2009
Residual breast cancers after conventional therapy display mesenchymal as well as tumor-initiating features
Creighton CJ, Li X, Landis M, Dixon JM, Neumeister VM, Sjolund A, Rimm DL, Wong H, Rodriguez A, Herschkowitz JI, Fan C, Zhang X, He X, Pavlick A, Gutierrez MC, Renshaw L, Larionov AA, Faratian D, Hilsenbeck SG, Perou CM, Lewis MT, Rosen JM, Chang JC. Residual breast cancers after conventional therapy display mesenchymal as well as tumor-initiating features. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2009, 106: 13820-13825. PMID: 19666588, PMCID: PMC2720409, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0905718106.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBreast cancerConventional treatmentHigh tumor-initiating potentialResidual breast cancerBreast cancer patientsCell surface antigen profileLong-term survivalHuman breast tumorsBreast cancer cellsTumor-initiating cellsTumor-initiating potentialEndocrine therapyGene expression signaturesCancer patientsTumor cell populationClinical significanceMolecular subtypesTherapeutic strategiesMesenchymal markersMetalloproteinase-2Breast tumorsSubpopulation of cellsAntigen profileMesenchymal featuresTumor tissue
2007
Hormonal Markers in Breast Cancer: Coexpression, Relationship with Pathologic Characteristics, and Risk Factor Associations in a Population-Based Study
Yang XR, Pfeiffer RM, Garcia-Closas M, Rimm DL, Lissowska J, Brinton LA, Peplonska B, Hewitt SM, Cartun RW, Mandich D, Sasano H, Evans DB, Sutter TR, Sherman ME. Hormonal Markers in Breast Cancer: Coexpression, Relationship with Pathologic Characteristics, and Risk Factor Associations in a Population-Based Study. Cancer Research 2007, 67: 10608-10617. PMID: 17968031, DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-07-2142.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCurrent body mass indexBody mass indexPremenopausal womenPathologic characteristicsMass indexHormonal markersMolecular subtypesHigher current body mass indexPopulation-based case-control studyProliferation factorsEpidemiologic risk factorsRisk factor associationsHigh tumor gradeCase-control studyInvasive breast carcinomaBreast cancer tissuesER betaRisk factorsTumor gradeBreast carcinomaCoexpression patternsBreast cancerHigher scoresEarly menarcheCancer tissuesDifferences in Risk Factors for Breast Cancer Molecular Subtypes in a Population-Based Study
Yang XR, Sherman ME, Rimm DL, Lissowska J, Brinton LA, Peplonska B, Hewitt SM, Anderson WF, Szeszenia-Dąbrowska N, Bardin-Mikolajczak A, Zatonski W, Cartun R, Mandich D, Rymkiewicz G, Ligaj M, Lukaszek S, Kordek R, García-Closas M. Differences in Risk Factors for Breast Cancer Molecular Subtypes in a Population-Based Study. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention 2007, 16: 439-443. PMID: 17372238, DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.epi-06-0806.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBasal-like tumorsMolecular subtypesBreast cancerClinical featuresRisk factorsRelative riskBreast cancer risk factorsBreast cancer molecular subtypesHuman epidermal growth factor receptorUnfavorable clinical featuresInvasive breast cancerBody mass indexCancer risk factorsDistinct clinical featuresCancer molecular subtypesEstrogen receptor alphaEpidermal growth factor receptorBreast Cancer StudyPolish Breast Cancer StudyGrowth factor receptorPremenopausal womenMass indexPathologic featuresProgesterone receptorOdds ratio