2020
Detection of crown-like structures in breast adipose tissue and clinical outcomes among African-American and White women with breast cancer
Maliniak M, Cheriyan A, Sherman M, Liu Y, Gogineni K, Liu J, He J, Krishnamurti U, Miller-Kleinhenz J, Ashiqueali R, He J, Yacoub R, McCullough L. Detection of crown-like structures in breast adipose tissue and clinical outcomes among African-American and White women with breast cancer. Breast Cancer Research 2020, 22: 65. PMID: 32552729, PMCID: PMC7298873, DOI: 10.1186/s13058-020-01308-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBreast adipose tissueHazard ratioBreast cancerAdipose tissueMultivariable Cox proportional hazards modelsWhite womenCox proportional hazards modelProgression-free survivalMedical record reviewCurrent smoking statusConfidence intervalsProportional hazards modelBenign breast tissueBreast cancer prognosisNon-tumor tissuesCrown-like structuresMulti-racial populationEvidence of associationWorse OSWhite patientsClinical outcomesRecord reviewSmoking statusLifestyle factorsMultivariable model
2017
Multi-institutional study of nuclear KIFC1 as a biomarker of poor prognosis in African American women with triple-negative breast cancer
Ogden A, Garlapati C, Li X, Turaga R, Oprea-Ilies G, Wright N, Bhattarai S, Mittal K, Wetherilt C, Krishnamurti U, Reid M, Jones M, Gupta M, Osan R, Pattni S, Riaz A, Klimov S, Rao A, Cantuaria G, Rida P, Aneja R. Multi-institutional study of nuclear KIFC1 as a biomarker of poor prognosis in African American women with triple-negative breast cancer. Scientific Reports 2017, 7: 42289. PMID: 28218233, PMCID: PMC5316996, DOI: 10.1038/srep42289.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDistant metastasis-free survivalProgression-free survivalTNBC cellsOverall survivalPoor prognosisBreast cancerTriple-negative breast cancer patientsTriple-negative breast cancerMultivariable Cox modelMetastasis-free survivalWorse overall survivalBreast cancer patientsMulti-institutional studyAA TNBC patientsAfrican AmericansAfrican American womenTNBC patientsIndependent biomarkerPrognostic valueCancer patientsWorse outcomesCox modelTissue microarrayKIFC1 knockdownTNBC