A new gene expression signature, the ClinicoMolecular Triad Classification, may improve prediction and prognostication of breast cancer at the time of diagnosis

Breast Cancer Research

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Wang, Dong Yu ^a   Done, Susan J ^a   McCready, David R ^b   Boerner, Scott ^a   Kulkarni, Supriya ^a   Leong, Wey L ^a,b  

^a PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; GAMMA INTERFERON; MYC PROTEIN; RAS PROTEIN; TAMOXIFEN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR E2F1; CTNNB1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; E2F1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; ERBB2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTOME;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER HORMONE THERAPY; CANCER RISK; CLINICOMOLECULAR TRIAD CLASSIFICATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIPLE NEGATIVE BREAST CANCER; ADJUVANT THERAPY; BREAST TUMOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION BIOPSY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; ONCOGENE MYC; PATHOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

BETA CATENIN; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COHORT STUDIES; E2F1 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; FEMALE; GENES, MYC; HUMANS; NEOADJUVANT THERAPY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECEPTOR, ERBB-2; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTOME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80053171960     PISSN: 14655411     EISSN: 1465542X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/bcr3017     Document Type: Article

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