Prediction models for hormone receptor status in female breast cancer do not extend to males: further evidence of sex-based disparity in breast cancer

S Chatterji, JM Niehues, M van Treeck… - NPJ Breast …, 2023 - nature.com
Breast cancer prognosis and management for both men and women are reliant upon
estrogen receptor alpha (ERα) and progesterone receptor (PR) expression to inform …

A comparative biomarker study of 514 matched cases of male and female breast cancer reveals gender-specific biological differences

AM Shaaban, GR Ball, RA Brannan, G Cserni… - Breast cancer research …, 2012 - Springer
Male breast cancer remains understudied despite evidence of rising incidence. Using a co-
ordinated multi-centre approach, we present the first large scale biomarker study to define …

Estrogen receptor negative/progesterone receptor positive breast cancer is not a reproducible subtype

MM Hefti, R Hu, NW Knoblauch, LC Collins… - Breast Cancer …, 2013 - Springer
Introduction Estrogen receptor (ER) and progesterone receptor (PR) testing are performed in
the evaluation of breast cancer. While the clinical utility of ER as a predictive biomarker to …

Tumor variants by hormone receptor expression in white patients with node-negative breast cancer from the surveillance, epidemiology, and end results database

WF Anderson, KC Chu, N Chatterjee… - Journal of Clinical …, 2001 - ascopubs.org
PURPOSE: Hormone receptor expression (presence-positive or absence-negative) may
reflect different stages of one disease or different breast cancer types. Determining whether …

A transcriptional fingerprint of estrogen in human breast cancer predicts patient survival

J Yu, J Yu, KE Cordero, MD Johnson, D Ghosh… - Neoplasia, 2008 - Elsevier
Estrogen signaling plays an essential role in breast cancer progression, and estrogen
receptor (ER) status has long been a marker of hormone responsiveness. However, ER …

Gene expression analysis reveals a different transcriptomic landscape in female and male breast cancer

M Callari, V Cappelletti, L De Cecco, V Musella… - Breast cancer research …, 2011 - Springer
Male breast cancer (MBC) is a poorly characterized disease because of its rarity. Clinical
management is based on results obtained from randomized trials conducted in women …

Reproductive history and risk of three breast cancer subtypes defined by three biomarkers

AI Phipps, DSM Buist, KE Malone, WE Barlow… - Cancer causes & …, 2011 - Springer
Breast cancer subtypes defined by estrogen receptor (ER), progesterone receptor (PR), and
HER2 expression are biologically distinct and thus, may have distinct etiologies. In …

Sex steroid hormones and risk of breast cancer: a two-sample Mendelian randomization study

A Nounu, SP Kar, CL Relton, RC Richmond - Breast Cancer Research, 2022 - Springer
Background Breast cancer (BC) has the highest cancer incidence and mortality in women
worldwide. Observational epidemiological studies suggest a positive association between …

Expression-and splicing-based multi-tissue transcriptome-wide association studies identified multiple genes for breast cancer by estrogen-receptor status

JC McClellan, JL Li, G Gao, D Huo - Breast Cancer Research, 2024 - Springer
Background Although several transcriptome-wide association studies (TWASs) have been
performed to identify genes associated with overall breast cancer (BC) risk, only a few TWAS …

Molecular features of androgen-receptor low, estrogen receptor-negative breast cancers in the Carolina breast cancer study

ND Jinna, S Van Alsten, P Rida, VL Seewaldt… - Breast Cancer Research …, 2023 - Springer
Purpose Androgen receptor (AR) expression is absent in 40–90% of estrogen receptor (ER)-
negative breast cancers. The prognostic value of AR in ER-negative patients and …