Triple-negative/basal-like breast cancer

EA Rakha, IO Ellis - Pathology, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
Breast cancer comprises a heterogeneous group of diseases that vary in morphology,
biology, behaviour and response to therapy. Triple-negative (TN) breast cancer is a subtype …

Annual report to the nation on the status of cancer, 1975–2003, featuring cancer among US Hispanic/Latino populations

HL Howe, X Wu, LAG Ries, V Cokkinides, F Ahmed… - Cancer, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract BACKGROUND The American Cancer Society, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, National Cancer Institute, and North American Association of Central Cancer …

Obesity and the risk of epithelial ovarian cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis

CM Olsen, AC Green, DC Whiteman, S Sadeghi… - European journal of …, 2007 - Elsevier
Obesity is a risk factor for several hormone-related cancers but evidence for an effect on risk
of epithelial ovarian cancer remains inconclusive. Many studies evaluating this association …

The new era in cancer research

H Varmus - Science, 2006 - science.org
For many years, discoveries about the genetic determinants of cancer appeared to be
having only minor effects on efforts to control the disease in the clinic. Following advances …

Phospholipids as cancer biomarkers: mass spectrometry‐based analysis

R Bandu, HJ Mok, KP Kim - Mass spectrometry reviews, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Lipids, particularly phospholipids (PLs), are key components of cellular membrane. PLs play
important and diverse roles in cells such as chemical‐energy storage, cellular signaling, cell …

Protein microarray signature of autoantibody biomarkers for the early detection of breast cancer

KS Anderson, S Sibani, G Wallstrom, J Qiu… - Journal of proteome …, 2011 - ACS Publications
Cancer patients spontaneously generate autoantibodies (AAb) to tumor-derived proteins. To
detect AAb, we have probed novel high-density custom protein microarrays (NAPPA) …

[HTML][HTML] Ethnic differences in prostate cancer

P Kheirandish, F Chinegwundoh - British journal of cancer, 2011 - nature.com
Background: It is recognised that the risk of prostate cancer is higher in black men than in
white men worldwide. Recent studies suggest that a number of genetic mutations in black …

Cost of cancer care: issues and implications

NJ Meropol, KA Schulman - Journal of Clinical Oncology, 2007 - ascopubs.org
Medical technology is increasingly costly in most fields of clinical medicine. Oncology has
not been spared from issues related to cost, in part resulting from the tremendous scientific …

Metformin targets ovarian cancer stem cells in vitro and in vivo

JJ Shank, K Yang, J Ghannam, L Cabrera… - Gynecologic …, 2012 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: Studies in non-gynecologic tumors indicate that metformin inhibits growth of
cancer stem cells (CSC). Diabetic patients with ovarian cancer who are taking metformin …

Productivity costs of cancer mortality in the United States: 2000–2020

CJ Bradley, KR Yabroff, B Dahman… - JNCI: Journal of the …, 2008 - academic.oup.com
Background A model that predicts the economic benefit of reduced cancer mortality provides
critical information for allocating scarce resources to the interventions with the greatest …