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The clinical significance of oestrogen receptor expression in breast ductal carcinoma in situ (2020)
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Miligy, I. M., Toss, M. S., Shiino, S., Oni, G., Syed, B. M., Khout, H., …Rakha, E. A. (2020). The clinical significance of oestrogen receptor expression in breast ductal carcinoma in situ. British Journal of Cancer, 123(10), 1513-1520. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41416-020-1023-3

Background: Oestrogen receptor (ER) in invasive breast cancer (BC) predicts response to endocrine therapy (ET) and provides prognostic value. In this study, we investigated the value of ER expression in ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) in terms of out... Read More about The clinical significance of oestrogen receptor expression in breast ductal carcinoma in situ.

Werner Syndrome Protein Expression in Breast Cancer (2020)
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Savva, C., Sadiq, M., Sheikh, O., Karim, S., Trivedi, S., Green, A. R., …Arora, A. (2021). Werner Syndrome Protein Expression in Breast Cancer. Clinical Breast Cancer, 21(1), 57-73.E7. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clbc.2020.07.013

Introduction Werner protein (WRN) plays an important role in DNA repair, replication, transcription, and consequently genomic stability via its DNA-helicase and exonuclease activity. Loss of function of WRN is associated with Werner syndrome (WS), w... Read More about Werner Syndrome Protein Expression in Breast Cancer.

IL6/STAT3 Signaling Hijacks Estrogen Receptor ? Enhancers to Drive Breast Cancer Metastasis (2020)
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Siersbaek, R., Scabia, V., Nagarajan, S., Chernukhin, I., Papachristou, E. K., Broome, R., …Carroll, J. S. (2020). IL6/STAT3 Signaling Hijacks Estrogen Receptor α Enhancers to Drive Breast Cancer Metastasis. Cancer Cell, 38(3), 412-423.e9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ccell.2020.06.007

The cytokine interleukin-6 (IL6) and its downstream effector STAT3 constitute a key oncogenic pathway, which has been thought to be functionally connected to estrogen receptor ? (ER) in breast cancer. We demonstrate that IL6/STAT3 signaling drives me... Read More about IL6/STAT3 Signaling Hijacks Estrogen Receptor ? Enhancers to Drive Breast Cancer Metastasis.

Molecular Complexity of Lymphovascular Invasion: The Role of Cell Migration in Breast Cancer as a Prototype (2020)
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Kariri, Y. A., Aleskandarany, M. A., Joseph, C., Toss, M. S., Kurozumi, S., Mohammed, O. J., …Rakha, E. A. (2020). Molecular Complexity of Lymphovascular Invasion: The Role of Cell Migration in Breast Cancer as a Prototype. Pathobiology, 87, 218–231. https://doi.org/10.1159/000508337

Lymphovascular invasion (LVI) is associated with poor outcome in breast cancer (BC); however, its underlying mechanisms remain ill-defined. LVI in BC develops through complex molecular pathways involving not only the interplay with the surrounding mi... Read More about Molecular Complexity of Lymphovascular Invasion: The Role of Cell Migration in Breast Cancer as a Prototype.

Feasibility of integrated high?wavenumber Raman imaging and fingerprint Raman spectroscopy for fast margin assessment in breast cancer surgery (2020)
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Liao, Z., Lizio, M. G., Corden, C., Khout, H., Rakha, E., & Notingher, I. (2020). Feasibility of integrated high?wavenumber Raman imaging and fingerprint Raman spectroscopy for fast margin assessment in breast cancer surgery. Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 51(10), 1986-1995. https://doi.org/10.1002/jrs.5937

Intraoperative assessment of surgical margins remains one of the main challenges in cancer surgery. Raman spectroscopy can detect cancer cells with high accuracy, but it is time‐consuming. In this paper, we investigated a selective‐sampling Raman spe... Read More about Feasibility of integrated high?wavenumber Raman imaging and fingerprint Raman spectroscopy for fast margin assessment in breast cancer surgery.

The prognostic significance of BMI1 expression in invasive breast cancer is dependent on its molecular subtypes (2020)
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Althobiti, M., Muftah, A. A., Aleskandarany, M. A., Joseph, C., Toss, M. S., Green, A., & Rakha, E. (2020). The prognostic significance of BMI1 expression in invasive breast cancer is dependent on its molecular subtypes. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, 182, 581–589. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10549-020-05719-x

Purpose: BMI-1, which is a major component of the polycomb group complex 1 is an essential epigenetic repressor of multiple regulatory genes and has been identified as a cancer stem cell (CSC) marker in several cancers. However, its role in breast c... Read More about The prognostic significance of BMI1 expression in invasive breast cancer is dependent on its molecular subtypes.

Elevated MMP9 expression in breast cancer is a predictor of shorter patient survival (2020)
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Joseph, C., Alsaleem, M., Orah, N., Narasimha, P. L., Miligy, I. M., Kurozumi, S., …Rakha, E. A. (2020). Elevated MMP9 expression in breast cancer is a predictor of shorter patient survival. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, 182, 267–282. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10549-020-05670-x

Purpose: MMP9 is a matricellular protein associated with extracellular matrix (ECM) remodelling, that promotes tumour progression, and modulates the activity of cell adhesion molecules and cytokines. This study aims to assess the prognostic value of... Read More about Elevated MMP9 expression in breast cancer is a predictor of shorter patient survival.

PPFIA1 expression associates with poor response to endocrine treatment in luminal breast cancer (2020)
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Alfarsi, L. H., El Ansari, R., Craze, M. L., Masisi, B. K., Ellis, I. O., Rakha, E. A., & Green, A. R. (2020). PPFIA1 expression associates with poor response to endocrine treatment in luminal breast cancer. BMC Cancer, 20(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/s12885-020-06939-6

Background PPFIA1 is an important regulator of cell migration and invasion, regulating focal adhesion signalling and disassembly. PPFIA1 is frequently amplified in breast cancer, and recent functional studies indicate that PPFIA1 is an important pro... Read More about PPFIA1 expression associates with poor response to endocrine treatment in luminal breast cancer.

A novel prognostic two-gene signature for triple negative breast cancer (2020)
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Alsaleem, M. A., Ball, G., Toss, M. S., Raafat, S., Aleskandarany, M., Joseph, C., …Rakha, E. (2020). A novel prognostic two-gene signature for triple negative breast cancer. Modern Pathology, 33, 2208–2220. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41379-020-0563-7

The absence of a robust risk stratification tool for triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) underlies imprecise and non-selective treatment of these patients with cytotoxic chemotherapy. This study aimed to interrogate transcriptomes of TNBC resected s... Read More about A novel prognostic two-gene signature for triple negative breast cancer.

The prognostic significance of ALDH1A1 expression in early invasive breast cancer (2020)
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Althobiti, M., El Ansari, R., Aleskandarany, M., Joseph, C., Toss, M. S., Green, A. R., & Rakha, E. A. (2020). The prognostic significance of ALDH1A1 expression in early invasive breast cancer. Histopathology, 77(3), 437-448. https://doi.org/10.1111/his.14129

Aims: Aldehyde dehydrogenase family 1 member A1 (ALDH1A1)is reportedly a key ALDH isozyme linked to the cancer stem cells (CSC) of many solid tumours, where it is involved in self-renewal, differentiation and self-protection. In this study, the progn... Read More about The prognostic significance of ALDH1A1 expression in early invasive breast cancer.

Myxovirus resistance 1 (MX1) is an independent predictor of poor outcome in invasive breast cancer (2020)
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Aljohani, A. I., Joseph, C., Kurozumi, S., Mohammed, O. J., Miligy, I. M., Green, A. R., & Rakha, E. (2020). Myxovirus resistance 1 (MX1) is an independent predictor of poor outcome in invasive breast cancer. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, 181(3), 541-551. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10549-020-05646-x

Background: Breast cancer (BC) is a disease with variable morphology, clinical behaviour and response to therapy. Identifying factors associated with the progression of early stage BC can help understand the risk of metastasis and guide treatment dec... Read More about Myxovirus resistance 1 (MX1) is an independent predictor of poor outcome in invasive breast cancer.

The solute carrier SLC7A8 is a marker of favourable prognosis in ER-positive low proliferative invasive breast cancer (2020)
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Ansari, R., Craze, M. L., Alfarsi, L., Masisi, B. K., Ellis, I. O., Rakha, E. A., & Green, A. R. (2020). The solute carrier SLC7A8 is a marker of favourable prognosis in ER-positive low proliferative invasive breast cancer. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, 181(1), 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10549-020-05586-6

Purpose: Breast cancer (BC) is a heterogeneous disease consisting of various subtypes, with different prognostic and therapeutic outcomes. The amino acid transporter, SLC7A8, is over expressed in estrogen receptor positive BC. However the consequenc... Read More about The solute carrier SLC7A8 is a marker of favourable prognosis in ER-positive low proliferative invasive breast cancer.

The prognostic significance of immune microenvironment in breast ductal carcinoma in situ (2020)
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Toss, M. S., Abidi, A., Lesche, D., Joseph, C., Mahale, S., Saunders, H., …Rakha, E. A. (2020). The prognostic significance of immune microenvironment in breast ductal carcinoma in situ. British Journal of Cancer, 122, 1496–1506. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41416-020-0797-7

Background The role of different subtypes of tumour infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) in breast ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) is still poorly defined. This study aimed to assess the prognostic significance of B and T lymphocytes and immune checkpo... Read More about The prognostic significance of immune microenvironment in breast ductal carcinoma in situ.

The genetic architecture of breast papillary lesions as a predictor of progression to carcinoma (2020)
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Thio, N., Kader, T., Elder, K., Zethoven, M., Semple, T., Hill, P., …Gorringe, K. L. (2020). The genetic architecture of breast papillary lesions as a predictor of progression to carcinoma. npj Breast Cancer, 6, Article 9. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41523-020-0150-6

Intra-ductal papillomas (IDP) are challenging breast findings because of their variable risk of progression to malignancy. The molecular events driving IDP development and genomic features of malignant progression are poorly understood. In this study... Read More about The genetic architecture of breast papillary lesions as a predictor of progression to carcinoma.

PIK3C? expression by fibroblasts promotes triple-negative breast cancer progression (2020)
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Huang, P., Gagliano, T., Shah, K., Gargani, S., Lao, L., Alsaleem, M., …Giamas, G. (2020). PIK3Cδ expression by fibroblasts promotes triple-negative breast cancer progression. Journal of Clinical Investigation, 130(6), 3188-3204. https://doi.org/10.1172/jci128313

As there is growing evidence for the tumor microenvironment’s (TME) role in tumorigenesis, we investigated the role of fibroblast-expressed kinases in triple negative breast cancer (TNBC). Using a high-throughput kinome screen combined with 3D invasi... Read More about PIK3C? expression by fibroblasts promotes triple-negative breast cancer progression.

Combined HER3-EGFR score in triple-negative breast cancer provides prognostic and predictive significance superior to individual biomarkers (2020)
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Janssen, E. A., Ogden, A., Bhattarai, S., Sahoo, B., Mongan, N. P., Alsaleem, M., …Aneja, R. (2020). Combined HER3-EGFR score in triple-negative breast cancer provides prognostic and predictive significance superior to individual biomarkers. Scientific Reports, 10(1), Article 3009. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-59514-1

© 2020, The Author(s). Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) and human epidermal growth factor receptor 3 (HER3) have been investigated as triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) biomarkers. Reduced EGFR levels can be compensated by increases in HER3;... Read More about Combined HER3-EGFR score in triple-negative breast cancer provides prognostic and predictive significance superior to individual biomarkers.

Co-Expression Effect of SLC7A5/SLC3A2 to Predict Response to Endocrine Therapy in Oestrogen-Receptor-Positive Breast Cancer (2020)
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Alfarsi, L. H., El-Ansari, R., Craze, M. L., Masisi, B. K., Mohammed, O. J., Rakha, E. A., …Green, A. R. (2020). Co-Expression Effect of SLC7A5/SLC3A2 to Predict Response to Endocrine Therapy in Oestrogen-Receptor-Positive Breast Cancer. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 21(4), Article 1407. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms21041407

The majority of breast cancers are oestrogen receptor positive (ER+) and are subject to endocrine therapy however, an unpredictable subgroup of patients will develop resistance to endocrine therapy. SLC7A5/SLC3A2 complex is a major route for the tran... Read More about Co-Expression Effect of SLC7A5/SLC3A2 to Predict Response to Endocrine Therapy in Oestrogen-Receptor-Positive Breast Cancer.

XRCC1 deficient triple negative breast cancers are sensitive to ATR, ATM and Wee1 inhibitor either alone or in combination with olaparib (2020)
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Ali, R., Alblihy, A., Toss, M. S., Algethami, M., Al Sunni, R., Green, A. R., …Madhusudan, S. (2020). XRCC1 deficient triple negative breast cancers are sensitive to ATR, ATM and Wee1 inhibitor either alone or in combination with olaparib. Therapeutic Advances in Medical Oncology, 12, 175883592097420. https://doi.org/10.1177/1758835920974201

Background: PARP inhibitor (PARPi) monotherapy is a new strategy in BRCA germ-line deficient triple negative breast cancer (TNBC). However, not all patients respond, and the development of resistance limits the use of PARPi monotherapy. Therefore, th... Read More about XRCC1 deficient triple negative breast cancers are sensitive to ATR, ATM and Wee1 inhibitor either alone or in combination with olaparib.

The prognostic value of the tumor–stroma ratio is most discriminative in patients with grade III or triple‐negative breast cancer (2020)
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Vangangelt, K. M., Green, A. R., Heemskerk, I. (. F., Cohen, D., Van Pelt, G. W., Sobral-Leite, M., …Mesker, W. E. (2020). The prognostic value of the tumor–stroma ratio is most discriminative in patients with grade III or triple‐negative breast cancer. International Journal of Cancer, 146(8), 2296-2304. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijc.32857

The tumor-stroma ratio (TSR) was evaluated as a promising parameter for breast cancer prognostication in clinically relevant subgroups of patients. The TSR was assessed on hematoxylin and eosin stained tissue slides of 1794 breast cancer patients fro... Read More about The prognostic value of the tumor–stroma ratio is most discriminative in patients with grade III or triple‐negative breast cancer.