Gene-expression molecular subtyping of triple-negative breast cancer tumours: Importance of immune response

Breast Cancer Research

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Jézéquel, Pascal ^a,b   Loussouarn, Delphine ^b,c   Guérin Charbonnel, Catherine ^a,b   Campion, Loïc ^a,b   Vanier, Antoine ^d,e   Gouraud, Wilfried ^a,b   Lasla, Hamza ^a   Guette, Catherine ^a   Valo, Isabelle ^a   Verrièle, Véronique ^a   Campone, Mario ^a,b  

^a UMR INSERM U892 CNRS 6299   (France)

^b Team 12   (France)

^c CHU de Nantes   (France)

^d SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^e PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; CLAUDIN; CLAUDIN 3; CLAUDIN 4; CLAUDIN 7; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 3ALPHA; KI 67 ANTIGEN; UVOMORULIN; VASCULOTROPIN; TRANSCRIPTOME; TUMOR MARKER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVENT FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MACROPHAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOLECULAR TYPING; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PROBABILITY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TRIPLE NEGATIVE BREAST CANCER; AGED; BIOLOGY; CANCER STAGING; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; INNATE IMMUNITY; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MORTALITY; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRIPLE NEGATIVE BREAST NEOPLASMS; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; BIOMARKERS, TUMOR; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE ANNOTATION; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRANSCRIPTOME; TRIPLE NEGATIVE BREAST NEOPLASMS; TUMOR BURDEN;

EID: 84926642123     PISSN: 14655411     EISSN: 1465542X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13058-015-0550-y     Document Type: Article

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