefore studied the prognostic significance of CD8(+) TILs and FOXP3(+) TILs in residual tumors after neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) and the alterations in these p...

journal_title：Breast cancer research : BCR

authors： Miyashita M,Sasano H,Tamaki K,Hirakawa H,Takahashi Y,Nakagawa S,Watanabe G,Tada H,Suzuki A,Ohuchi N,Ishida T

更新日期：2015-09-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The seventh annual meeting of the European Network of Breast Development and Cancer Laboratories, held in Weggis, Switzerland, in April 2015, was focused on techniques for the study of normal and cancer stem cells, cell fate decisions, cancer initiation and progression. ...

journal_title：Breast cancer research : BCR

authors： Glukhova MA,Hynes N,Vivanco Md,van Amerongen R,Clarke RB,Bentires-Alj M

更新日期：2015-09-02 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: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：: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：INTRODUCTION:Protein tyrosine kinase 6 (PTK6) is a non-receptor tyrosine kinase that is highly expressed in Human Epidermal Growth Factor 2(+) (Her2(+)) breast cancers. Overexpression of PTK6 enhances anchorage-independent survival, proliferation, and migration of breast cancer cells. We hypothesized that PTK6 inhibiti...

journal_title：Breast cancer research : BCR

authors： Park SH,Ito K,Olcott W,Katsyv I,Halstead-Nussloch G,Irie HY

更新日期：2015-06-19 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Breast tumors are comprised of distinct cancer cell populations which differ in their tumorigenic and metastatic capacity. Characterization of cell surface markers enables investigators to distinguish between cancer stem cells and their counterparts. CD24 is a well-known cell surface marker for mammary epi...

journal_title：Breast cancer research : BCR

authors： Rostoker R,Abelson S,Genkin I,Ben-Shmuel S,Sachidanandam R,Scheinman EJ,Bitton-Worms K,Orr ZS,Caspi A,Tzukerman M,LeRoith D

更新日期：2015-06-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Lobular carcinoma in situ (LCIS) is considered to be a risk factor for the development of invasive breast carcinoma, but it may also be a non-obligate precursor to invasive lobular carcinoma (ILC). Many LCIS lesions do not progress to ILC, and the molecular changes that are necessary for progression from LCIS to ILC a...

journal_title：Breast cancer research : BCR

authors： Logan GJ,Dabbs DJ,Lucas PC,Jankowitz RC,Brown DD,Clark BZ,Oesterreich S,McAuliffe PF

更新日期：2015-06-04 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:Tumor cells can effectively be killed by heat, e.g. by using magnetic hyperthermia. The main challenge in the field, however, is the generation of therapeutic temperatures selectively in the whole tumor region. We aimed to improve magnetic hyperthermia of breast cancer by using innovative nanoparticles whi...

journal_title：Breast cancer research : BCR

authors： Kossatz S,Grandke J,Couleaud P,Latorre A,Aires A,Crosbie-Staunton K,Ludwig R,Dähring H,Ettelt V,Lazaro-Carrillo A,Calero M,Sader M,Courty J,Volkov Y,Prina-Mello A,Villanueva A,Somoza Á,Cortajarena AL,Miranda R,Hilge

更新日期：2015-05-13 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Individuals carrying pathogenic mutations in the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes have a high lifetime risk of breast cancer. BRCA1 and BRCA2 are involved in DNA double-strand break repair, DNA alterations that can be caused by exposure to reactive oxygen species, a main source of which are mitochondria. Mitochondria...

journal_title：Breast cancer research : BCR

authors： Blein S,Bardel C,Danjean V,McGuffog L,Healey S,Barrowdale D,Lee A,Dennis J,Kuchenbaecker KB,Soucy P,Terry MB,Chung WK,Goldgar DE,Buys SS,Breast Cancer Family Registry.,Janavicius R,Tihomirova L,Tung N,Dorfling CM,va

更新日期：2015-04-25 00:00:00

abstract：:c-Met is a receptor tyrosine kinase that upon binding of its ligand, hepatocyte growth factor (HGF), activates downstream pathways with diverse cellular functions that are important in organ development and cancer progression. Anomalous c-Met signalling has been described in a variety of cancer types, and the receptor...

journal_title：Breast cancer research : BCR

authors： Ho-Yen CM,Jones JL,Kermorgant S

更新日期：2015-04-08 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Current approaches to inhibit oestrogen receptor-alpha (ERα) are focused on targeting its hormone-binding pocket and have limitations. Thus, we propose that inhibitors that bind to a coactivator-binding pocket on ERα, called activation function 2 (AF2), might overcome some of these limitations. METHODS:In...

journal_title：Breast cancer research : BCR

authors： Singh K,Munuganti RS,Leblanc E,Lin YL,Leung E,Lallous N,Butler M,Cherkasov A,Rennie PS

更新日期：2015-02-25 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Global gene expression analysis of tumor samples has been a valuable tool to subgroup tumors and has the potential to be of prognostic and predictive value. However, tumors are heterogeneous, and homogenates will consist of several different cell types. This study was designed to obtain more refined expres...

journal_title：Breast cancer research : BCR

authors： Winslow S,Leandersson K,Edsjö A,Larsson C

更新日期：2015-02-21 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Human epidermal growth factor receptor HER3 has been implicated in promoting the aggressiveness and metastatic potential of breast cancer. Upregulation of HER3 has been found to be a major mechanism underlying drug resistance to EGFR and HER2 tyrosine kinase inhibitors and to endocrine therapy in the treat...

journal_title：Breast cancer research : BCR

authors： Ren XR,Wang J,Osada T,Mook RA Jr,Morse MA,Barak LS,Lyerly HK,Chen W

更新日期：2015-02-15 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