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Current trials to reduce surgical intervention in ductal carcinoma in situ of the breast: critical review (2017)
Journal Article
Toss, M., Miligy, I., Thompson, A., Khout, H., Green, A., Ellis, I., & Rakha, E. (2017). Current trials to reduce surgical intervention in ductal carcinoma in situ of the breast: critical review. Breast, 35, 151-156. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.breast.2017.07.012

The high proportion of ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) presented in mammographic screening and the relatively low risk of progression to invasive disease have raised questions related to overtreatment. Following a review of current DCIS management pr... Read More about Current trials to reduce surgical intervention in ductal carcinoma in situ of the breast: critical review.

Novel immunohistochemistry-based signatures to predict metastatic site of triple-negative breast cancers (2017)
Journal Article
Klimov, S., Rida, P. C., Aleskandarany, M. A., Green, A. R., Ellis, I. O., Janssen, E. A., Rakha, E. A., & Aneja, R. (2017). Novel immunohistochemistry-based signatures to predict metastatic site of triple-negative breast cancers. British Journal of Cancer, 117(6), 826-834. https://doi.org/10.1038/bjc.2017.224

Background: Although distant metastasis (DM) in breast cancer (BC) is the most lethal form of recurrence and the most common
underlying cause of cancer related deaths, the outcome following the development of DM is related to the site of metastasis.... Read More about Novel immunohistochemistry-based signatures to predict metastatic site of triple-negative breast cancers.

FOXP1 expression correlates with better prognosis in invasive breast cancer including the ER-positive luminal subtype (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Joseph, C., Craze, M. L., Nolan, C., Diez-Rodriguez, M., Green, A. R., Rakha, E., Ellis, I. O., & Mukherjee, A. FOXP1 expression correlates with better prognosis in invasive breast cancer including the ER-positive luminal subtype. Presented at Belfast Pathology 2017: 10th Joint Meeting of the British Division of the International Academy of Pathology and the Pathological Society of Great Britain & Ireland

Background: Fork head box P1 (FOXP1) is a FOX family transcription factor influencing ERα;-regulated transcription by interaction with the ERα; related pioneer factor FOXA1. Altered FOXP1 expression is seen in breast and prostate cancers. This study... Read More about FOXP1 expression correlates with better prognosis in invasive breast cancer including the ER-positive luminal subtype.

Elevated expression of STK3 mRNA and protein is associated with poor outcome in invasive breast cancer (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
with poor outcome in invasive breast cancer. Presented at Belfast Pathology 2017: 10th Joint Meeting of the British Division of the International Academy of Pathology and the Pathological Society of Great Britain & Ireland

Purpose of the study: The mammalian sterile 20-like kinase (MST2/STK3) and its close homologue MST1(STK4) are members of the germinal centre kinase group II (GCK II) family of mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPK). High STK3 expression is known to... Read More about Elevated expression of STK3 mRNA and protein is associated with poor outcome in invasive breast cancer.

An updated PREDICT breast cancer prognostication and treatment benefit prediction model with independent validation (2017)
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Candido Dos Reis, F. J., Wishart, G. C., Dicks, E. M., Greenberg, D., Rashbass, J., Schmidt, M. K., van den Broek, A. J., Ellis, I. O., Green, A., Rakha, E., Maishman, T., Eccles, D. M., & Pharoah, P. D. (2017). An updated PREDICT breast cancer prognostication and treatment benefit prediction model with independent validation. Breast Cancer Research, 19(1), Article 58. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13058-017-0852-3

BACKGROUND: PREDICT is a breast cancer prognostic and treatment benefit model implemented online. The overall fit of the model has been good in multiple independent case series, but PREDICT has been shown to underestimate breast cancer specific morta... Read More about An updated PREDICT breast cancer prognostication and treatment benefit prediction model with independent validation.

Ki67 expression in invasive breast cancer: the use of tissue microarrays compared with whole tissue sections (2017)
Journal Article
Muftah, A. A., Aleskandarany, M. A., Al-kaabi, M. M., Sonbul, S. N., Diez-Rodriguez, M., Nolan, C. C., Caldas, C., Ellis, I. O., Rakha, E. A., & Green, A. R. (2017). Ki67 expression in invasive breast cancer: the use of tissue microarrays compared with whole tissue sections. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, 164(2), 341-348. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10549-017-4270-0

Background: Although the prognostic value of Ki67 in breast cancer is well documented, using optimal cut-points for patient stratification, reproducibility of the scoring and interpretation of the results remain a matter of debate particularly when u... Read More about Ki67 expression in invasive breast cancer: the use of tissue microarrays compared with whole tissue sections.

Phenotypic characterization of breast cancer: the role of CDC42 (2017)
Journal Article
Chrysanthou, E., Gorringe, K. L., Joseph, C., Craze, M. L., Nolan, C. C., Diez-Rodriguez, M., Green, A. R., Rakha, E. A., Ellis, I. O., & Mukherjee, A. (2017). Phenotypic characterization of breast cancer: the role of CDC42. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, 164(2), https://doi.org/10.1007/s10549-017-4267-8

Purpose: The molecular landscape of breast cancer (BC), especially of the Luminal A subtype, remains to be fully delineated. Transcriptomic data shows that Luminal A tumours are enriched for aberrant expression of genes in the cell division control 4... Read More about Phenotypic characterization of breast cancer: the role of CDC42.

Chemokine (C-C motif) receptor 7 (CCR7) associates with the tumour immune microenvironment but not progression in invasive breast carcinoma (2017)
Journal Article
Sonbul, S. N., Gorringe, K. L., Aleskandarany, M. A., Mukherjee, A., Green, A. R., Ellis, I. O., & Rakha, E. A. (2017). Chemokine (C-C motif) receptor 7 (CCR7) associates with the tumour immune microenvironment but not progression in invasive breast carcinoma. Journal of Pathology: Clinical Research, 3(2), 105-114. https://doi.org/10.1002/cjp2.65

Some previous studies have reported that the chemokine (C-C motif) receptor 7 (CCR7) plays a role in breast cancer, is associated with lymph node metastasis and drives the site of distant metastasis. However, the impact of its expression on patient o... Read More about Chemokine (C-C motif) receptor 7 (CCR7) associates with the tumour immune microenvironment but not progression in invasive breast carcinoma.

Prognostic significance of tumour infiltrating B-Lymphocytes in breast ductal carcinoma in situ (2017)
Journal Article
Miligy, I., Mohan, P., Gaber, A., Aleskandarany, M. A., Nolan, C. C., Diez‐Rodriguez, M., Mukherjee, A., Chapman, C., Ellis, I. O., Green, A. R., & Rakha, E. A. (2017). Prognostic significance of tumour infiltrating B-Lymphocytes in breast ductal carcinoma in situ. Histopathology, 71(2), 258-268. https://doi.org/10.1111/his.13217

Aims: Tumour?infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) are an important component of the immune response to cancer and have a prognostic value in breast cancer. Although several studies have investigated the role of T lymphocytes in breast cancer, the role of... Read More about Prognostic significance of tumour infiltrating B-Lymphocytes in breast ductal carcinoma in situ.

Clinical impact of tumor DNA repair expression and T-cell infiltration in breast cancers (2017)
Journal Article
Green, A. R., Aleskandarany, M. A., Ali, R., Hodgson, E. G., Atabani, S., De Souza, K., Rakha, E., Ellis, I. O., & Madhusudan, S. (2017). Clinical impact of tumor DNA repair expression and T-cell infiltration in breast cancers. Cancer Immunology Research, 5(4), 292-299. https://doi.org/10.1158/2326-6066.CIR-16-0195

© 2017 American Association for Cancer Research. Impaired DNA repair drives mutagenicity, which increases neoantigen load and immunogenicity. We investigated the expression of proteins involved in the DNA damage response (ATM, Chk2), double-strand br... Read More about Clinical impact of tumor DNA repair expression and T-cell infiltration in breast cancers.

Prognostic stratification of oestrogen receptor-positive HER2-negative lymph node-negative class of breast cancer (2016)
Journal Article
Rakha, E. A., Agarwal, D., Green, A. R., Ashankyty, I., Ellis, I. O., Ball, G., & Alaskandarany, M. A. (2017). Prognostic stratification of oestrogen receptor-positive HER2-negative lymph node-negative class of breast cancer. Histopathology, 70(4), 622-631. https://doi.org/10.1111/his.13108

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Multigene assay is recommended currently for prognostic stratification of the clinically indeterminate group of breast cancer (BC) patients defined as lymph node (LN)‐negative, oestrogen receptor (ER)‐positive, HER2‐negative (LN−/ER+/HER2−) t... Read More about Prognostic stratification of oestrogen receptor-positive HER2-negative lymph node-negative class of breast cancer.

Molecular classification of breast cancer: what the pathologist needs to know (2016)
Journal Article
Rakha, E. A., & Green, A. R. (2017). Molecular classification of breast cancer: what the pathologist needs to know. Pathology, 49(2), 111-119. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pathol.2016.10.012

Breast cancer is a heterogeneous disease featuring distinct histological, molecular and clinical phenotypes. Although traditional classification systems utilising clinicopathological and few molecular markers are well established and validated, they... Read More about Molecular classification of breast cancer: what the pathologist needs to know.

Clinicopathological and functional significance of RECQL1 helicase in sporadic breast cancers (2016)
Journal Article
Arora, A., Parvathaneni, S., Aleskandarany, M. A., Agarwal, D., Ali, R., Abdel-Fatah, T., Green, A. R., Ball, G. R., Rakha, E. A., Ellis, I. O., Sharma, S., & Madhusudan, S. (2017). Clinicopathological and functional significance of RECQL1 helicase in sporadic breast cancers. Molecular Cancer Therapeutics, 16(1), https://doi.org/10.1158/1535-7163.MCT-16-0290

RECQL1, a key member of the RecQ family of DNA helicases, is required for DNA replication and DNA repair. Two recent studies have shown that germline RECQL1 mutations are associated with increased breast cancer susceptibility. Whether altered RECQL1... Read More about Clinicopathological and functional significance of RECQL1 helicase in sporadic breast cancers.

Breast conservation in ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS): what defines optimal margins? (2016)
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Toss, M. S., Pinder, S. E., Green, A. R., Thomas, J., Morgan, D. A., Robertson, J. F., Ellis, I. O., & Rakha, E. A. (2017). Breast conservation in ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS): what defines optimal margins?. Histopathology, 70(5), 681-692. https://doi.org/10.1111/his.13116

The introduction of mammographic screening has resulted in a rise in the detection rate of ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), currently accounting for one‐fifth of screen‐detected breast cancers. Although 60–70% of DCIS are treated with breast‐conservi... Read More about Breast conservation in ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS): what defines optimal margins?.

Caspase-3 and caspase-8 expression in breast cancer: caspase-3 is associated with survival (2016)
Journal Article
Xuan, P., Storr, S. J., Zhang, Y., Rakha, E., Green, A. R., Ellis, I. O., & Martin, S. G. (in press). Caspase-3 and caspase-8 expression in breast cancer: caspase-3 is associated with survival. Apoptosis, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10495-016-1323-5

Impaired apoptosis is one of the hallmarks of cancer. Caspase-3 and -8 are key regulators of the apoptotic response and have been shown to interact with the calpain family, a group of cysteine proteases, during tumorigenesis. The current study sought... Read More about Caspase-3 and caspase-8 expression in breast cancer: caspase-3 is associated with survival.

Clinicopathological and molecular characteristics of Ku 70/80 expression in Nigerian breast cancer and its potential therapeutic implications (2016)
Journal Article
Agboola, A. O., Ebili, H. O., Iyawe, V. O., Banjo, A. A., Salami, B. A., Rakha, E. A., Nolan, C. C., Ellis, I. O., & Green, A. R. (2017). Clinicopathological and molecular characteristics of Ku 70/80 expression in Nigerian breast cancer and its potential therapeutic implications. Pathology - Research and Practice, 213(1), 27-33. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prp.2016.10.005

Ku 70/80 is a regulator of the Non-Homologous End Joining (NHEJ) roles in clinicopathological features, and has prognostic significance in breast cancer (BC) in Caucasian populations. However, its significance in the Nigerian BC population, which is... Read More about Clinicopathological and molecular characteristics of Ku 70/80 expression in Nigerian breast cancer and its potential therapeutic implications.

Nostrin as a marker related to low grade and better prognosis in breast cancer (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hamarsheh, S., Craze, M., Joseph, C., Provenzano, E., Russell, R., Caldas, C., Green, A., Rakha, E., Ellis, I., & Mukherjee, A. (2016, June). Nostrin as a marker related to low grade and better prognosis in breast cancer. Presented at Nottingham Pathology 2016: 9th Joint Meeting of the British Division of the International Academy of Pathology and the Pathological Society of Great Britain & Ireland, Nottingham, UK

[This is an abstract on page S.20 of the proceedings.]

Further evidence to support bimodality of oestrogen receptor expression in breast cancer (2016)
Journal Article
Muftah, A. A., Aleskandarany, M., Sonbul, S. N., Nolan, C. C., Diez Rodriguez, M., Caldas, C., Ellis, I. O., Green, A. R., & Rakha, E. A. (2017). Further evidence to support bimodality of oestrogen receptor expression in breast cancer. Histopathology, 70(3), 456-465. https://doi.org/10.1111/his.13089

Aims: Although oestrogen receptor (ER)‐negative breast cancers (BCs) do not respond to hormone therapy, the response of ER‐positive BCs is reported to be variable, which may suggest a dose‐dependent effect. The aim of this study was to assess the pat... Read More about Further evidence to support bimodality of oestrogen receptor expression in breast cancer.

Clinicopathological and prognostic significance of mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPK) in breast cancers (2016)
Journal Article
Ahmad, D. A. J., Negm, O. H., Layth Alabdullah, M., Mirza, S., Hamed, M. R., Band, V., Green, A. R., Ellis, I. O., & Rakha, E. (2016). Clinicopathological and prognostic significance of mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPK) in breast cancers. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, 159(3), 457-467. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10549-016-3967-9

Background Mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs) are signalling transduction molecules that have different functions and diverse behaviour in cancer. In breast cancer, MAPK is related to oestrogen receptor (ER) and HER2.
Methods Protein express... Read More about Clinicopathological and prognostic significance of mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPK) in breast cancers.

Impact of tissue sampling on accuracy of Ki67 immunohistochemistry evaluation in breast cancer (2016)
Journal Article
Besusparis, J., Plancoulaine, B., Rasmusson, A., Augulis, R., Green, A. R., Ellis, I. O., Laurinaviciene, A., Herlin, P., & Laurinavicius, A. (2016). Impact of tissue sampling on accuracy of Ki67 immunohistochemistry evaluation in breast cancer. Diagnostic Pathology, 11(1), Article 82. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13000-016-0525-z

Background: Gene expression studies have identified molecular subtypes of breast cancer with implications to chemotherapy recommendations. For distinction of these types, a combination of immunohistochemistry (IHC) markers, including proliferative ac... Read More about Impact of tissue sampling on accuracy of Ki67 immunohistochemistry evaluation in breast cancer.