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The prognostic significance of STAT3 in invasive breast cancer: analysis of protein and mRNA expressions in large cohorts (2016)
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Aleskandarany, M. A., Agarwal, D., Negm, O. H., Ball, G., Elmouna, A., Ashankyty, I., …Rakha, E. A. (2016). The prognostic significance of STAT3 in invasive breast cancer: analysis of protein and mRNA expressions in large cohorts. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, 156(1), 9-20. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10549-016-3709-z

Signal transducer and activator of transcription (STAT) transcription factors family are involved in diverse cellular biological functions. Reports regarding the prognostic impact of STAT3 expression in breast cancer (BC) are variable whether being a... Read More about The prognostic significance of STAT3 in invasive breast cancer: analysis of protein and mRNA expressions in large cohorts.

RECQL4 helicase has oncogenic potential in sporadic breast cancers (2016)
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Arora, A., Agarwal, D., Abdel-Fatah, T. M., Lu, H., Croteau, D. L., Moseley, P., …Madhusudan, S. (2016). RECQL4 helicase has oncogenic potential in sporadic breast cancers. Journal of Pathology, 238(4), 495-501. https://doi.org/10.1002/path.4681

RECQL4 helicase is a molecular motor that unwinds DNA, a process essential during DNA replication and DNA repair. Germ-line mutations in RECQL4 cause type II Rothmund–Thomson syndrome (RTS), characterized by a premature ageing phenotype and cancer pr... Read More about RECQL4 helicase has oncogenic potential in sporadic breast cancers.

Bimodality of intratumor Ki67 expression is an independent prognostic factor of overall survival in patients with invasive breast carcinoma (2016)
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Laurinavicius, A., Plancoulaine, B., Rasmusson, A., Besusparis, J., Augulis, R., Meskauskas, R., …Ellis, I. O. (2016). Bimodality of intratumor Ki67 expression is an independent prognostic factor of overall survival in patients with invasive breast carcinoma. Virchows Archiv, 468(4), 493-502. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00428-016-1907-z

Proliferative activity, assessed by Ki67 immunohistochemistry (IHC), is an established prognostic and predictive biomarker of breast cancer (BC). However, it remains under-utilized due to lack of standardized robust measurement methodologies and sign... Read More about Bimodality of intratumor Ki67 expression is an independent prognostic factor of overall survival in patients with invasive breast carcinoma.

Infiltrating epitheliosis of the breast: characterization of histological features, immunophenotype and genomic profile (2016)
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Eberle, C. A., Piscuoglio, S., Rakha, E. A., Ng, C. K. Y., Geyer, F. C., Edelweiss, M., …Ellis, I. O. (2016). Infiltrating epitheliosis of the breast: characterization of histological features, immunophenotype and genomic profile. Histopathology, 68(7), 1030-1039. https://doi.org/10.1111/his.12897

Aims Infiltrating epitheliosis is a rare complex sclerosing lesion (CSL) of the breast, characterized by infiltrating ducts immersed in a scleroelastotic stroma and filled with cells having architectural and cytological patterns reminiscent of tho... Read More about Infiltrating epitheliosis of the breast: characterization of histological features, immunophenotype and genomic profile.

Human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 testing in invasive breast cancer: should histological grade, type and oestrogen receptor status influence the decision to repeat testing? (2016)
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Rakha, E. A., Pigera, M., Shin, S. J., D'Alfonso, T., Ellis, I. O., & Lee, A. H. S. (2016). Human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 testing in invasive breast cancer: should histological grade, type and oestrogen receptor status influence the decision to repeat testing?. Histopathology, 69(1), 20-24. doi:10.1111/his.12900

Aims The recent American Society of Clinical Oncology/College of American Pathologists guidelines for human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) testing in breast cancer recommend repeat testing based on tumour grade, tumour type, and hormone... Read More about Human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 testing in invasive breast cancer: should histological grade, type and oestrogen receptor status influence the decision to repeat testing?.

ELF5 drives lung metastasis in luminal breast cancer through recruitment of Gr1+ CD11b+ myeloid-derived suppressor cells (2015)
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Gallego-Ortega, D., Ledger, A., Roden, D. L., Law, A. M., Magenau, A., Kikhtyak, Z., …Ormandy, C. J. (2015). ELF5 drives lung metastasis in luminal breast cancer through recruitment of Gr1+ CD11b+ myeloid-derived suppressor cells. PLoS Biology, 13(12), Article e1002330. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1002330

During pregnancy, the ETS transcription factor ELF5 establishes the milk-secreting alveolar cell lineage by driving a cell fate decision of the mammary luminal progenitor cell. In breast cancer, ELF5 is a key transcriptional determinant of tumor subt... Read More about ELF5 drives lung metastasis in luminal breast cancer through recruitment of Gr1+ CD11b+ myeloid-derived suppressor cells.

Anastrozole versus tamoxifen for the prevention of locoregional and contralateral breast cancer in postmenopausal women with locally excised ductal carcinoma in situ (IBIS-II DCIS): a double-blind, randomised controlled trial (2015)
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Forbes, J. F., Sestak, I., Howell, A., Bonanni, B., Bundred, N., Levy, C., …Cuzick, J. (2015). Anastrozole versus tamoxifen for the prevention of locoregional and contralateral breast cancer in postmenopausal women with locally excised ductal carcinoma in situ (IBIS-II DCIS): a double-blind, randomised controlled trial. Lancet, 387(10021), 866-873. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736%2815%2901129-0

Clinical utility of reverse phase protein array for molecular classification of breast cancer (2015)
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Negm, O. H., Muftah, A. A., Aleskandarany, M. A., Hamed, M. R., Ahmad, D. A., Nolan, C. C., …Green, A. R. (2016). Clinical utility of reverse phase protein array for molecular classification of breast cancer. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, 155(1), 25-35. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10549-015-3654-2

Reverse Phase Protein Array (RPPA) represents a sensitive and high-throughput technique allowing simultaneous quantitation of protein expression levels in biological samples. This study aimed to confirm the ability of RPPA to classify archival formal... Read More about Clinical utility of reverse phase protein array for molecular classification of breast cancer.

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. doi: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.

Ki67/SATB1 ratio is an independent prognostic factor of overall survival in patients with early hormone receptor-positive invasive ductal breast carcinoma (2015)
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Laurinavicius, A., Green, A. R., Laurinaviciene, A., Smailyte, G., Ostapenko, V., Meskauskas, R., & Ellis, I. O. (2015). Ki67/SATB1 ratio is an independent prognostic factor of overall survival in patients with early hormone receptor-positive invasive ductal breast carcinoma. Oncotarget, 6(38), 41134-41145. https://doi.org/10.18632/oncotarget.5838

Biological diversity of breast cancer presents challenges for personalized therapy and necessitates multiparametric approaches to understand and manage the disease. Multiple protein biomarkers tested by immunohistochemistry (IHC), followed by digital... Read More about Ki67/SATB1 ratio is an independent prognostic factor of overall survival in patients with early hormone receptor-positive invasive ductal breast carcinoma.

Chk1 phosphorylated at serine345 is a predictor of early local recurrence and radio-resistance in breast cancer (2015)
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Alsubhi, N., Middleton, F., Abdel-Fatah, T. M., Stephens, P., Doherty, R., Arora, A., …Madhusudan, S. (2016). Chk1 phosphorylated at serine345 is a predictor of early local recurrence and radio-resistance in breast cancer. Molecular Oncology, 10(2), 213-223. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molonc.2015.09.009

Radiation?induced DNA damage activates the DNA damage response (DDR). DDR up?regulation may predict radio?resistance and increase the risk of early local recurrence despite radiotherapy in early stage breast cancers. In 1755 early stage breast cancer... Read More about Chk1 phosphorylated at serine345 is a predictor of early local recurrence and radio-resistance in breast cancer.

PKC? attenuates jagged-1-mediated notch signaling in ErbB-2-positive breast cancer to reverse trastuzumab resistance (2015)
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Pandya, K., Wyatt, D., Gallagher, B., Shah, D., Baker, A., Bloodworth, J., …Osipo, C. (2016). PKCα attenuates jagged-1-mediated notch signaling in ErbB-2-positive breast cancer to reverse trastuzumab resistance. Clinical Cancer Research, 22(1), 175-186. https://doi.org/10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-15-0179

Purpose: Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer mortality among women worldwide. The major problem with current treatments is tumor resistance, recurrence, and disease progression. ErbB-2–positive breast tumors are aggressive and frequen... Read More about PKC? attenuates jagged-1-mediated notch signaling in ErbB-2-positive breast cancer to reverse trastuzumab resistance.

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.