Indications for Prognostic Gene Expression Profiling in Early Breast Cancer

Current Treatment Options in Oncology

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2015, Pages

  Cobain, Erin F ^a   Hayes, Daniel F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

21 gene recurrence score; Amsterdam 70 gene signature; Breast cancer; Breast cancer index; EndoPredict ; Gene expression profile; Genomic grade index; MammaPrint ; Oncotype Dx ; PAM50; Prosigna ; Rotterdam 76 gene signature

Indexed keywords

ANASTROZOLE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; FLUOROURACIL; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; TAMOXIFEN; ERBB2 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

21 GENE RECURRENCE SCORE; AMSTERDAM 70 GENE ASSAY; BLEEDING; BREAST CANCER; BREAST CANCER INDEX; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER HORMONE THERAPY; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER RECURRENCE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG RESPONSE; EARLY CANCER; FATIGUE; FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENOMIC GRADE INDEX; HAIR LOSS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NAUSEA; PAM 50 RISK OF RECURRENCE SCORE; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECURRENCE RISK; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; ROTTERDAM 76 GENE SIGNATURE; SCORING SYSTEM; SECOND CANCER; ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DISEASE COURSE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; LYMPH NODE; METABOLISM; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PROGNOSIS; RECEPTOR, ERBB-2;

EID: 84928780190     PISSN: 15272729     EISSN: 15346277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11864-015-0340-x     Document Type: Review

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