An international study to increase concordance in Ki67 scoring

MYC Polley, SCY Leung, D Gao, MG Mastropasqua… - Modern …, 2015 - nature.com
Although an important biomarker in breast cancer, Ki67 lacks scoring standardization, which
has limited its clinical use. Our previous study found variability when laboratories used their …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular subclasses of breast cancer: how do we define them? The IMPAKT 2012 Working Group Statement

S Guiu, S Michiels, F André, J Cortes, C Denkert… - Annals of oncology, 2012 - Elsevier
The 2012 IMPAKT task force investigated the medical usefulness of current methods for the
classification of breast cancer into the 'intrinsic'molecular subtypes (luminal A, luminal B …

Melatonin: an inhibitor of breast cancer

SM Hill, VP Belancio, RT Dauchy… - Endocrine-related …, 2015 - erc.bioscientifica.com
The present review discusses recent work on melatonin-mediated circadian regulation, the
metabolic and molecular signaling mechanisms that are involved in human breast cancer …

Critical research gaps and translational priorities for the successful prevention and treatment of breast cancer

SA Eccles, EO Aboagye, S Ali, AS Anderson… - Breast Cancer …, 2013 - Springer
Introduction Breast cancer remains a significant scientific, clinical and societal challenge.
This gap analysis has reviewed and critically assessed enduring issues and new challenges …

Tumor-associated macrophages as potential prognostic biomarkers of invasive breast cancer

H Jeong, I Hwang, SH Kang, HC Shin… - Journal of breast …, 2019 - synapse.koreamed.org
Purpose Tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) are activated macrophages associated
with tumor progression in various cancers. TAMs can polarize M1 or M2 type. M1 has a pro …

[HTML][HTML] The current state of breast cancer classification

G Viale - Annals of oncology, 2012 - Elsevier
Breast cancer is a highly heterogeneous disease due to its diverse morphological features,
the variable clinical outcome and the response to different therapeutic options. It is therefore …

Ten‐year recurrence rates for breast cancer subtypes in The Netherlands: a large population‐based study

MC van Maaren, L de Munck… - … journal of cancer, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Here we report for the first time the relation between breast cancer subtypes and 10‐year
recurrence rates and mortality in the Netherlands. All operated women diagnosed with …

[HTML][HTML] Recommendations for standardized pathological characterization of residual disease for neoadjuvant clinical trials of breast cancer by the BIG-NABCG …

V Bossuyt, E Provenzano, WF Symmans, JC Boughey… - Annals of oncology, 2015 - Elsevier
Neoadjuvant systemic therapy (NAST) provides the unique opportunity to assess response
to treatment after months rather than years of follow-up. However, significant variability exists …

[HTML][HTML] Ki67 levels as predictive and prognostic parameters in pretherapeutic breast cancer core biopsies: a translational investigation in the neoadjuvant GeparTrio …

C Denkert, S Loibl, BM Müller, H Eidtmann… - Annals of oncology, 2013 - Elsevier
Abstract Background The proliferation marker Ki67 has been suggested as a promising
cancer biomarker. As Ki67 needs an exact quantification, this marker is a prototype of a new …

Immunohistochemical surrogates for molecular classification of breast carcinoma: a 2015 update

P Tang, GM Tse - Archives of pathology & laboratory …, 2016 - meridian.allenpress.com
Context.—The pioneering works on molecular classification (MC) by Perou and Sorlie et al
in the early 2000s using global gene expression profiling identified 5 intrinsic subtypes of …