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An approach to the diagnosis of spindle cell lesions of the breast (2015)
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Rakha, E. A., Aleskandarany, M. A., Lee, A. H. S., & Ellis, I. O. (2016). An approach to the diagnosis of spindle cell lesions of the breast. Histopathology, 68(1), 33-44. https://doi.org/10.1111/his.12865

Although most breast spindle cell lesions (BSCLs) are rare, they constitute a wide spectrum of diseases, ranging from reactive processes to aggressive malignant tumours. Despite their varied histogenesis and behaviour, some lesions show an overlap of... Read More about An approach to the diagnosis of spindle cell lesions of the breast.

Clinicopathological and prognostic significance of RECQL5 helicase expression in breast cancers (2015)
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Arora, A., Abdel-Fatah, T. M., Agarwal, D., Doherty, R., Croteau, D. L., Moseley, P. M., …Madhusudan, S. (2016). Clinicopathological and prognostic significance of RECQL5 helicase expression in breast cancers. Carcinogenesis, 37(1), 63-71. https://doi.org/10.1093/carcin/bgv163

RECQL5 is a member of the RecQ family of DNA helicases and has key roles in homologous recombination, base excision repair, replication and transcription. The clinicopathological significance of RECQL5 expression in breast cancer is unknown. In this... Read More about Clinicopathological and prognostic significance of RECQL5 helicase expression in breast cancers.

Nottingham Prognostic Index Plus: validation of a clinical decision making tool in breast cancer in an independent series (2015)
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Green, A. R., Soria, D., Stephen, J., Powe, D. G., Nolan, C. C., Kunkler, I., …Ellis, I. O. (2016). Nottingham Prognostic Index Plus: validation of a clinical decision making tool in breast cancer in an independent series. Journal of Pathology: Clinical Research, 2, https://doi.org/10.1002/cjp2.32

The Nottingham Prognostic Index Plus (NPI+)is a clinical decision making tool in breast cancer (BC) that aims to provide improved patient outcome stratification superior to the traditional NPI. This study aimed to validate the NPI+ in an independent... Read More about Nottingham Prognostic Index Plus: validation of a clinical decision making tool in breast cancer in an independent series.

Breast Neoplasms with Dermal Analogue Differentiation (Mammary Cylindroma): Report of 3 Cases and a Proposal for a New Terminology (2015)
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Rakha, E. A., Lee, A. H., Sheeran, R., Abbosh, C., Hodi, Z., Merchant, W., …Shaaban, A. M. (2015). Breast Neoplasms with Dermal Analogue Differentiation (Mammary Cylindroma): Report of 3 Cases and a Proposal for a New Terminology. Pathobiology, 82(3-4), 172-178. https://doi.org/10.1159/000433600

Salivary gland-like and dermal analogue tumours of the breast are rare lesions that can be diagnostically challenging for pathologists. Data on the clinical behaviour and molecular characterisation of these mammary tumours are limited and their desig... Read More about Breast Neoplasms with Dermal Analogue Differentiation (Mammary Cylindroma): Report of 3 Cases and a Proposal for a New Terminology.

Construction of tissue microarrays from core needle biopsies: a systematic literature review (2015)
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Albanghali, M., Green, A., Rakha, E., Aleskandarany, M., Nolan, C., Ellis, I., & Cheung, K.-L. (2016). Construction of tissue microarrays from core needle biopsies: a systematic literature review. Histopathology, 68(3), 323-332. https://doi.org/10.1111/his.12802

In some clinical circumstances, core needle biopsy (CNB) may be the only source of material from cancer tissue for diagnostic use. The volume of tissue available in a CNB is low, and opportunities for research use can therefore be limited. The tissue... Read More about Construction of tissue microarrays from core needle biopsies: a systematic literature review.

Morphogenesis of the papillary lesions of the breast: phenotypic observation (2015)
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Rakha, E. A. (2016). Morphogenesis of the papillary lesions of the breast: phenotypic observation. Journal of Clinical Pathology, 69(1), 64-69. https://doi.org/10.1136/jclinpath-2015-203191

Papillary lesions of the breast are a heterogeneous group of diseases characterised by the presence epithelial proliferation supported by fibrovascular stalks. Normal breast tissue does not show papillary morphology and the mechanisms underlying papi... Read More about Morphogenesis of the papillary lesions of the breast: phenotypic observation.

DNA repair prognostic index modelling reveals an essential role for base excision repair in influencing clinical outcomes in ER negative and triple negative breast cancers (2015)
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Abdel-Fatah, T. M., Arora, A., Moseley, P. M., Perry, C., Rakha, E. A., Green, A. R., …Madhusudan, S. (2015). DNA repair prognostic index modelling reveals an essential role for base excision repair in influencing clinical outcomes in ER negative and triple negative breast cancers. Oncotarget, 6(26), 21964-21978. https://doi.org/10.18632/oncotarget.4157

Stratification of oestrogen receptor (ER) negative and triple negative breast cancers (TNBCs) is urgently needed. In the current study, a cohort of 880 ER- (including 635 TNBCs) was immuno-profiled for a panel of DNA repair proteins including: Pol β,... Read More about DNA repair prognostic index modelling reveals an essential role for base excision repair in influencing clinical outcomes in ER negative and triple negative breast cancers.

KPNA2 is a nuclear export protein that contributes to aberrant localisation of key proteins and poor prognosis of breast cancer (2015)
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Background: It is recognised that modulations of the nuclear import of macromolecules have a role in changing cellular phenotypes and carcinogenesis. We and others have noticed that aberrant subcellular localisation of DNA damage response (DDR) prote... Read More about KPNA2 is a nuclear export protein that contributes to aberrant localisation of key proteins and poor prognosis of breast cancer.

Small molecule inhibition of group I p21-activated kinases in breast cancer induces apoptosis and potentiates the activity of microtubule stabilizing agents (2015)
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Ong, C. C., Gierke, S., Pitt, C., Sagolla, M., Cheng, C. K., Zhou, W., …Hoeflich, K. P. (2015). Small molecule inhibition of group I p21-activated kinases in breast cancer induces apoptosis and potentiates the activity of microtubule stabilizing agents. Breast Cancer Research, 17(1), Article 59. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13058-015-0564-5

Introduction Breast cancer, the most common cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide among women, is a molecularly and clinically heterogeneous disease. Extensive genetic and epigenetic profiling of breast tumors has recently revealed novel puta... Read More about Small molecule inhibition of group I p21-activated kinases in breast cancer induces apoptosis and potentiates the activity of microtubule stabilizing agents.

FKBPL: a marker of good prognosis in breast cancer (2015)
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Nelson, L., McKeen, H. D., Ellis, I., Rakha, E., Marshall, A., Mulrane, L., …Robson, T. (2015). FKBPL: a marker of good prognosis in breast cancer. Oncotarget, 6(14), 12209-12223. https://doi.org/10.18632/oncotarget.3528

FK506-binding protein-like (FKBPL) has established roles as an anti-tumor protein, with a therapeutic peptide based on this protein, ALM201, shortly entering phase I/II clinical trials. Here, we evaluated FKBPL’s prognostic ability in primary breast... Read More about FKBPL: a marker of good prognosis in breast cancer.

Inflammatory breast cancer: time to standardise diagnosis assessment and management and for the joining of forces to facilitate effective research (2015)
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Rea, D., Francis, A., Hanby, A., Speirs, V., Rakha, E., Shaaban, A., …on behalf of the UK Inflammatory Breast Cancer Working group. (2015). Inflammatory breast cancer: time to standardise diagnosis assessment and management and for the joining of forces to facilitate effective research. British Journal of Cancer, 112(9), 1613-1615. https://doi.org/10.1038/bjc.2015.115

Are acinic cell carcinomas of the breast and salivary glands distinct diseases? (2015)
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Piscuoglio, S., Hodi, Z., Katabi, N., Guerini-Rocco, E., Macedo, G. S., Ng, C. K., …Reis-Filho, J. S. (2015). Are acinic cell carcinomas of the breast and salivary glands distinct diseases?. Histopathology, 67(4), 529-537. https://doi.org/10.1111/his.12673

Aims: Acinic cell carcinomas (AcCC) of the breast have been reported to constitute the breast counterpart of salivary gland AcCCs, based on the similarities of their histological and immunohistochemical features. Breast AcCC is a vanishingly rare for... Read More about Are acinic cell carcinomas of the breast and salivary glands distinct diseases?.

Clinical and biological significance of glucocorticoid receptor (GR) expression in breast cancer (2015)
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Abduljabbar, R., Negm, O. H., Lai, C.-F., Jerjees, D. A., Al-Kaabi, M., Hamed, M. R., …Ellis, I. O. (2015). Clinical and biological significance of glucocorticoid receptor (GR) expression in breast cancer. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, 150(2), 335-346. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10549-015-3335-1

The glucocorticoid receptor (GR) is a member of the nuclear receptor superfamily of transcription factors, which exerts anti-proliferative and anti-apoptotic activities. The GR is expressed in a large proportion of breast cancer (BC) although levels... Read More about Clinical and biological significance of glucocorticoid receptor (GR) expression in breast cancer.

Macroscopic handling and reporting of breast cancer specimens pre- and post-neoadjuvant chemotherapy treatment: review of pathological issues and suggested approaches (2015)
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Pinder, S. E., Rakha, E. A., Purdie, C. A., Bartlett, J. M. S., Francis, A., Stein, R. C., …the Translational Subgroup of the NCRI Breast Clinical Studies Group. (2015). Macroscopic handling and reporting of breast cancer specimens pre- and post-neoadjuvant chemotherapy treatment: review of pathological issues and suggested approaches. Histopathology, 67(3), 279-293. https://doi.org/10.1111/his.12649

Neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NACT) is used increasingly in the treatment of invasive breast cancer and presents challenges for the pathologist in the handling and interpretation of tissues. Potential issues include pathological identification and locali... Read More about Macroscopic handling and reporting of breast cancer specimens pre- and post-neoadjuvant chemotherapy treatment: review of pathological issues and suggested approaches.