abstract：:We analyzed the p53 mutational status, mRNA and protein expression in 24 human breast carcinoma cell lines. Following measurement of their DNA content with flow cytometry, we ascertained the copy numbers of the centromere of chromosome 17 (cen17) and p53 with fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH). A functional yea...

journal_title：Breast cancer research and treatment

authors： Concin N,Zeillinger C,Tong D,Stimpfl M,König M,Printz D,Stonek F,Schneeberger C,Hefler L,Kainz C,Leodolter S,Haas OA,Zeillinger R

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mammaglobin-A is exclusively expressed by breast cancer cells. Thus, mammaglobin-A-specific T cell immune responses may be useful for the design of new breast cancer-specific immunotherapies. We show herein that CD8+ T cells generated against recombinant mammaglobin-A-pulsed dendritic cells display a marked cytotoxic ...

journal_title：Breast cancer research and treatment

authors： Manna PP,Jaramillo A,Majumder K,Campbell LG,Fleming TP,Dietz JR,Dipersio JF,Mohanakumar T

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel region of amplification in breast tumors was recently identified on chromosome 17q23. Extensive mapping of the amplicon by Southern blotting and fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) in breast cancer cell lines determined that the amplicon can be up to 4 Mbp in size and may contain 50 genes. Copy number an...

journal_title：Breast cancer research and treatment

authors： Sinclair CS,Rowley M,Naderi A,Couch FJ

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of 17-beta-estradiol (E2) on the induction of osteolytic lesions by estrogen receptor (ER)-negative breast cancer cells was investigated in 4-week-old female nude mice. Exposure to exogenous E2 was found to increase osteolytic areas on radiographs up to 5.3 times in mice inoculated intracardially with MDA-2...

journal_title：Breast cancer research and treatment

authors： Winding B,Misander H,Høegh-Andersen P,Brünner N,Foged NT

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the patterns of failure, relapse-free survival and overall survival among African American breast cancer patients younger than 40 years. PATIENTS AND METHODS:We retrospectively reviewed the records of 124 African American breast cancer patients younger than 40 years who were registered with the How...

journal_title：Breast cancer research and treatment

authors： De Jesus MA,Fujita M,Kim KS,Goldson AL

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Elevated body weight is a risk factor for postmenopausal breast cancer and is associated with increased incidence of spontaneous and chemically induced mammary tumors (MTs) in rodents. In this study, genetically obese Lep(ob)Lep(ob) female mice that overexpress human TGF-alpha (transforming growth factor-alpha) were u...

journal_title：Breast cancer research and treatment

authors： Cleary MP,Phillips FC,Getzin SC,Jacobson TL,Jacobson MK,Christensen TA,Juneja SC,Grande JP,Maihle NJ

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tamoxifen is currently the adjuvant treatment of choice for postmenopausal women with hormone-sensitive breast cancer. However, in the treatment of postmenopausal women with advanced disease, the third-generation aromatase inhibitor anastrozole ('Arimidex') has been shown to be at least as effective as tamoxifen, and ...

journal_title：Breast cancer research and treatment

authors： Aapro MS,Forbes JF

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The taxanes and anthracyclines have emerged as the most active agents for treating women with advanced breast cancer. As such, investigation of the two drug classes in combination regimens has been eagerly pursued. The rationale for combining docetaxel with an anthracycline includes high clinical activity of each indi...

journal_title：Breast cancer research and treatment

authors： Nabholtz JM

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sentinel lymph node (SLN) biopsy is rapidly emerging as an alternative to axillary lymph node dissection (ALND) for many female breast cancer patients. In contrast, ALND remains the standard of care for male breast cancer patients with similar tumors. We evaluated the results of SLN biopsy in male breast cancer patien...

journal_title：Breast cancer research and treatment

authors： Albo D,Ames FC,Hunt KK,Ross MI,Singletary SE,Kuerer HM

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:This phase II multicenter trial evaluated the efficacy and toxicity of weekly paclitaxel, 5-fluorouracil, and leucovorin administered as first-line therapy for metastatic breast cancer. PATIENTS AND METHODS:The study enrolled 155 women with pathologically confirmed and measurable metastatic adenocarcinoma of t...

journal_title：Breast cancer research and treatment

authors： Loesch DM,Asmar L,Canfield VA,Parker GA,Hynes HE,Ellis PG,Ferri WA Jr,Robert NJ

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:(-)-Epigallocatechin (EGC), one of green tea polyphenols, has been shown to inhibit growth of cancer cells. However its mechanism of action is poorly known. We show here that EGC strongly inhibited the growth of breast cancer cell lines (MCF-7 and MDA-MB-231) but not that of normal breast epithelial cells. The inhibit...

journal_title：Breast cancer research and treatment

authors： Vergote D,Cren-Olivé C,Chopin V,Toillon RA,Rolando C,Hondermarck H,Le Bourhis X

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Anastrozole, a new aromatase inhibitor, has been used to treat postmenopausal metastatic breast cancer, and several clinical trials of adjuvant treatment using this agent are ongoing. However, the effects of anastrozole on lipid metabolism are unknown. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of anas...

journal_title：Breast cancer research and treatment

authors： Hozumi Y,Hakamata Y,Sasanuma H,Ogura S,Nagai H

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hormone replacement therapy, which is a common menopausal treatment, is contraindicated in women with breast cancers due to concerns regarding the potential for breast cell proliferation. As such, there is a need for alternative methods for treating menopausal symptoms. To determine the influence of one such alternati...

journal_title：Breast cancer research and treatment

authors： Bodinet C,Freudenstein J

更新日期：2002-11-01 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：:Goserelin ('Zoladex'), a luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LHRH) agonist induces reversible ovarian ablation in premenopausal women. It is the most extensively studied LHRH agonist for the treatment of breast cancer and data from a large clinical trial program show that, alone or in combination with tamoxifen, go...

journal_title：Breast cancer research and treatment

authors： Jonat W

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although a wealth of research has focused on the influence of diet on breast cancer risk, the relationships between dietary factors and tumor characteristics of breast cancer, like estrogen receptor (ER) status, are not well characterized. In a case-case study, we evaluated self-reported dietary intake for five indivi...

journal_title：Breast cancer research and treatment

authors： Jakovljevic J,Touillaud MS,Bondy ML,Singletary SE,Pillow PC,Chang S

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the clinical value of MRI guided preoperative wire localization of clinically and mammographically occult lesions of the breast. In a multicenter study, we evaluated 132 preoperative MRI guided localizations. Median lesion size evaluated by MRI prior to wire localization was 9mm. MRI guided localization wa...

journal_title：Breast cancer research and treatment

authors： Lampe D,Hefler L,Alberich T,Sittek H,Perlet C,Prat X,Taourel P,Amaya B,Koelbl H,Heywang-Kobrunner SH

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:12 women with primary breast cancer underwent somatostatin receptor scintigraphy (SRS) with 111In-DTPA-D-Phe1-octreotide. The tumour sizes varied between 2 and 5 cm and were all, except one, palpable at clinical examination. Tumour biopsies were taken with additional sampling from normal breast tissue, fat, muscle, ax...

journal_title：Breast cancer research and treatment

authors： Skånberg J,Ahlman H,Benjegård SA,Fjälling M,Forssell-Aronsson EB,Hashemi SH,Nilsson O,Suurkula M,Jansson S

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In several neoplastic diseases, immunosuppression has been shown to correlate with disease stage, progression, and outcome. As the prognosis for metastatic breast cancer is still pessimistic, additional strategies are being sought to improve survival. Local immunosuppression in sentinel node biopsies from 24...

journal_title：Breast cancer research and treatment

authors： Schüle J,Bergkvist L,Håkansson L,Gustafsson B,Håkansson A

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Screening of a breast cancer cDNA library from SKBR3 human breast cancer cells by SEREX (serological analysis of cDNA expression library) using a preselected serum from a breast cancer patient revealed 13 genes, two of which, INT-MI-1 and INT-MI-2, encode novel gene products, while the remaining 11 genes and their pro...

journal_title：Breast cancer research and treatment

authors： Forti S,Scanlan MJ,Invernizzi A,Castiglioni F,Pupa S,Agresti R,Fontanelli R,Morelli D,Old LJ,Pupa SM,Ménard S

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Videotaped education materials to teach breast self-examination (BSE) are used worldwide. However, evaluation of videotaped BSE instructions is lacking. METHODS:Premenopausal women (mean age 33.4+/-11.2 years) without history of breast cancer were approached to participate in this experimental study and ran...

journal_title：Breast cancer research and treatment

authors： Janda M,Stanek C,Newman B,Obermair A,Trimmel M

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic testing enables women at risk for hereditary breast and/or ovarian cancer to find out whether they have inherited the gene mutation (BRCA1/BRCA2), and if so, to opt for frequent surveillance and/or prophylactic surgery (bilateral mastectomy and/or oophorectomy). Here, a follow-up is described for 63 healthy wo...

journal_title：Breast cancer research and treatment

authors： Lodder LN,Frets PG,Trijsburg RW,Meijers-Heijboer EJ,Klijn JG,Seynaeve C,van Geel AN,Tilanus MM,Bartels CC,Verhoog LC,Brekelmans CT,Burger CW,Niermeijer MF

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study was undertaken to compare ROH growth responsiveness between normal human mammary epithelial cells (HMECs), estrogen receptor positive (MCF-7) and negative (MDA-MB-231) breast cancer cells, and assess whether this responsiveness is correlated with differences in ROH metabolism, particularly RA synthes...

journal_title：Breast cancer research and treatment

authors： Hayden LJ,Satre MA

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Staging procedures used to detect metastatic breast cancer at the time of diagnosis are bone scan (BS), chest X-ray (CXR), liver ultrasonography (LUS) and laboratory parameters (LP). These procedures are expensive and not all patients need them. We aimed to identify groups of patients with different risks fo...

journal_title：Breast cancer research and treatment

authors： Ravaioli A,Pasini G,Polselli A,Papi M,Tassinari D,Arcangeli V,Milandri C,Amadori D,Bravi M,Rossi D,Fattori PP,Pasquini E,Panzini I

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fresh organically grown pomegranates (Punica granatum L.) of the Wonderful cultivar were processed into three components: fermented juice, aqueous pericarp extract and cold-pressed or supercritical CO2-extracted seed oil. Exposure to additional solvents yielded polyphenol-rich fractions ('polyphenols') from each of th...

journal_title：Breast cancer research and treatment

authors： Kim ND,Mehta R,Yu W,Neeman I,Livney T,Amichay A,Poirier D,Nicholls P,Kirby A,Jiang W,Mansel R,Ramachandran C,Rabi T,Kaplan B,Lansky E

更新日期：2002-02-01 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：:Tamoxifen has been shown to increase cytoplasmic free Ca2+ levels [Ca2+]i in renal tubular cells and bladder cancer cells, and to after Ca2+ signaling in MCF-7 breast cancer cells. The present study examined the effect of tamoxifen on [Ca2+], in ZR-75-1 human breast cancer cells using fura-2 as an indicator. Tamoxifen...

journal_title：Breast cancer research and treatment

authors： Chang HT,Huang JK,Wang JL,Cheng JS,Lee KC,Lo YK,Liu CP,Chou KJ,Chen WC,Su W,Law YP,Jan CR

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A cohort of 20 breast cancer patients from the Sudan was tested for germ line and somatic mutation in their BRCA2 exon 11 as well as the main conserved area of the p53 tumor suppressor gene. The results indicate that both regions may play a limited role in the pathogenesis of breast cancer in those patients. The fact ...

journal_title：Breast cancer research and treatment

authors： Masri MA,Abdel Seed NM,Fahal AH,Romano M,Baralle F,El Hassam AM,Ibrahim ME

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Gemcitabine (G) and vinorelbine (V) have favorable safety profile and antitumor activity in metastatic breast cancer. To exploit their different mechanism of action and lack of overlapping toxicity, we performed a phase I and II study of G and V in combination. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Fifty-three patients with...

journal_title：Breast cancer research and treatment

authors： Mariani G,Tagliabue P,Zucchinelli P,Brambilla C,Demicheli R,Villa E,Marchianò A,Valagussa P,Bonadonna G,Gianni L

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the role of Mcl-1 and Bcl-2 expression in the induction of apoptosis. through blocking protein tyrosine kinase (PTK), protein kinase C (PKC), phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (P13-K) and mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK)/Erk kinase (MEK) signaling pathways by various kinase inhibitors in MCF-7 breast ca...

journal_title：Breast cancer research and treatment

authors： Hu Y,Dragowska WH,Wallis A,Duronio V,Mayer L

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous investigations into the relationship of CAG-repeat lengths in the androgen receptor (AR) gene to female breast cancer (BC) have yielded somewhat confusing results. Decreased AR transactivational activity lowers androgen:estrogen balance, and may thereby effect functional hyperestrogenicity. This may promote t...

journal_title：Breast cancer research and treatment

authors： Elhaji YA,Gottlieb B,Lumbroso R,Beitel LK,Foulkes WD,Pinsky L,Trifiro MA

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The response to primary chemotherapy is an important prognostic factor in patients with non metastatic breast cancer. In this study we compared the assessment of response performed by clinical palpation to that performed by echography and mammography in 141 out of 157 consecutive breast cancer patients (T2-4, N0-1, M0...

journal_title：Breast cancer research and treatment

authors： Fiorentino C,Berruti A,Bottini A,Bodini M,Brizzi MP,Brunelli A,Marini U,Allevi G,Aguggini S,Tira A,Alquati P,Olivetti L,Dogliotti L

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A major goal of cancer chemotherapy is the identification of cytotoxic compounds that are highly selective for cancer cells. We describe here one such compound - a novel iron chelator, desferri-exochelin 772SM. This desferri-exochelin has unique chemical and pharmacological properties, including extremely high iron bi...

journal_title：Breast cancer research and treatment

authors： Pahl PM,Horwitz MA,Horwitz KB,Horwitz LD

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To investigate the correlation among some of the commonly used clinical, pathological factors and newer biological indicators, and to identify the independent predictors of distant metastasis at presentation in patients with breast cancer. METHODS:The pathological specimens from 73 patients with breast canc...

journal_title：Breast cancer research and treatment

authors： Bozcuk H,Uslu G,Peştereli E,Samur M,Ozdoğan M,Karaveli S,Sargin F,Savaş B

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate the activity of the combination of gemcitabine (G) plus epirubicin (E) and taxol (T), (GET), in metastatic breast cancer, to evaluate the feasibility of this regimen as induction before high dose chemotherapy and to study the pharmacokinetic interactions of these three drugs. PATIENTS AND METHOD...

journal_title：Breast cancer research and treatment

authors： Conte PF,Gennari A,Donati S,Salvadori B,Baldini E,Bengala C,Pazzagli I,Orlandini C,Danesi R,Fogli S,Del Tacca M

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pp32 gene family consists of at least three closely related members, pp32, pp32r1 and pp32r2. In spite of a high degree of identity at the nucleotide level, pp32 functionally behaves as a tumor suppressor where as pp32r1 and pp32r2 are pro-oncogenic. The purpose of this pilot study was to determine pp32-related ex...

journal_title：Breast cancer research and treatment

authors： Kadkol SS,El Naga GA,Brody JR,Bai J,Gusev Y,Dooley WC,Pasternack GR

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Co-transfection studies indicate that HER2 (erbB-2) overexpression results in the phosphorylation and enhanced transcriptional activity of the androgen receptor (AR). This amplification of AR action is further enhanced by the expression of ARA70, a putative co-activator with a predilection for the AR. Because androgen...

journal_title：Breast cancer research and treatment

authors： Kollara A,Kahn HJ,Marks A,Brown TJ

更新日期：2001-06-01 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：PURPOSE:We studied which, age of the patient or density of the breast accounts for the sensitivity of mammography and ultrasonography (US). Furthermore we studied whether the overall impression on the density of the breast or the density in tumour area accounts for the sensitivity of mammography and ultrasonography. M...

journal_title：Breast cancer research and treatment

authors： Saarenmaa I,Salminen T,Geiger U,Heikkinen P,Hyvärinen S,Isola J,Kataja V,Kokko ML,Kokko R,Kumpulainen E,Kärkkäinen A,Pakkanen J,Peltonen P,Piironen A,Salo A,Talviala ML,Haka M

更新日期：2001-05-01 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