Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) in fine needle aspirates containing inflammatory breast cancer cells.
Li C, Pusztai L, Cohen E, Symmans F, Wang B, Lee B, Hortobagyi G, Cristofanilli M, Reuben J. Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) in fine needle aspirates containing inflammatory breast cancer cells. Cancer Research 2009, 69: 3084. DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.sabcs-3084.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchInflammatory breast cancerEpstein-Barr virusFine needle aspiratesEBV DNABreast cancerEBV genomeQuantitative polymerase chain reactionLABC patientsNeedle aspiratesFNA samplesHuman herpes virus 8Findings warrants further investigationPotential viral oncogenesAdvanced breast cancerLatent EBV infectionHerpes virus 8Primary breast cancerBreast cancer patientsPossible viral etiologyEBV DNA sequencesQ-PCRInflammatory breast cancer cellsMouse mammary tumorsBreast cancer cellsWarrants further investigation