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Faske JB, Myers MB, Bryant M, He X, McLellen F, Bourcier T, Parsons BL. CarcSeq detection of lorcaserin-induced clonal expansion of Pik3ca H1047R mutants in rat mammary tissue. Toxicol Sci 2024; 201:129-144. [PMID: 38851877 PMCID: PMC11347771 DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kfae070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2024] Open
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Lorcaserin is a 5-hydroxytryptamine 2C (serotonin) receptor agonist and a nongenotoxic rat carcinogen, which induced mammary tumors in male and female rats in a 2-yr bioassay. Female Sprague Dawley rats were treated by gavage daily with 0, 30, or 100 mg/kg lorcaserin, replicating bioassay dosing but for shorter duration, 12 or 24 wk. To characterize exposure and eliminate possible confounding by a potentially genotoxic degradation product, lorcaserin and N-nitroso-lorcaserin were quantified in dosing solutions, terminal plasma, mammary, and liver samples using ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography-electrospray tandem mass spectrometry. N-nitroso-lorcaserin was not detected, supporting lorcaserin classification as nongenotoxic carcinogen. Mammary DNA samples (n = 6/dose/timepoint) were used to synthesize PCR products from gene segments encompassing hotspot cancer driver mutations, namely regions of Apc, Braf, Egfr, Hras, Kras, Nfe2l2, Pik3ca, Setbp1, Stk11, and Tp53. Mutant fractions (MFs) in the amplicons were quantified by CarcSeq, an error-corrected next-generation sequencing approach. Considering all recovered mutants, no significant differences between lorcaserin dose groups were observed. However, significant dose-responsive increases in Pik3ca H1047R mutation were observed at both timepoints (ANOVA, P < 0.05), with greater numbers of mutants and mutants with greater MFs observed at 24 wk as compared with 12 wk. These observations suggest lorcaserin promotes outgrowth of spontaneously occurring Pik3ca H1047R mutant clones leading to mammary carcinogenesis. Importantly, this work reports approaches to analyze clonal expansion and demonstrates CarcSeq detection of the carcinogenic impact (selective Pik3ca H0147R mutant expansion) of a nongenotoxic carcinogen using a treatment duration as short as 3 months.
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- Jennifer B Faske
- Division of Genetic and Molecular Toxicology, National Center for Toxicological Research, US FDA, Jefferson, AR 72079, United States
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- Division of Genetic and Molecular Toxicology, National Center for Toxicological Research, US FDA, Jefferson, AR 72079, United States
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- Office of Scientific Coordination, National Center for Toxicological Research, US FDA, Jefferson, AR 72079, United States
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- Office of Scientific Coordination, National Center for Toxicological Research, US FDA, Jefferson, AR 72079, United States
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- Office of Scientific Coordination, National Center for Toxicological Research, US FDA, Jefferson, AR 72079, United States
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- Division of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Office of Cardiology, Hematology, Endocrinology, and Nephrology, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, US FDA, Silver Spring, MD 20993, United States
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- Division of Genetic and Molecular Toxicology, National Center for Toxicological Research, US FDA, Jefferson, AR 72079, United States
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Sirico M, Jacobs F, Molinelli C, Nader-Marta G, Debien V, Dewhurst HF, Palleschi M, Merloni F, Gianni C, De Giorgi U, de Azambuja E. Navigating the complexity of PI3K/AKT pathway in HER-2 negative breast cancer: biomarkers and beyond. Crit Rev Oncol Hematol 2024; 200:104404. [PMID: 38815877 DOI: 10.1016/j.critrevonc.2024.104404] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2023] [Revised: 05/27/2024] [Accepted: 05/27/2024] [Indexed: 06/01/2024] Open
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The results of the SOLAR-1 and CAPItello-291, highlight the benefit of the ɑ-selective phosphoinositide 3-Kinase Pathway inhibitor (PI3Ki) alpelisib and the AKT inhibitor (AKTi) capivasertib in patients with hormone receptor-positive (HR+)/Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor 2 (HER2)- negative metastatic breast cancer (mBC) that have PIK3CA/AKT1/PTEN tumour alterations. Although effective, these drugs are associated with significant toxicities, which often limit their use, particularly in frail patients. Following the recent incorporation of these agents into clinical practice, and with many others currently in development, significant challenges have emerged, particularly those regarding biomarkers for patient selection. This review will discuss biomarkers of response and their resistance to PI3K/AKT inhibitors (PI3K/AKTis) in HR+/HER- BC in early and advanced settings to ascertain which populations will most benefit from these drugs. Of the biomarkers that were analysed, such as PIK3CA, AKT, PTEN mutations, insulin levels, 18 F-FDG-PET/TC, only the PIK3CA-mutations (PIK3CA-mut) and the AKT pathway alterations seem to have a predictive value for treatments with alpelisib and capivasertib. However, due to the retrospective and exploratory nature of the study, the data did not provide conclusive results. In addition, the different methods used to detect PIK3CA/AKT1/PTEN alterations underline the fact that the optimal diagnostic companion has yet to be established. We have summarised the clinical data on the approved and discontinued agents targeting this pathway and have assessed the drugs development, successes, and failures. Finally, because of tumour heterogeneity, we emphasise the importance of reassessing the mutational status of PI3KCA in both metastatic tissue and blood at the time of disease progression to better tailor treatment for patients.
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- M Sirico
- Department of Medical Oncology, IRCCS Istituto Romagnolo per lo Studio dei Tumori (IRST) "Dino Amadori", Meldola, Italy.
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- Humanitas Clinical and Research Center - IRCCS, Humanitas Cancer Center, via Manzoni 56, 20089 Rozzano, Milan, Italy; Early Phase Trials Unit Institut Bergonié Bordeaux, France
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- Early Phase Trials Unit Institut Bergonié Bordeaux, France; Department of Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties (DiMI), School of Medicine, University of Genova, Genova, Italy; Department of Medical Oncology, U.O. Clinical di Oncologia Medica, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genoa, Italy
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- Early Phase Trials Unit Institut Bergonié Bordeaux, France
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- Faculty of Medicine, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Medical Oncology, IRCCS Istituto Romagnolo per lo Studio dei Tumori (IRST) "Dino Amadori", Meldola, Italy
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- Department of Medical Oncology, IRCCS Istituto Romagnolo per lo Studio dei Tumori (IRST) "Dino Amadori", Meldola, Italy
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- Department of Medical Oncology, IRCCS Istituto Romagnolo per lo Studio dei Tumori (IRST) "Dino Amadori", Meldola, Italy
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- Department of Medical Oncology, IRCCS Istituto Romagnolo per lo Studio dei Tumori (IRST) "Dino Amadori", Meldola, Italy
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Vellan CJ, Islam T, De Silva S, Mohd Taib NA, Prasanna G, Jayapalan JJ. Exploring novel protein-based biomarkers for advancing breast cancer diagnosis: A review. Clin Biochem 2024; 129:110776. [PMID: 38823558 DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2024.110776] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2024] [Revised: 04/26/2024] [Accepted: 05/29/2024] [Indexed: 06/03/2024]
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This review provides a contemporary examination of the evolving landscape of breast cancer (BC) diagnosis, focusing on the pivotal role of novel protein-based biomarkers. The overview begins by elucidating the multifaceted nature of BC, exploring its prevalence, subtypes, and clinical complexities. A critical emphasis is placed on the transformative impact of proteomics, dissecting the proteome to unravel the molecular intricacies of BC. Navigating through various sources of samples crucial for biomarker investigations, the review underscores the significance of robust sample processing methods and their validation in ensuring reliable outcomes. The central theme of the review revolves around the identification and evaluation of novel protein-based biomarkers. Cutting-edge discoveries are summarised, shedding light on emerging biomarkers poised for clinical application. Nevertheless, the review candidly addresses the challenges inherent in biomarker discovery, including issues of standardisation, reproducibility, and the complex heterogeneity of BC. The future direction section envisions innovative strategies and technologies to overcome existing challenges. In conclusion, the review summarises the current state of BC biomarker research, offering insights into the intricacies of proteomic investigations. As precision medicine gains momentum, the integration of novel protein-based biomarkers emerges as a promising avenue for enhancing the accuracy and efficacy of BC diagnosis. This review serves as a compass for researchers and clinicians navigating the evolving landscape of BC biomarker discovery, guiding them toward transformative advancements in diagnostic precision and personalised patient care.
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- Christina Jane Vellan
- Department of Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Institute of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Colombo, Colombo 03, Sri Lanka
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- Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Institute of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Colombo, Colombo 03, Sri Lanka
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Universiti Malaya Centre for Proteomics Research (UMCPR), Universiti Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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Howard FM, Hieromnimon HM, Ramesh S, Dolezal J, Kochanny S, Zhang Q, Feiger B, Peterson J, Fan C, Perou CM, Vickery J, Sullivan M, Cole K, Khramtsova G, Pearson AT. Generative Adversarial Networks Accurately Reconstruct Pan-Cancer Histology from Pathologic, Genomic, and Radiographic Latent Features. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2024:2024.03.22.586306. [PMID: 38585926 PMCID: PMC10996476 DOI: 10.1101/2024.03.22.586306] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/09/2024]
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Artificial intelligence models have been increasingly used in the analysis of tumor histology to perform tasks ranging from routine classification to identification of novel molecular features. These approaches distill cancer histologic images into high-level features which are used in predictions, but understanding the biologic meaning of such features remains challenging. We present and validate a custom generative adversarial network - HistoXGAN - capable of reconstructing representative histology using feature vectors produced by common feature extractors. We evaluate HistoXGAN across 29 cancer subtypes and demonstrate that reconstructed images retain information regarding tumor grade, histologic subtype, and gene expression patterns. We leverage HistoXGAN to illustrate the underlying histologic features for deep learning models for actionable mutations, identify model reliance on histologic batch effect in predictions, and demonstrate accurate reconstruction of tumor histology from radiographic imaging for a 'virtual biopsy'.
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Hu L, Tiesinga J. Case report: Primary vulvar adenocarcinoma of mammary gland type-its genetic characteristics by focused next-generation sequencing. Pathol Oncol Res 2024; 30:1611376. [PMID: 38572338 PMCID: PMC10989740 DOI: 10.3389/pore.2024.1611376] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2023] [Accepted: 02/09/2024] [Indexed: 04/05/2024]
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Mammary-like vulvar adenocarcinoma (MLVA) is an exceedingly rare subtype of vulvar adenocarcinoma that shares features with mammary gland tissue. Due to its rarity and lack of consensus, MLVA presents diagnostic challenges to pathologists. We present the case of a 59-year-old female with an ulcerated mass on the right side of the external genitalia, diagnosed as MLVA. Comprehensive immunohistochemistry (IHC) and gene sequencing studies were performed to characterize the tumor. IHC analysis revealed triple expression of hormonal receptors (estrogen receptor, progesterone receptor, and HER2), supporting the mammary gland origin of the tumor. Gene sequencing identified unique genetic mutations associated with the expression of hormonal markers. One fusion gene (ERBB2-NAGLU) has not been reported in any tumors, and other mutations with unique mutation types have not been previously reported in MLVA. Our findings shed light on the molecular characteristics of MLV and may help improve the diagnosis and treatment of this rare type of vulvar adenocarcinoma.
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- Lina Hu
- Alaska Native Medical Center, Department of Pathology, Anchorage, AK, United States
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Lin CC, Chang TC, Wang Y, Guo L, Gao Y, Bikorimana E, Lemoff A, Fang YV, Zhang H, Zhang Y, Ye D, Soria-Bretones I, Servetto A, Lee KM, Luo X, Otto JJ, Akamatsu H, Napolitano F, Mani R, Cescon DW, Xu L, Xie Y, Mendell JT, Hanker AB, Arteaga CL. PRMT5 is an actionable therapeutic target in CDK4/6 inhibitor-resistant ER+/RB-deficient breast cancer. Nat Commun 2024; 15:2287. [PMID: 38480701 PMCID: PMC10937713 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-46495-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2023] [Accepted: 02/29/2024] [Indexed: 03/17/2024] Open
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CDK4/6 inhibitors (CDK4/6i) have improved survival of patients with estrogen receptor-positive (ER+) breast cancer. However, patients treated with CDK4/6i eventually develop drug resistance and progress. RB1 loss-of-function alterations confer resistance to CDK4/6i, but the optimal therapy for these patients is unclear. Through a genome-wide CRISPR screen, we identify protein arginine methyltransferase 5 (PRMT5) as a molecular vulnerability in ER+/RB1-knockout breast cancer cells. Inhibition of PRMT5 blocks the G1-to-S transition in the cell cycle independent of RB, leading to growth arrest in RB1-knockout cells. Proteomics analysis uncovers fused in sarcoma (FUS) as a downstream effector of PRMT5. Inhibition of PRMT5 results in dissociation of FUS from RNA polymerase II, leading to hyperphosphorylation of serine 2 in RNA polymerase II, intron retention, and subsequent downregulation of proteins involved in DNA synthesis. Furthermore, treatment with the PRMT5 inhibitor pemrametostat and a selective ER degrader fulvestrant synergistically inhibits growth of ER+/RB-deficient cell-derived and patient-derived xenografts. These findings highlight dual ER and PRMT5 blockade as a potential therapeutic strategy to overcome resistance to CDK4/6i in ER+/RB-deficient breast cancer.
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- Chang-Ching Lin
- Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
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- Quantitative Biomedical Research Center, Department of Population & Data Sciences, Peter O'Donnell Jr. School of Public Health, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
- Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- Quantitative Biomedical Research Center, Department of Population & Data Sciences, Peter O'Donnell Jr. School of Public Health, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
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- Department of Pathology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
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- Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
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- Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
- Department of Pathology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
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- Quantitative Biomedical Research Center, Department of Population & Data Sciences, Peter O'Donnell Jr. School of Public Health, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
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- Quantitative Biomedical Research Center, Department of Population & Data Sciences, Peter O'Donnell Jr. School of Public Health, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
- Department of Genetics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
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- Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
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- Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
- Department of Clinical Medicine and Surgery, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy
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- Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
- Department of Life Science, Hanyang University, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Biochemistry, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
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- Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
- Third Department of Internal Medicine, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan
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- Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
- Department of Clinical Medicine and Surgery, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Pathology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
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- Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Quantitative Biomedical Research Center, Department of Population & Data Sciences, Peter O'Donnell Jr. School of Public Health, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
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- Quantitative Biomedical Research Center, Department of Population & Data Sciences, Peter O'Donnell Jr. School of Public Health, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
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- Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
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- Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.
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Ren X, Cui H, Dai L, Chang L, Liu D, Yan W, Zhao X, Kang H, Ma X. PIK3CA mutation-driven immune signature as a prognostic marker for evaluating the tumor immune microenvironment and therapeutic response in breast cancer. J Cancer Res Clin Oncol 2024; 150:119. [PMID: 38466449 PMCID: PMC10927816 DOI: 10.1007/s00432-024-05626-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2023] [Accepted: 01/16/2024] [Indexed: 03/13/2024]
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PURPOSE Gene mutations drive tumor immune microenvironment (TIME) heterogeneity, in turn affecting prognosis and immunotherapy efficacy. PIK3CA is the most frequently mutated gene in breast cancer (BC), yet its relevance to BC prognosis remains controversial. Herein, we sought to determine the impact of PIK3CA mutation-driven immune genes (PDIGs) on BC prognosis in relation to TIME heterogeneity. METHODS PIK3CA mutation characteristics were compared and verified between the TCGA-BRCA dataset and a patient cohort from our hospital. PIK3CA mutation-driven differentially expressed genes were identified for consensus clustering and weighted gene co-expression network analysis to select the modules most relevant to the immune subtype. Thereafter, the two were intersected to obtain PDIGs. Univariate Cox, LASSO, and multivariate Cox regression analyses were sequentially performed on PDIGs to obtain a PIK3CA mutation-driven immune signature (PDIS), which was then validated using the Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) database. Differences in functional enrichment, mutation landscape, immune infiltration, checkpoint gene expression, and drug response were compared between different risk groups. RESULTS PIK3CA mutation frequencies in the TCGA and validation cohorts were 34.49% and 40.83%, respectively. PIK3CA mutants were significantly associated with ER, PR, and molecular BC subtypes in our hospital cohort. The PDIS allowed for effective risk stratification and exhibited prognostic power in TCGA and GEO sets. The low-risk patients exhibited greater immune infiltration, higher expression of common immune checkpoint factors, and lower scores for tumor immune dysfunction and exclusion. CONCLUSION The PDIS can be used as an effective prognostic model for predicting immunotherapy response to guide clinical decision-making.
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- Xueting Ren
- Department of Oncology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
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- Department of Oncology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
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- Department of Oncology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
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- Department of Oncology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
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- Department of Oncology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
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- Department of Oncology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
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- Department of Oncology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
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- Department of Oncology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China.
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- Department of Oncology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China.
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Tufail M, Hu JJ, Liang J, He CY, Wan WD, Huang YQ, Jiang CH, Wu H, Li N. Predictive, preventive, and personalized medicine in breast cancer: targeting the PI3K pathway. J Transl Med 2024; 22:15. [PMID: 38172946 PMCID: PMC10765967 DOI: 10.1186/s12967-023-04841-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2023] [Accepted: 12/27/2023] [Indexed: 01/05/2024] Open
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Breast cancer (BC) is a multifaceted disease characterized by distinct molecular subtypes and varying responses to treatment. In BC, the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K) pathway has emerged as a crucial contributor to the development, advancement, and resistance to treatment. This review article explores the implications of the PI3K pathway in predictive, preventive, and personalized medicine for BC. It emphasizes the identification of predictive biomarkers, such as PIK3CA mutations, and the utility of molecular profiling in guiding treatment decisions. The review also discusses the potential of targeting the PI3K pathway for preventive strategies and the customization of therapy based on tumor stage, molecular subtypes, and genetic alterations. Overcoming resistance to PI3K inhibitors and exploring combination therapies are addressed as important considerations. While this field holds promise in improving patient outcomes, further research and clinical trials are needed to validate these approaches and translate them into clinical practice.
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- Muhammad Tufail
- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Center of Stomatology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Center of Stomatology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Center of Stomatology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Center of Stomatology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Center of Stomatology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Center of Stomatology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Center of Stomatology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
- Institute of Oral Precancerous Lesions, Central South University, Changsha, China
- Research Center of Oral and Maxillofacial Tumor, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
- National Clinical Research Center for Geriatric Disorders, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Powder Metallurgy, Central South University, Changsha, 410083, China
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Center of Stomatology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China.
- Institute of Oral Precancerous Lesions, Central South University, Changsha, China.
- Research Center of Oral and Maxillofacial Tumor, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China.
- National Clinical Research Center for Geriatric Disorders, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China.
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P P, Keshari JR, Prakash P, Kumar M, Mandal M, Kumari R. Correlation Between Circulating Cell-Free DNA Levels and Breast Cancer Subtypes: A Prospective Observational Study. Cureus 2023; 15:e42247. [PMID: 37605702 PMCID: PMC10440043 DOI: 10.7759/cureus.42247] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 07/18/2023] [Indexed: 08/23/2023] Open
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INTRODUCTION Breast cancer (BC), a heterogeneous disease, is one of the leading causes of cancer-related deaths among women worldwide. Circulating cell-free DNA (cfDNA) levels have been persistently reported to be elevated in BC patients. In the current study, we evaluated the correlation between the cfDNA levels in patients with BC and its subtypes. METHODS We recruited newly diagnosed, histopathologically confirmed BC patients aged >18 years (N=39), who did not have any previous malignancy, from the Department of Surgical Oncology, Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences (IGIMS), Patna, Bihar, India. A total of 6 ml of venous blood was collected from each subject; of this, 1 ml was subjected to complete blood count (CBC), and 4 ml was transferred to a clot-activated collection vial for plasma separation and the cfDNA isolation thereof. In addition to the basic demographic history of each patient, the information on the cancer subtype was as also recorded from the medical records of each patient. All the data were analysed by GraphPad Prism Version 8 (Insightful Science, LLC, San Diego, California, United States). One-way ANOVA was used to test the difference between more than two groups. Pearson correlation was also estimated between cfDNA levels and various CBC indices. A two-tailed p-value<0.05 was considered statistically significant. RESULTS The mean age of included patients was 48.6±8.20 years. The mean levels of cfDNA were 2.81±2.39 ng/µL. The mean counts of various blood cell types and other indices of CBC were in the normal range. Compared to BC patients with estrogen receptors (ER+), the cfDNA levels were significantly higher in patients with human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2+) and triple-negative BC (TNBC) (p<0.05). Conclusion: The elevated levels of cfDNA in patients with BC can be a prognostic marker for the disease subtype. However, more replicative studies are warranted to substantiate our findings.
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- Pushpanjali P
- Biochemistry, Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Patna, IND
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- Biochemistry, Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Patna, IND
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- Biochemistry, Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Patna, IND
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- Surgical Oncology, Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Patna, IND
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- Surgical Gastroenterology, Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Patna, IND
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- Biochemistry, Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Patna, IND
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Neves Rebello Alves L, Dummer Meira D, Poppe Merigueti L, Correia Casotti M, do Prado Ventorim D, Ferreira Figueiredo Almeida J, Pereira de Sousa V, Cindra Sant'Ana M, Gonçalves Coutinho da Cruz R, Santos Louro L, Mendonça Santana G, Erik Santos Louro T, Evangelista Salazar R, Ribeiro Campos da Silva D, Stefani Siqueira Zetum A, Silva Dos Reis Trabach R, Imbroisi Valle Errera F, de Paula F, de Vargas Wolfgramm Dos Santos E, Fagundes de Carvalho E, Drumond Louro I. Biomarkers in Breast Cancer: An Old Story with a New End. Genes (Basel) 2023; 14:1364. [PMID: 37510269 PMCID: PMC10378988 DOI: 10.3390/genes14071364] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2023] [Revised: 06/22/2023] [Accepted: 06/26/2023] [Indexed: 07/30/2023] Open
Abstract
Breast cancer is the second most frequent cancer in the world. It is a heterogeneous disease and the leading cause of cancer mortality in women. Advances in molecular technologies allowed for the identification of new and more specifics biomarkers for breast cancer diagnosis, prognosis, and risk prediction, enabling personalized treatments, improving therapy, and preventing overtreatment, undertreatment, and incorrect treatment. Several breast cancer biomarkers have been identified and, along with traditional biomarkers, they can assist physicians throughout treatment plan and increase therapy success. Despite the need of more data to improve specificity and determine the real clinical utility of some biomarkers, others are already established and can be used as a guide to make treatment decisions. In this review, we summarize the available traditional, novel, and potential biomarkers while also including gene expression profiles, breast cancer single-cell and polyploid giant cancer cells. We hope to help physicians understand tumor specific characteristics and support decision-making in patient-personalized clinical management, consequently improving treatment outcome.
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- Lyvia Neves Rebello Alves
- Núcleo de Genética Humana e Molecular, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo (UFES), Vitória 29075-910, ES, Brazil
- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biotecnologia, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Vitória 29047-105, ES, Brazil
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- Núcleo de Genética Humana e Molecular, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo (UFES), Vitória 29075-910, ES, Brazil
- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biotecnologia, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Vitória 29047-105, ES, Brazil
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- Núcleo de Genética Humana e Molecular, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo (UFES), Vitória 29075-910, ES, Brazil
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- Núcleo de Genética Humana e Molecular, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo (UFES), Vitória 29075-910, ES, Brazil
- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biotecnologia, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Vitória 29047-105, ES, Brazil
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- Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Espírito Santo (Ifes), Cariacica 29150-410, ES, Brazil
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- Núcleo de Genética Humana e Molecular, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo (UFES), Vitória 29075-910, ES, Brazil
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- Núcleo de Genética Humana e Molecular, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo (UFES), Vitória 29075-910, ES, Brazil
- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biotecnologia, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Vitória 29047-105, ES, Brazil
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- Núcleo de Genética Humana e Molecular, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo (UFES), Vitória 29075-910, ES, Brazil
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- Núcleo de Genética Humana e Molecular, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo (UFES), Vitória 29075-910, ES, Brazil
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- Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Curso de Medicina, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo (UFES), Vitória 29090-040, ES, Brazil
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- Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Curso de Medicina, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo (UFES), Vitória 29090-040, ES, Brazil
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- Escola Superior de Ciências da Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Vitória (EMESCAM), Vitória 29027-502, ES, Brazil
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- Núcleo de Genética Humana e Molecular, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo (UFES), Vitória 29075-910, ES, Brazil
- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biotecnologia, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Vitória 29047-105, ES, Brazil
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- Núcleo de Genética Humana e Molecular, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo (UFES), Vitória 29075-910, ES, Brazil
- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biotecnologia, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Vitória 29047-105, ES, Brazil
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- Núcleo de Genética Humana e Molecular, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo (UFES), Vitória 29075-910, ES, Brazil
- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biotecnologia, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Vitória 29047-105, ES, Brazil
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- Núcleo de Genética Humana e Molecular, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo (UFES), Vitória 29075-910, ES, Brazil
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- Núcleo de Genética Humana e Molecular, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo (UFES), Vitória 29075-910, ES, Brazil
- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biotecnologia, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Vitória 29047-105, ES, Brazil
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- Núcleo de Genética Humana e Molecular, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo (UFES), Vitória 29075-910, ES, Brazil
- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biotecnologia, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Vitória 29047-105, ES, Brazil
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- Núcleo de Genética Humana e Molecular, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo (UFES), Vitória 29075-910, ES, Brazil
- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biotecnologia, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Vitória 29047-105, ES, Brazil
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- Instituto de Biologia Roberto Alcântara Gomes (IBRAG), Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ), Rio de Janeiro 20551-030, RJ, Brazil
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- Núcleo de Genética Humana e Molecular, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo (UFES), Vitória 29075-910, ES, Brazil
- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biotecnologia, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Vitória 29047-105, ES, Brazil
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Tagore S, Tsang S, Mills GB, Califano A. Systematic Pan-cancer Functional Inference and Validation of Hyper, Hypo and Neomorphic Mutations. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2023:2023.04.29.538640. [PMID: 37205498 PMCID: PMC10187182 DOI: 10.1101/2023.04.29.538640] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
Abstract
While the functional effects of many recurrent cancer mutations have been characterized, the TCGA repository comprises more than 10M non-recurrent events, whose function is unknown. We propose that the context specific activity of transcription factor (TF) proteins-as measured by expression of their transcriptional targets-provides a sensitive and accurate reporter assay to assess the functional role of oncoprotein mutations. Analysis of differentially active TFs in samples harboring mutations of unknown significance-compared to established gain (GOF/hypermorph) or loss (LOF/hypomorph) of function-helped functionally characterize 577,866 individual mutational events across TCGA cohorts, including identification of mutations that are either neomorphic (gain of novel function) or phenocopy other mutations ( mutational mimicry ). Validation using mutation knock-in assays confirmed 15 out of 15 predicted gain and loss of function mutations and 15 of 20 predicted neomorphic mutations. This could help determine targeted therapy in patients with mutations of unknown significance in established oncoproteins.
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Boyd DC, Zboril EK, Olex AL, Leftwich TJ, Hairr NS, Byers HA, Valentine AD, Altman JE, Alzubi MA, Grible JM, Turner SA, Ferreira-Gonzalez A, Dozmorov MG, Harrell JC. Discovering Synergistic Compounds with BYL-719 in PI3K Overactivated Basal-like PDXs. Cancers (Basel) 2023; 15:cancers15051582. [PMID: 36900375 PMCID: PMC10001201 DOI: 10.3390/cancers15051582] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2023] [Revised: 02/23/2023] [Accepted: 03/01/2023] [Indexed: 03/08/2023] Open
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Basal-like triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) tumor cells are difficult to eliminate due to resistance mechanisms that promote survival. While this breast cancer subtype has low PIK3CA mutation rates when compared to estrogen receptor-positive (ER+) breast cancers, most basal-like TNBCs have an overactive PI3K pathway due to gene amplification or high gene expression. BYL-719 is a PIK3CA inhibitor that has been found to have low drug-drug interactions, which increases the likelihood that it could be useful for combinatorial therapy. Alpelisib (BYL-719) with fulvestrant was recently approved for treating ER+ breast cancer patients whose cancer had developed resistance to ER-targeting therapy. In these studies, a set of basal-like patient-derived xenograft (PDX) models was transcriptionally defined with bulk and single-cell RNA-sequencing and clinically actionable mutation profiles defined with Oncomine mutational profiling. This information was overlaid onto therapeutic drug screening results. BYL-719-based, synergistic two-drug combinations were identified with 20 different compounds, including everolimus, afatinib, and dronedarone, which were also found to be effective at minimizing tumor growth. These data support the use of these drug combinations towards cancers with activating PIK3CA mutations/gene amplifications or PTEN deficient/PI3K overactive pathways.
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- David C. Boyd
- Department of Pathology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23298, USA
- Integrative Life Sciences Program, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23284, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23298, USA
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- C. Kenneth and Dianne Wright Center for Clinical and Translational Research, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23298, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23298, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23298, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23298, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23298, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23298, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23298, USA
- Integrative Life Sciences Program, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23284, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23298, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23298, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23298, USA
- Department of Biostatistics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23219, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23298, USA
- Massey Cancer Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23298, USA
- Correspondence:
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El-Tanani M, Nsairat H, Mishra V, Mishra Y, Aljabali AAA, Serrano-Aroca Á, Tambuwala MM. Ran GTPase and Its Importance in Cellular Signaling and Malignant Phenotype. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:ijms24043065. [PMID: 36834476 PMCID: PMC9968026 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24043065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2022] [Revised: 01/10/2023] [Accepted: 01/11/2023] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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Ran is a member of the Ras superfamily of proteins, which primarily regulates nucleocytoplasmic trafficking and mediates mitosis by regulating spindle formation and nuclear envelope (NE) reassembly. Therefore, Ran is an integral cell fate determinant. It has been demonstrated that aberrant Ran expression in cancer is a result of upstream dysregulation of the expression of various factors, such as osteopontin (OPN), and aberrant activation of various signaling pathways, including the extracellular-regulated kinase/mitogen-activated protein kinase (ERK/MEK) and phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/Protein kinase B (PI3K/Akt) pathways. In vitro, Ran overexpression has severe effects on the cell phenotype, altering proliferation, adhesion, colony density, and invasion. Therefore, Ran overexpression has been identified in numerous types of cancer and has been shown to correlate with tumor grade and the degree of metastasis present in various cancers. The increased malignancy and invasiveness have been attributed to multiple mechanisms. Increased dependence on Ran for spindle formation and mitosis is a consequence of the upregulation of these pathways and the ensuing overexpression of Ran, which increases cellular dependence on Ran for survival. This increases the sensitivity of cells to changes in Ran concentration, with ablation being associated with aneuploidy, cell cycle arrest, and ultimately, cell death. It has also been demonstrated that Ran dysregulation influences nucleocytoplasmic transport, leading to transcription factor misallocation. Consequently, patients with tumors that overexpress Ran have been shown to have a higher malignancy rate and a shorter survival time compared to their counterparts.
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- Mohamed El-Tanani
- Pharmacological and Diagnostic Research Centre, Faculty of Pharmacy, Al-Ahliyya Amman University, Amman 19328, Jordan
- Correspondence:
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- Pharmacological and Diagnostic Research Centre, Faculty of Pharmacy, Al-Ahliyya Amman University, Amman 19328, Jordan
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara 144411, India
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- Department of Zoology, School of Bioengineering and Biosciences, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara 144411, India
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- Department of Pharmaceutics & Pharmaceutical Technology, Yarmouk University, Irbid 21163, Jordan
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- Biomaterials and Bioengineering Laboratory, Centro de Investigación Traslacional San Alberto Magno, Universidad Católica de Valencia San Vicente Mártir, c/Guillem de Castro 94, 46001 Valencia, Spain
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- Lincoln Medical School, University of Lincoln, Brayford Pool, Lincoln LN6 7TS, UK
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Pavlenko IA, Povilaitite PE, Kaciyaev VY, Makarevich NS, Petrov AV. PIK3CA mutations in breast cancer with low HER2 / neu expression. ADVANCES IN MOLECULAR ONCOLOGY 2022. [DOI: 10.17650/2313-805x-2022-9-4-89-95] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Introduction. Disturbances in the PI3K-dependent (PI3K – phosphoinositide 3‑kinase) cascade are characteristic of all types of breast cancer. In particular, 30–40 % of patients with advanced / metastatic hormone-positive HER2‑negative (HER2 – human epidermal growth factor receptor 2) breast cancer carry PIK3CA mutations in tumor cells. The detection of these mutations in patients with hormone-positive HER2‑negative breast cancer is of great clinical importance, since they are a predictor of tumor sensitivity to the PI3K inhibitor alpelisib. According to the HER2 / neu protein expression status, all patients with hormone-positive HER2‑negative breast cancer can be divided into two groups – with low expression of HER2 / neu (scores 0, 1+ or 2+ per immunohistochemical analysis and negative result of in situ hybridization) and with a complete lack of expression of this protein.Aim. To establish whether there are differences in the nature and prevalence of PIK3CA mutations in patients in these two groups.Materials and methods. The study was carried out on 32 breast cancer samples with a luminal HER2‑negative immunophenotype, which were divided into two groups – with low HER2 / neu expression (n = 15) and with a complete absence of HER2 / neu expression (n = 17). PIK3CA mutations were determined using the commercially available cobas PIK3CA MutationTest kit (Roche, Switzerland) by real-time polymerase chain reaction on paraffin block material (tissue biopsy).Results. Mutations of the PIK3CA gene were detected in 37.5 % of cases, of which p.E542K mutation was detected in 2 cases; p.E545X – in 3, p.H1047X – in 6 and p.N345K – in 1. Analysis of the mutational status of both groups revealed statistically significant differences in the quantitative distribution of PIK3CA mutations. The frequency of PIK3CA mutations was significantly higher in tumors with low expression of HER2 / neu (p = 0.0268). Thus, characteristic genetic changes have been identified for a group of patients with HER2‑low breast cancer. These changes are potential targets for therapy, which is important for clinical practice, as it opens up new therapeutic possibilities for breast cancer patients with low HER2 / neu expression.
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Elangovan A, Hooda J, Savariau L, Puthanmadhomnarayanan S, Yates ME, Chen J, Brown DD, McAuliffe PF, Oesterreich S, Atkinson JM, Lee AV. Loss of E-cadherin Induces IGF1R Activation and Reveals a Targetable Pathway in Invasive Lobular Breast Carcinoma. Mol Cancer Res 2022; 20:1405-1419. [PMID: 35665642 PMCID: PMC9444924 DOI: 10.1158/1541-7786.mcr-22-0090] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2022] [Revised: 04/23/2022] [Accepted: 06/02/2022] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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No special-type breast cancer [NST; commonly known as invasive ductal carcinoma (IDC)] and invasive lobular carcinoma (ILC) are the two major histological subtypes of breast cancer with significant differences in clinicopathological and molecular characteristics. The defining pathognomonic feature of ILC is loss of cellular adhesion protein, E-cadherin (CDH1). We have previously shown that E-cadherin functions as a negative regulator of the IGF1R and propose that E-cadherin loss in ILC sensitizes cells to growth factor signaling that thus alters their sensitivity to growth factor-signaling inhibitors and their downstream activators. To investigate this potential therapeutic vulnerability, we generated CRISPR-mediated CDH1 knockout (CDH1 KO) IDC cell lines (MCF7, T47D, and ZR75.1) to uncover the mechanism by which loss of E-cadherin results in IGF pathway activation. CDH1 KO cells demonstrated enhanced invasion and migration that was further elevated in response to IGF1, serum and collagen I. CDH1 KO cells exhibited increased sensitivity to IGF resulting in elevated downstream signaling. Despite minimal differences in membranous IGF1R levels between wild-type (WT) and CDH1 KO cells, significantly higher ligand-receptor interaction was observed in the CDH1 KO cells, potentially conferring enhanced downstream signaling activation. Critically, increased sensitivity to IGF1R, PI3K, Akt, and MEK inhibitors was observed in CDH1 KO cells and ILC patient-derived organoids. IMPLICATIONS Overall, this suggests that these targets require further exploration in ILC treatment and that CDH1 loss may be exploited as a biomarker of response for patient stratification.
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- Ashuvinee Elangovan
- Molecular Genetics and Developmental Biology Graduate Program, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh PA.,Women’s Cancer Research Center, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) Hillman Cancer Center (HCC), Magee-Womens Research Institute, Pittsburgh, PA
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- Women’s Cancer Research Center, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) Hillman Cancer Center (HCC), Magee-Womens Research Institute, Pittsburgh, PA
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- Women’s Cancer Research Center, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) Hillman Cancer Center (HCC), Magee-Womens Research Institute, Pittsburgh, PA.,Department of Human Genetics, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, PA
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- Women’s Cancer Research Center, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) Hillman Cancer Center (HCC), Magee-Womens Research Institute, Pittsburgh, PA
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- Women’s Cancer Research Center, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) Hillman Cancer Center (HCC), Magee-Womens Research Institute, Pittsburgh, PA.,Medical Scientist Training Program, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA
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- Women’s Cancer Research Center, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) Hillman Cancer Center (HCC), Magee-Womens Research Institute, Pittsburgh, PA
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- Women’s Cancer Research Center, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) Hillman Cancer Center (HCC), Magee-Womens Research Institute, Pittsburgh, PA.,Department of Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology, Section of Breast Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA
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- Women’s Cancer Research Center, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) Hillman Cancer Center (HCC), Magee-Womens Research Institute, Pittsburgh, PA.,Department of Pharmacology & Chemical Biology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
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- Women’s Cancer Research Center, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) Hillman Cancer Center (HCC), Magee-Womens Research Institute, Pittsburgh, PA.,Department of Pharmacology & Chemical Biology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA.,Corresponding Authors: Adrian V. Lee, PhD, , Phone: 4126417724, Fax: 4126416456, Women’s Cancer Research Center, UPMC Hillman Cancer Center, 204 Craft Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA, Jennifer M. Atkinson, PhD, , Phone: 4126417724, Fax: 4126416456, Women’s Cancer Research Center, UPMC Hillman Cancer Center, 204 Craft Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
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- Women’s Cancer Research Center, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) Hillman Cancer Center (HCC), Magee-Womens Research Institute, Pittsburgh, PA.,Department of Pharmacology & Chemical Biology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA.,Corresponding Authors: Adrian V. Lee, PhD, , Phone: 4126417724, Fax: 4126416456, Women’s Cancer Research Center, UPMC Hillman Cancer Center, 204 Craft Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA, Jennifer M. Atkinson, PhD, , Phone: 4126417724, Fax: 4126416456, Women’s Cancer Research Center, UPMC Hillman Cancer Center, 204 Craft Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
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Kalra R, Chen CH, Wang J, Salam AB, Dobrolecki LE, Lewis A, Sallas C, Yates CC, Gutierrez C, Karanam B, Anurag M, Lim B, Ellis MJ, Kavuri SM. Poziotinib Inhibits HER2-Mutant-Driven Therapeutic Resistance and Multiorgan Metastasis in Breast Cancer. Cancer Res 2022; 82:2928-2939. [PMID: 35736563 PMCID: PMC9379360 DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-21-3106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2021] [Revised: 04/01/2022] [Accepted: 06/14/2022] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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The pan-HER tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) neratinib is therapeutically active against metastatic breast cancers harboring activating HER2 mutations, but responses are variable and often not durable. Here we demonstrate that recurrent HER2 mutations have differential effects on endocrine therapy responsiveness, metastasis, and pan-HER TKI therapeutic sensitivity. The prevalence and prognostic significance may also depend on whether the HER2 mutant has arisen in the context of lobular versus ductal histology. The most highly recurrent HER2 mutant, L755S, was particularly resistant to neratinib but sensitive to the pan-HER TKI poziotinib, alone or in combination with fulvestrant. Poziotinib reduced tumor growth, diminished multiorgan metastasis, and inhibited mTOR activation more effectively than neratinib. Similar therapeutic effects of poziotinib were observed in both an engineered HER2L755S MCF7 model and a patient-derived xenograft harboring a HER2G778_P780dup mutation. Overall, these findings support the need for clinical evaluation of poziotinib for the treatment of HER2-mutant metastatic breast cancer. SIGNIFICANCE Evaluation of the functional impact of HER2 mutations on therapy-induced resistance and metastasis identifies robust antitumor activity of poziotinib and supports the clinical evaluation of poziotinib in ER+ HER2 mutant breast cancer.
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- Rashi Kalra
- Lester and Sue Smith Breast Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.,Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
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- Lester and Sue Smith Breast Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.,Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
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- Lester and Sue Smith Breast Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.,Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
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- Department of Biology and Center for Cancer Research, Tuskegee University, Tuskegee, Alabama
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- Lester and Sue Smith Breast Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
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- Lester and Sue Smith Breast Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
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- Lester and Sue Smith Breast Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
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- Department of Biology and Center for Cancer Research, Tuskegee University, Tuskegee, Alabama
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- Lester and Sue Smith Breast Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
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- Department of Biology and Center for Cancer Research, Tuskegee University, Tuskegee, Alabama
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- Lester and Sue Smith Breast Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.,Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
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- Lester and Sue Smith Breast Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.,Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
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- Lester and Sue Smith Breast Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.,Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.,Corresponding Authors: Shyam M. Kavuri, Lester and Sue Smith Breast Center, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, TX 77030. Phone: 1314-651-3876; E-mail: ; and Matthew J. Ellis, Lester and Sue Smith Breast Center, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, TX 77030. E-mail:
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- Lester and Sue Smith Breast Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.,Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.,Corresponding Authors: Shyam M. Kavuri, Lester and Sue Smith Breast Center, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, TX 77030. Phone: 1314-651-3876; E-mail: ; and Matthew J. Ellis, Lester and Sue Smith Breast Center, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, TX 77030. E-mail:
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Kawiak A, Kostecka A. Regulation of Bcl-2 Family Proteins in Estrogen Receptor-Positive Breast Cancer and Their Implications in Endocrine Therapy. Cancers (Basel) 2022; 14:279. [PMID: 35053443 PMCID: PMC8773933 DOI: 10.3390/cancers14020279] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2021] [Revised: 12/20/2021] [Accepted: 12/29/2021] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
Abstract
Estrogen receptor (ER)-positive breast cancer accounts for around two-thirds of breast cancer occurrences, with endocrine therapy serving as first-line therapy in most cases. Targeting estrogen signaling pathways, which play a central role in regulating ER+ breast cell proliferation and survival, has proven to improve patient outcomes. However, despite the undeniable advantages of endocrine therapy, a subset of breast cancer patients develop acquired or intrinsic resistance to ER-targeting agents, limiting their efficacy. The activation of downstream ER signaling pathways upregulates pro-survival mechanisms that have been shown to influence the response of cells to endocrine therapy. The Bcl-2 family proteins play a central role in cell death regulation and have been shown to contribute to endocrine therapy resistance, supporting the survival of breast cancer cells and enhancing cell death evasion. Due to the overexpression of anti-apoptotic Bcl-2 proteins in ER-positive breast cancer, the role of these proteins as potential targets in hormone-responsive breast cancer is growing in interest. In particular, recent advances in the development of BH3 mimetics have enabled their evaluation in preclinical studies with ER+ breast cancer models, and BH3 mimetics have entered early ER+ breast cancer clinical trials. This review summarizes the molecular mechanisms underlying the regulation of Bcl-2 family proteins in ER+ breast cancer. Furthermore, an overview of recent advances in research regarding the efficacy of BH3 mimetics in ER+ breast cancer has been provided.
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- Anna Kawiak
- Intercollegiate Faculty of Biotechnology, University of Gdansk, Abrahama 58, 80-307 Gdansk, Poland
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- Faculty of Pharmacy, Medical University of Gdansk, Hallera 107, 80-416 Gdansk, Poland;
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Hon KW, Zainal Abidin SA, Othman I, Naidu R. The Crosstalk Between Signaling Pathways and Cancer Metabolism in Colorectal Cancer. Front Pharmacol 2021; 12:768861. [PMID: 34887764 PMCID: PMC8650587 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2021.768861] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2021] [Accepted: 11/05/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Colorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the most frequently diagnosed cancers worldwide. Metabolic reprogramming represents an important cancer hallmark in CRC. Reprogramming core metabolic pathways in cancer cells, such as glycolysis, glutaminolysis, oxidative phosphorylation, and lipid metabolism, is essential to increase energy production and biosynthesis of precursors required to support tumor initiation and progression. Accumulating evidence demonstrates that activation of oncogenes and loss of tumor suppressor genes regulate metabolic reprogramming through the downstream signaling pathways. Protein kinases, such as AKT and c-MYC, are the integral components that facilitate the crosstalk between signaling pathways and metabolic pathways in CRC. This review provides an insight into the crosstalk between signaling pathways and metabolic reprogramming in CRC. Targeting CRC metabolism could open a new avenue for developing CRC therapy by discovering metabolic inhibitors and repurposing protein kinase inhibitors/monoclonal antibodies.
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- Jeffrey Cheah School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Monash University Malaysia, Bandar Sunway, Malaysia
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Wang K, Li L, Franch-Expósito S, Le X, Tang J, Li Q, Wu Q, Bassaganyas L, Camps J, Zhang X, Li H, Foukakis T, Xiang T, Wu J, Ren G. Integrated multi-omics profiling of high-grade estrogen receptor-positive, HER2-negative breast cancer. Mol Oncol 2021; 16:2413-2431. [PMID: 34146382 PMCID: PMC9208078 DOI: 10.1002/1878-0261.13043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2021] [Revised: 05/18/2021] [Accepted: 06/18/2021] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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Estrogen receptor‐positive and human epidermal growth factor receptor 2‐negative (ER+HER2−) breast cancer accounts for ~ 60–70% of all cases of invasive breast carcinoma. High‐grade ER+HER2− tumors respond poorly to endocrine therapy. In this study, we systematically analyzed clinical and multi‐omics data to find potential strategies for personalized therapy of patients with high‐grade ER+HER2− disease. Six different cohorts were analyzed, for which multi‐omics data were available. Grade III ER+HER2− cases harbored higher proportions of large tumor size (> 5 cm), lymph node metastasis, chemotherapy use, and luminal B subtypes defined by PAM50, as compared with grade I/II tumors. DNA methylation (HM450) data and methylation‐specific PCR indicated that the cg18629132 locus in the MKI67 promoter was hypermethylated in grade I/II cases and normal tissue, but hypomethylated in grade III cases or triple‐negative breast cancer, resulting in higher expression of MKI67. Mutations in ESR1 and TP53 were detected in post‐endocrine treatment metastatic samples at a higher rate than in treatment‐naive tumors in grade III cases. We identified 42 and 20 focal copy number events in nonmetastatic and metastatic high‐grade ER+HER2− cases, respectively, with either MYC or MDM2 amplification representing an independent prognostic event in grade III cases. Transcriptional profiling within grade III tumors highlighted ER signaling downregulation and upregulation of immune‐related pathways in non‐luminal‐like tumors defined by PAM50. Recursive partitioning analysis was employed to construct a decision tree of an endocrine‐resistant subgroup (GATA3‐negative and AGR‐negative) of two genes that was validated by immunohistochemistry in a Chinese cohort. All together, these data suggest that grade III ER+HER2− tumors have distinct clinical and molecular characteristics compared with low‐grade tumors, particularly in cases with non‐luminal‐like biology. Due to the dismal prognosis in this group, clinical trials are warranted to test the efficacy of potential novel therapies.
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- Kang Wang
- Department of Endocrine and Breast Surgery, The First Affiliated hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing Medical University, China.,Key Laboratory of Molecular Oncology and Epigenetics, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, China.,Department of Oncology-Pathology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Breast Surgery, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, China.,Cancer Institute, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, China.,Department of Oncology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Gastrointestinal and Pancreatic Oncology Team, Institut D'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBEREHD), Universitat de Barcelona, Spain
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Oncology and Epigenetics, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Oncology and Epigenetics, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, China
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- Department of Endocrine and Breast Surgery, The First Affiliated hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing Medical University, China
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- Department of Endocrine and Breast Surgery, The First Affiliated hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing Medical University, China
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- Liver Cancer Translational Research Group, Liver Unit, Institut D'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Hospital Clínic, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBEREHD), Universitat de Barcelona, Spain
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- Gastrointestinal and Pancreatic Oncology Team, Institut D'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBEREHD), Universitat de Barcelona, Spain.,Unitat de Biologia Cel·lular i Genètica Mèdica, Departament de Biologia Cellular, Fisiologia i Immunologia, Facultat de Medicina, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain
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- Department of Endocrine and Breast Surgery, The First Affiliated hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing Medical University, China
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- Department of Endocrine and Breast Surgery, The First Affiliated hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing Medical University, China
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- Department of Oncology-Pathology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.,Breast Center, Theme Cancer, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Oncology and Epigenetics, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, China
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- Department of Breast Surgery, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, China.,Cancer Institute, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, China.,Department of Oncology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Endocrine and Breast Surgery, The First Affiliated hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing Medical University, China.,Key Laboratory of Molecular Oncology and Epigenetics, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, China
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Increased proliferation and protein synthesis are characteristics of transformed and tumor cells. Although the components of the translation machinery are often dysregulated in cancer, the role of tRNAs in cancer cells has not been well studied. Nevertheless, the number of related studies has recently started increasing. With the development of high throughput technologies such as next-generation sequencing, genome-wide differential tRNA expression patterns in breast cancer-derived cell lines and breast tumors have been investigated. The genome-wide transcriptomics analyses have been linked with many studies for functional and phenotypic characterization, whereby tRNAs or tRNA-related fragments have been shown to play important roles in breast cancer regulation and as promising prognostic biomarkers. Here, we review their expression patterns, functions, prognostic value, and potential therapeutic use as well as related technologies.
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Printable graphene BioFETs for DNA quantification in Lab-on-PCB microsystems. Sci Rep 2021; 11:9815. [PMID: 33972649 PMCID: PMC8111018 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-89367-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2020] [Accepted: 04/26/2021] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Lab-on-Chip is a technology that aims to transform the Point-of-Care (PoC) diagnostics field; nonetheless a commercial production compatible technology is yet to be established. Lab-on-Printed Circuit Board (Lab-on-PCB) is currently considered as a promising candidate technology for cost-aware but simultaneously high specification applications, requiring multi-component microsystem implementations, due to its inherent compatibility with electronics and the long-standing industrial manufacturing basis. In this work, we demonstrate the first electrolyte gated field-effect transistor (FET) DNA biosensor implemented on commercially fabricated PCB in a planar layout. Graphene ink was drop-casted to form the transistor channel and PNA probes were immobilized on the graphene channel, enabling label-free DNA detection. It is shown that the sensor can selectively detect the complementary DNA sequence, following a fully inkjet-printing compatible manufacturing process. The results demonstrate the potential for the effortless integration of FET sensors into Lab-on-PCB diagnostic platforms, paving the way for even higher sensitivity quantification than the current Lab-on-PCB state-of-the-art of passive electrode electrochemical sensing. The substitution of such biosensors with our presented FET structures, promises further reduction of the time-to-result in microsystems combining sequential DNA amplification and detection modules to few minutes, since much fewer amplification cycles are required even for low-abundance nucleic acid targets.
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Sheth H, Kumar P, Shreenivas A, Sambath J, Pragya R, Madre C, Athikari N, Khandare H, Peshattiwar V, Datar R, Limaye S. Excellent Response With Alpelisib and Bicalutamide for Advanced Salivary Duct Carcinoma With PIK3CA Mutation and High Androgen Receptor Expression-A Case Report. JCO Precis Oncol 2021; 5:PO.20.00436. [PMID: 34036229 PMCID: PMC8140801 DOI: 10.1200/po.20.00436] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2020] [Revised: 03/04/2021] [Accepted: 03/24/2021] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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- Hardik Sheth
- Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital and Medical Research Institute, Mumbai, India
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- Institute of Bioinformatics, Bangalore, India.,Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE), Manipal, India.,Department of Research and Innovations, Datar Cancer Genetics Limited, Nasik, India
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
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- Institute of Bioinformatics, Bangalore, India.,Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE), Manipal, India
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- Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital and Medical Research Institute, Mumbai, India
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- Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital and Medical Research Institute, Mumbai, India
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- Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital and Medical Research Institute, Mumbai, India
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- Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital and Medical Research Institute, Mumbai, India
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- Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital and Medical Research Institute, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Research and Innovations, Datar Cancer Genetics Limited, Nasik, India
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- Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital and Medical Research Institute, Mumbai, India
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Mavratzas A, Marmé F. Treatment of Luminal Metastatic Breast Cancer beyond CDK4/6 Inhibition: Is There a Standard of Care in Clinical Practice? Breast Care (Basel) 2021; 16:115-128. [PMID: 34012366 PMCID: PMC8114049 DOI: 10.1159/000514561] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2021] [Accepted: 01/19/2021] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND CDK4/6 inhibitors have become the standard for first-line treatment of metastatic luminal breast cancer based on consistent data from several phase 3 trials demonstrating clinically meaningful improvement of progression-free as well as overall survival. In addition, they are about to become a part of adjuvant treatment for patients with high-risk luminal disease based on positive results from the first randomized phase 3 trial on abemaciclib. Nevertheless, the majority of patients with advanced or metastatic luminal breast cancer and prospectively a relevant proportion of patients treated in the adjuvant setting will eventually develop resistance to this endocrine based combination within 12-36 months, depending on the line of treatment. CONCLUSION Potential subsequent therapies include PI3K inhibitors, mTOR inhibitors, endocrine monotherapy, PARP inhibitors, and chemotherapy. However, these therapies have mainly been developed in the pre-CDK4/6 inhibitor era and little is known about potential cross-resistance. The concept of continuing CDK4/6 inhibition beyond progression is supported by some preclinical data, but to date there is very limited clinical evidence to support this strategy. Therefore, treatment of metastatic luminal breast cancer after progression on CDK4/6 inhibitors remains a challenge. KEY MESSAGES Here we review current evidence from pro- and retrospective studies and give an outlook on future developments with respect to novel therapeutic agents, including oral SERD and AKT inhibitors, which have the potential to change the therapeutic landscape in the future. Furthermore, clinical treatment algorithms and current research will also be discussed.
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- Athanasios Mavratzas
- Section of Conservative Gynecologic Oncology, Experimental and Translational Gynecologic Oncology, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospital Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany
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Mavratzas A, Marmé F. Alpelisib in the treatment of metastatic HR+ breast cancer with PIK3CA mutations. Future Oncol 2021; 17:13-36. [DOI: 10.2217/fon-2020-0464] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Since the US FDA approval of everolimus/exemestane in July 2012, and of the first CDK 4/6 inhibitor, palbociclib, combined with endocrine treatment in February 2015, a third class of therapeutic compounds, the PI3K inhibitors, has been introduced to the arsenal of targeted therapies overcoming endocrine resistance in hormone receptor-positive metastatic breast cancer. Alpelisib (PIQRAY®) is the first of these novel agents yielding promising clinical results, giving an impetus to further development of tailored endocrine anticancer treatments. Herein, we review its pharmacodynamic and pharmacokinetic properties, safety and efficacy data, as well as Phase III SOLAR-1 trial, prompting FDA approval of alpelisib in hormone receptor-positive metastatic breast cancer harboring PIK3CA mutations. Furthermore, implications for clinical use and current research will also be discussed.
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- Athanasios Mavratzas
- Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology Mannheim, Section of Conservative Gynecologic Oncology, Experimental & Translational Gynecologic Oncology, Medical Faculty Mannheim of University Heidelberg University Hospital, Mannheim, Theodor-Kutzer-Ufer 1-3, 68167, Mannheim, Germany
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- Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology Mannheim, Section of Conservative Gynecologic Oncology, Experimental & Translational Gynecologic Oncology, Medical Faculty Mannheim of University Heidelberg University Hospital, Mannheim, Theodor-Kutzer-Ufer 1-3, 68167, Mannheim, Germany
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Csolle MP, Ooms LM, Papa A, Mitchell CA. PTEN and Other PtdIns(3,4,5)P 3 Lipid Phosphatases in Breast Cancer. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:ijms21239189. [PMID: 33276499 PMCID: PMC7730566 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21239189] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2020] [Revised: 11/25/2020] [Accepted: 12/01/2020] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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The phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K)/AKT signalling pathway is hyperactivated in ~70% of breast cancers. Class I PI3K generates PtdIns(3,4,5)P3 at the plasma membrane in response to growth factor stimulation, leading to AKT activation to drive cell proliferation, survival and migration. PTEN negatively regulates PI3K/AKT signalling by dephosphorylating PtdIns(3,4,5)P3 to form PtdIns(4,5)P2. PtdIns(3,4,5)P3 can also be hydrolysed by the inositol polyphosphate 5-phosphatases (5-phosphatases) to produce PtdIns(3,4)P2. Interestingly, while PTEN is a bona fide tumour suppressor and is frequently mutated/lost in breast cancer, 5-phosphatases such as PIPP, SHIP2 and SYNJ2, have demonstrated more diverse roles in regulating mammary tumourigenesis. Reduced PIPP expression is associated with triple negative breast cancers and reduced relapse-free and overall survival. Although PIPP depletion enhances AKT phosphorylation and supports tumour growth, this also inhibits cell migration and metastasis in vivo, in a breast cancer oncogene-driven murine model. Paradoxically, SHIP2 and SYNJ2 are increased in primary breast tumours, which correlates with invasive disease and reduced survival. SHIP2 or SYNJ2 overexpression promotes breast tumourigenesis via AKT-dependent and independent mechanisms. This review will discuss how PTEN, PIPP, SHIP2 and SYNJ2 distinctly regulate multiple functional targets, and the mechanisms by which dysregulation of these distinct phosphoinositide phosphatases differentially affect breast cancer progression.
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Guerini-Rocco E, Gray KP, Fumagalli C, Reforgiato MR, Leone I, Rafaniello Raviele P, Munzone E, Kammler R, Neven P, Hitre E, Jerusalem G, Simoncini E, Gombos A, Deleu I, Karlsson P, Aebi S, Chirgwin J, Di Lauro V, Thompson A, Graas MP, Barber M, Fontaine C, Loibl S, Gavilá J, Kuroi K, Müller B, O'Reilly S, Di Leo A, Goldhirsch A, Viale G, Barberis M, Regan MM, Colleoni M. Genomic Aberrations and Late Recurrence in Postmenopausal Women with Hormone Receptor-positive Early Breast Cancer: Results from the SOLE Trial. Clin Cancer Res 2020; 27:504-512. [PMID: 33082214 DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-20-0126] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2020] [Revised: 06/10/2020] [Accepted: 10/15/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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PURPOSE Women with hormone receptor-positive early breast cancers have a persistent risk of relapse and biomarkers for late recurrence are needed. We sought to identify tumor genomic aberrations associated with increased late-recurrence risk. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN In a secondary analysis of Study of Letrozole Extension trial, a case-cohort-like sampling selected 598 primary breast cancers for targeted next-generation sequencing analysis of gene mutations and copy-number gains (CNGs). Correlations of genomic aberrations with clinicopathologic factors and breast and distant recurrence-free intervals (BCFIs and DRFIs) were analyzed using weighted Cox models. RESULTS Analysis of mutations and CNGs was successfully performed for 403 and 350 samples, including 148 and 134 patients with breast cancer recurrences (median follow-up time, 5.2 years), respectively. The most frequent alterations were PIK3CA mutations (42%) and CNGs of CCND1 (15%), ERBB2 (10%), FGFR1 (8%), and MYC (8%). PIK3CA mutations and MYC CNGs were associated with lower (P = 0.03) and higher (P = 0.004) tumor grade, respectively; a higher Ki-67 was seen in tumor with CCND1, ERBB2, and MYC CNGs (P = 0.01, P < 0.001, and P = 0.03, respectively). FGFR1 CNG was associated with an increased risk of late events in univariate analyses [17/29 patients; BCFI: HR, 3.2; 95% confidence interval (CI), 1.48-6.92; P = 0.003 and DRFI: HR, 3.5; 95% CI, 1.61-7.75; P = 0.002) and in multivariable models adjusted for clinicopathologic factors. CONCLUSIONS Postmenopausal women with hormone receptor-positive early breast cancer harboring FGFR1 CNG had an increased risk of late recurrence despite extended therapy. FGFR1 CNG may represent a useful prognostic biomarker for late recurrence and a therapeutic target.
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- Elena Guerini-Rocco
- Division of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, IEO, European Institute of Oncology IRCCS, Milan and University of Milan, Department of Oncology and Hemato-Oncology, Milan, Italy.
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- International Breast Cancer Study Group Statistical Center, Frontier Science Foundation, and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Division of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, IEO, European Institute of Oncology IRCCS, Milan, Italy
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- Division of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, IEO, European Institute of Oncology IRCCS, Milan, Italy
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- Division of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, IEO, European Institute of Oncology IRCCS, Milan, Italy
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- Division of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, IEO, European Institute of Oncology IRCCS, Milan, Italy
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- Division of Medical Senology, IEO, European Institute of Oncology IRCCS, Milan, Italy
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- Multidisciplinary Breast Center, University Hospitals, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- National Institute of Oncology, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Oncology, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy/Sahlgrenska University Hospital, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Lucerne Cantonal Hospital and University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Box Hill and Maroondah Hospitals, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
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- Fundación Instituto Valenciano de Oncologia, Valencia, Spain
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- Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center Komagome Hospital, Bunkyo City, Tokyo, Japan
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- Chilean Cooperative Group for Oncologic Research (GOCCHI), Santiago, Chile
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- International Breast Cancer Study Group, Bern, Switzerland and MultiMedica, Milan, Italy
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- Division of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, IEO, European Institute of Oncology IRCCS, Milan, International Breast Cancer Study Group Central Pathology Office and University of Milan, Department of Oncology and Hemato-Oncology, Milan, Italy
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- Division of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, IEO, European Institute of Oncology IRCCS, Milan, Italy
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- International Breast Cancer Study Group Statistical Center, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Division of Medical Senology, European Institute of Oncology, and the International Breast Cancer Study Group, Milan, Italy
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Davis AA, Jacob S, Gerratana L, Shah AN, Wehbe F, Katam N, Zhang Q, Flaum L, Siziopikou KP, Platanias LC, Gradishar WJ, Behdad A, Cristofanilli M. Landscape of circulating tumour DNA in metastatic breast cancer. EBioMedicine 2020; 58:102914. [PMID: 32707446 PMCID: PMC7381501 DOI: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2020.102914] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2020] [Revised: 06/30/2020] [Accepted: 07/10/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND We describe the genomic landscape of circulating tumour DNA (ctDNA) across pathological subtypes of metastatic breast cancer. METHODS 255 clinically annotated patients with ctDNA testing by Guardant360 were stratified into HR+, HER2+, and TNBC cohorts. Frequency and heterogeneity of alterations were reported. Paired ctDNA and tissue sequencing were compared for a subset of patients. The association of ctDNA and metastatic sites of disease on imaging was also assessed. FINDINGS 89% of patients had at least one ctDNA alteration detected. The most common single nucleotide variants (SNVs) for HR+ patients were PIK3CA, ESR1, and TP53. For HER2+, these were TP53, PIK3CA, and ERBB2 with ERBB2 as the most frequent copy number variant (CNV). For TNBC, the most common SNVs were TP53 and PIK3CA, and the most frequent CNVs were MYC, CCNE1, and PIK3CA. TNBC patients had a significantly higher mutant allele frequency (MAF) of the highest variant compared to HR+ or HER2+ patients (P<0.05). Overall, alterations in PIK3CA, ESR1, and ERBB2 were observed in 39.6%, 16.5%, and 21.6% of patients, respectively. Agreement between blood and tissue was 79-91%. MAF and number of alterations were significantly associated with number of metastatic sites on imaging (P<0.0001). INTERPRETATION These data demonstrate the genetic heterogeneity of metastatic breast cancer in blood, the high prevalence of clinically actionable alterations, and the potential to utilise ctDNA as a surrogate for tumour burden on imaging. FUNDING Lynn Sage Cancer Research Foundation, OncoSET Precision Medicine Program, and REDCap support was funded by the National Institutes of Health UL1TR001422.
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- Andrew A Davis
- Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, United States; Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University, 710N. Fairbanks Court- Olson Pavilion, Suite 8-250A, Chicago, IL 60611, United States
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- Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, United States
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- Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, United States; Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University, 710N. Fairbanks Court- Olson Pavilion, Suite 8-250A, Chicago, IL 60611, United States; Department of Medicine, University of Udine, Udine, UD, Italy
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- Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, United States; Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University, 710N. Fairbanks Court- Olson Pavilion, Suite 8-250A, Chicago, IL 60611, United States
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- Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University, 710N. Fairbanks Court- Olson Pavilion, Suite 8-250A, Chicago, IL 60611, United States
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- Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University, 710N. Fairbanks Court- Olson Pavilion, Suite 8-250A, Chicago, IL 60611, United States
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- Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, United States; Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University, 710N. Fairbanks Court- Olson Pavilion, Suite 8-250A, Chicago, IL 60611, United States
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- Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, United States; Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University, 710N. Fairbanks Court- Olson Pavilion, Suite 8-250A, Chicago, IL 60611, United States
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- Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, United States; Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University, 710N. Fairbanks Court- Olson Pavilion, Suite 8-250A, Chicago, IL 60611, United States; Department of Pathology, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, United States
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- Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, United States; Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University, 710N. Fairbanks Court- Olson Pavilion, Suite 8-250A, Chicago, IL 60611, United States
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- Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, United States; Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University, 710N. Fairbanks Court- Olson Pavilion, Suite 8-250A, Chicago, IL 60611, United States
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- Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, United States; Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University, 710N. Fairbanks Court- Olson Pavilion, Suite 8-250A, Chicago, IL 60611, United States; Department of Pathology, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, United States
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- Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, United States; Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University, 710N. Fairbanks Court- Olson Pavilion, Suite 8-250A, Chicago, IL 60611, United States.
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Ivanova E, Ward A, Wiegmans AP, Richard DJ. Circulating Tumor Cells in Metastatic Breast Cancer: From Genome Instability to Metastasis. Front Mol Biosci 2020; 7:134. [PMID: 32766277 PMCID: PMC7378584 DOI: 10.3389/fmolb.2020.00134] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2020] [Accepted: 06/05/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
Abstract
The emergence of clinical resistance in repeatedly treated cancers extends from the primary tumor's capability to exploit genome instability to adapt, escape, and progress. Triple negative breast cancer serves as a good example of such a response demonstrating poor clinical outcome due to a high rate of cellular heterogeneity resulting in metastatic relapse. The capability to effectively track the emergence of therapeutic resistance in real-time and adapt the clinical response is the holy grail for precision medicine and has yet to be realized. In this review we present liquid biopsy using CTCs and ctDNA as a potential replacement and/or addition to the current diagnostic tests to deliver personalized therapies to patients with advanced breast cancer. We outline current uses of liquid biopsy in the metastatic breast cancer setting and discuss their limitations. In addition, we provide a detailed overview of common genome instability events in patients with metastatic breast cancer and how these can be tracked using liquid biopsy.
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- Ekaterina Ivanova
- Cancer and Ageing Research Program, Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Translational Research Institute, Woolongabba, QLD, Australia.,Centre for Tumour and Immune Biology (ZTI), Philipps University Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Tumor Microenvironment Laboratory, QIMR Berghofer, Herston, QLD, Australia
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- Cancer and Ageing Research Program, Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Translational Research Institute, Woolongabba, QLD, Australia
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- Cancer and Ageing Research Program, Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Translational Research Institute, Woolongabba, QLD, Australia
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Schwartzberg LS, Vidal GA. Targeting PIK3CA Alterations in Hormone Receptor-Positive, Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor-2-Negative Advanced Breast Cancer: New Therapeutic Approaches and Practical Considerations. Clin Breast Cancer 2020; 20:e439-e449. [PMID: 32278641 DOI: 10.1016/j.clbc.2020.02.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2019] [Revised: 01/28/2020] [Accepted: 02/10/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
Abstract
The phosphatidylinositol-3-kinase (PI3K) pathway is frequently dysregulated in human breast cancer. Approximately 30% of all patients with breast cancer will carry mutations of the PIK3CA gene, which encodes the PI3K catalytic subunit isoform p110α. Mutations in PIK3CA have been associated with resistance to endocrine therapy, HER2-directed therapy, and cytotoxic therapy. Early trials of pan-PI3K inhibitors showed little treatment benefit as monotherapy owing to disease resistance arising through enhanced estrogen receptor pathway signaling. Combining PI3K inhibition with endocrine therapy can help overcome resistance. Clinical trials of pan-PI3K inhibitors combined with endocrine therapy demonstrated modest clinical benefits but challenging toxicity profiles, facilitating the development of more selective PI3K-targeting agents. More recent trials of isoform-specific PI3K inhibitors in patients with PIK3CA mutations have shown promising clinical efficacy with a predictable, manageable safety profile. In the present review, we discuss the clinical relevance of mutations of PIK3CA and their potential use as a biomarker to guide treatment choices in patients with HR+ HER2- advanced breast cancer.
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MESH Headings
- Antineoplastic Agents, Hormonal/pharmacology
- Antineoplastic Agents, Hormonal/therapeutic use
- Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols/pharmacology
- Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols/therapeutic use
- Biomarkers, Tumor/analysis
- Biomarkers, Tumor/antagonists & inhibitors
- Biomarkers, Tumor/genetics
- Biomarkers, Tumor/metabolism
- Breast/pathology
- Breast Neoplasms/genetics
- Breast Neoplasms/mortality
- Breast Neoplasms/pathology
- Breast Neoplasms/therapy
- Chemotherapy, Adjuvant/methods
- Class I Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases/antagonists & inhibitors
- Class I Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases/genetics
- Drug Resistance, Neoplasm/drug effects
- Drug Resistance, Neoplasm/genetics
- Female
- Humans
- Mastectomy
- Mutation
- Neoplasm Staging
- Phosphoinositide-3 Kinase Inhibitors/pharmacology
- Phosphoinositide-3 Kinase Inhibitors/therapeutic use
- Progression-Free Survival
- Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
- Receptor, ErbB-2/analysis
- Receptor, ErbB-2/metabolism
- Receptors, Estrogen/analysis
- Receptors, Estrogen/metabolism
- Receptors, Progesterone/analysis
- Receptors, Progesterone/metabolism
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Brandão M, Caparica R, Eiger D, de Azambuja E. Biomarkers of response and resistance to PI3K inhibitors in estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer patients and combination therapies involving PI3K inhibitors. Ann Oncol 2019; 30:x27-x42. [PMID: 31859350 PMCID: PMC6923785 DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdz280] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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In this review, we discuss biomarkers of response and resistance to PI3K inhibitors (PI3Ki) in estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer, both in the early and advanced settings. We analyse data regarding PIK3CA mutations, PI3K pathway activation, PTEN expression loss, Akt signalling, insulin levels, 18FFDG-PET/CT imaging, FGFR1/2 amplification, KRAS and TP53 mutations. Most of the discussed data comprise retrospective and exploratory studies, hence many results are not conclusive. Therefore, among all of these biomarkers, only PIK3CA mutations have proved to have a predictive value for treatment with the α-selective PI3Ki alpelisib (SOLAR-1 trial) and the β-sparing PI3Ki taselisib (SANDPIPER trial) in the advanced setting. Since the accuracy of current individual biomarkers is not optimal, a composite biomarker, including DNA, RNA and protein expression data, to more precisely assess the PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathway activation status, may arise as a promising approach. Finally, we describe the rational for new combination therapies involving PI3Ki and anti-HER2 agents, chemotherapy, CDK4/6 inhibitors, mTOR inhibitors or new endocrine treatments and discuss the ongoing trials in this field.
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- Academic Trials Promoting Team
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- Academic Trials Promoting Team
- Medical Oncology Department, Institut Jules Bordet
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Lin CY, Vennam S, Purington N, Lin E, Varma S, Han S, Desa M, Seto T, Wang NJ, Stehr H, Troxell ML, Kurian AW, West RB. Genomic landscape of ductal carcinoma in situ and association with progression. Breast Cancer Res Treat 2019; 178:307-316. [PMID: 31420779 PMCID: PMC6800639 DOI: 10.1007/s10549-019-05401-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2019] [Accepted: 08/07/2019] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
Abstract
PURPOSE The detection rate of breast ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) has increased significantly, raising the concern that DCIS is overdiagnosed and overtreated. Therefore, there is an unmet clinical need to better predict the risk of progression among DCIS patients. Our hypothesis is that by combining molecular signatures with clinicopathologic features, we can elucidate the biology of breast cancer progression, and risk-stratify patients with DCIS. METHODS Targeted exon sequencing with a custom panel of 223 genes/regions was performed for 125 DCIS cases. Among them, 60 were from cases having concurrent or subsequent invasive breast cancer (IBC) (DCIS + IBC group), and 65 from cases with no IBC development over a median follow-up of 13 years (DCIS-only group). Copy number alterations in chromosome 1q32, 8q24, and 11q13 were analyzed using fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH). Multivariable logistic regression models were fit to the outcome of DCIS progression to IBC as functions of demographic and clinical features. RESULTS We observed recurrent variants of known IBC-related mutations, and the most commonly mutated genes in DCIS were PIK3CA (34.4%) and TP53 (18.4%). There was an inverse association between PIK3CA kinase domain mutations and progression (Odds Ratio [OR] 10.2, p < 0.05). Copy number variations in 1q32 and 8q24 were associated with progression (OR 9.3 and 46, respectively; both p < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS PIK3CA kinase domain mutations and the absence of copy number gains in DCIS are protective against progression to IBC. These results may guide efforts to distinguish low-risk from high-risk DCIS.
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MESH Headings
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast/genetics
- Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast/pathology
- Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast/therapy
- Carcinoma, Intraductal, Noninfiltrating/genetics
- Carcinoma, Intraductal, Noninfiltrating/pathology
- DNA Copy Number Variations
- Female
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Genome-Wide Association Study/methods
- Genomics/methods
- Humans
- In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence
- Middle Aged
- Neoplasm Metastasis
- Neoplasm Staging
- Tumor Burden
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- Chieh-Yu Lin
- Department of Pathology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
- Department of Pathology and Immunology, School of Medicine, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Quantitative Sciences Unit, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Quantitative Sciences Unit, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Medicine and of Biomedical Data Science, Quantitative Sciences Unit, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Research Information Technology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Departments of Medicine and of Health Research and Policy, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.
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Lazaridis G, Kotoula V, Vrettou E, Kostopoulos I, Manousou K, Papadopoulou K, Giannoulatou E, Bobos M, Sotiropoulou M, Pentheroudakis G, Efstratiou I, Papoudou-Bai A, Psyrri A, Christodoulou C, Gogas H, Koutras A, Timotheadou E, Pectasides D, Zagouri F, Fountzilas G. Opposite Prognostic Impact of Single PTEN-loss and PIK3CA Mutations in Early High-risk Breast Cancer. Cancer Genomics Proteomics 2019; 16:195-206. [PMID: 31018950 DOI: 10.21873/cgp.20125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2019] [Revised: 03/28/2019] [Accepted: 03/29/2019] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND/AIM PTEN-loss and PIK3CA mutations have been addressed as markers of PI3K activation in breast cancer. We evaluated these markers in early high-risk breast cancer (EBC) focusing on PTEN immunohistochemistry (IHC) issues, particularly in HER2-positive disease. MATERIALS AND METHODS We examined PTEN-loss and PIK3CA mutations in 1265 EBC patients treated with adjuvant chemotherapy within two clinical trials. Two different methods for the evaluation of PTEN IHC were used, one upfront binary (loss; no-loss) and the other initially multi-scale allowing for the classification of "grey zone" tumors with low and very low PTEN protein expression. RESULTS PTEN-loss (33.4% and 22.1%, depending on the IHC method) and PIK3CA mutations (29.6%) were associated with ER/PgR/HER2-negative and ER/PgR-positive disease, respectively. Concordance of the two IHC methods was moderate (Cohen's kappa 0.624). PTEN-loss discrepancy and intra-tumor heterogeneity concerned "grey zone" tumors that were prevalent among HER2-positive cancers. PTEN-loss independently conferred higher risk for relapse and death. Compared to single PIK3CA mutations,single PTEN-loss was independently associated with increased risk for relapse and death. Depending on the evaluation method, in HER2-positive cancer, PTEN-loss was without- or of marginal unfavorable prognostic significance. CONCLUSION In EBC, PTEN-loss is an independent predictor of poor outcome. When occurring singly, PTEN-loss and PIK3CA mutations have opposite prognostic impact. In HER2-positive disease, assessment of PTEN-loss by IHC appears unreliable and the marker is without clear prognostic significance.
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- Georgios Lazaridis
- Department of Medical Oncology, Faculty of Medicine Papageorgiou Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, School of Health Sciences, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Department of Pathology, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.,Laboratory of Molecular Oncology, Hellenic Foundation for Cancer Research, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Department of Pathology, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Department of Pathology, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Section of Biostatistics, Hellenic Cooperative Oncology Group, Data Office, Athens, Greece
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- Laboratory of Molecular Oncology, Hellenic Foundation for Cancer Research, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute, Darlinghurst, NSW, Australia.,The University of New South Wales, Kensington, NSW, Australia
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- Laboratory of Molecular Oncology, Hellenic Foundation for Cancer Research, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Department of Pathology, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Division of Oncology, Second Department of Internal Medicine, Attikon University Hospital, Athens, Greece
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- First Department of Medicine, Laiko General Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens School of Medicine, Athens, Greece
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- Division of Oncology, Department of Medicine, University Hospital, University of Patras Medical School, Patras, Greece
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Faculty of Medicine Papageorgiou Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, School of Health Sciences, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Oncology Section, Second Department of Internal Medicine, Hippokration Hospital, Athens, Greece
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- Department of Clinical Therapeutics, Alexandra Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens School of Medicine, Athens, Greece
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- Laboratory of Molecular Oncology, Hellenic Foundation for Cancer Research, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.,Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
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Sabbah DA, Ibrahim AH, Talib WH, Alqaisi KM, Sweidan K, Bardaweel SK, Sheikha GA, Zhong HA, Al-Shalabi E, Khalaf RA, Mubarak MS. Ligand-Based Drug Design: Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Substituted Benzoin Derivatives as Potential Antitumor Agents. Med Chem 2019; 15:417-429. [DOI: 10.2174/1573406414666180912111846] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2018] [Revised: 09/02/2018] [Accepted: 09/10/2018] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
Abstract
Background:
Phosphoinositide 3-kinase α (PI3Kα) has emerged as a promising target
for anticancer drug design.
Objectives:
Target compounds were designed to investigate the effect of the p-OCH3 motifs on
ligand/PI3Kα complex interaction and antiproliferative activity.
Methods:
Synthesis of the proposed compounds, biological examination tests against human colon
adenocarcinoma (HCT-116), breast adenocarcinoma (MCF-7), and breast carcinoma (T47D) cell
lines, along with Glide docking studies.
Results:
A series of 1,2-bis(4-methoxyphenyl)-2-oxoethyl benzoates was synthesized and characterized
by means of FT-IR, 1H and 13C NMR, and by elemental analysis. Biological investigation
demonstrated that the newly synthesized compounds exhibit antiproliferative activity in human colon
adenocarcinoma (HCT-116), breast adenocarcinoma (MCF-7), and breast carcinoma (T47D)
cell lines possibly via inhibition of PI3Kα and estrogen receptor alpha (ERα). Additionally, results
revealed that these compounds exert selective inhibitory activity, induce apoptosis, and suppress
VEGF production. Compound 3c exhibited promising antiproliferative activity in HCT-116 interrogating
that hydrogen bond-acceptor mediates ligand/PI3Kα complex formation on m- position.
Compounds 3e and 3i displayed high inhibitory activity in MCF-7 and T47D implying a wide cleft
discloses the o-attachment. Furthermore, compound 3g exerted selective inhibitory activity against
T47D. Glide docking studies against PI3Kα and ERα demonstrated that the series accommodate
binding to PI3Kα and/or ERα.
Conclusion:
The series exhibited a potential antitumor activity in human carcinoma cell lines encoding
PI3Kα and/or ERα.
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- Dima A. Sabbah
- Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Al-Zaytoonah University of Jordan, P.O. Box 130 Amman 11733, Jordan
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- Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Al-Zaytoonah University of Jordan, P.O. Box 130 Amman 11733, Jordan
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics, Applied Science Private University, Amman, Jordan
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- Department of Allied Medical Sciences, Zarqa University College, Al-Balqa Applied University, P.O. Box 132222, Zarqa 13132, Jordan
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Jordan, Amman 11942, Jordan
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Faculty of Pharmacy, The University of Jordan, Amman 11942, Jordan
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- Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Al-Zaytoonah University of Jordan, P.O. Box 130 Amman 11733, Jordan
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- DSC 362, Department of Chemistry, The University of Nebraska at Omaha, 6001 Dodge Street, Omaha, Nebraska 68182, United States
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- Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Al-Zaytoonah University of Jordan, P.O. Box 130 Amman 11733, Jordan
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- Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Al-Zaytoonah University of Jordan, P.O. Box 130 Amman 11733, Jordan
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Pommier SJ, Morgan RE, Limbach KE, Jackson CM, Naik AM, Peckham JL, Muller PJ, Condron ME, Jameson NE, Pommier RF. Surgical resection of breast cancers: Molecular analysis of cancer stem cells in residual disease. Surgery 2019; 165:1008-1013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2019.01.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2018] [Revised: 12/16/2018] [Accepted: 01/01/2019] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Dunn S, Lombardi O, Lukoszek R, Cowling VH. Oncogenic PIK3CA mutations increase dependency on the mRNA cap methyltransferase, RNMT, in breast cancer cells. Open Biol 2019; 9:190052. [PMID: 30991934 PMCID: PMC6501644 DOI: 10.1098/rsob.190052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2019] [Accepted: 03/19/2019] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
Abstract
Basic mechanisms in gene expression are currently being investigated as targets in cancer therapeutics. One such fundamental process is the addition of the cap to pre-mRNA, which recruits mediators of mRNA processing and translation initiation. Maturation of the cap involves mRNA cap guanosine N-7 methylation, catalysed by RNMT (RNA guanine-7 methyltransferase). In a panel of breast cancer cell lines, we investigated whether all are equivalently dependent on RNMT for proliferation. When cellular RNMT activity was experimentally reduced by 50%, the proliferation rate of non-transformed mammary epithelial cells was unchanged, whereas a subset of breast cancer cell lines exhibited reduced proliferation and increased apoptosis. Most of the cell lines which exhibited enhanced dependency on RNMT harboured oncogenic mutations in PIK3CA, which encodes the p110α subunit of PI3Kα. Conversely, all cell lines insensitive to RNMT depletion expressed wild-type PIK3CA. Expression of oncogenic PIK3CA mutants, which increase PI3K p110α activity, was sufficient to increase dependency on RNMT. Conversely, inhibition of PI3Kα reversed dependency on RNMT, suggesting that PI3Kα signalling is required. Collectively, these findings provide evidence to support RNMT as a therapeutic target in breast cancer and suggest that therapies targeting RNMT would be most valuable in a PIK3CA mutant background.
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- Centre for Gene Regulation and Expression, School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 5EH, UK
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Yu XN, Chen H, Liu TT, Wu J, Zhu JM, Shen XZ. Targeting the mTOR regulatory network in hepatocellular carcinoma: Are we making headway? Biochim Biophys Acta Rev Cancer 2019; 1871:379-391. [PMID: 30951815 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbcan.2019.03.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2018] [Revised: 03/20/2019] [Accepted: 03/20/2019] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
Abstract
The mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR) pathway coordinates organismal growth and homeostasis in response to growth factors, nutrients, and cellular energy stage. The pathway regulates several major cellular processes and is implicated in various pathological conditions, including hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). This review summarizes recent advances of the mTOR pathway, highlights the potential of the mTOR pathway as a therapeutic target, and explores clinical trials targeting the mTOR pathway in HCC. Although the review focuses on the mTOR pathway involved in HCC, more comprehensive discussions (eg, developing a rational design for future trials targeting the mTOR pathway) are also applicable to other tumors.
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- Xiang-Nan Yu
- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Zhongshan Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, China; Shanghai Institute of Liver Diseases, Zhongshan Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Zhongshan Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Zhongshan Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, China; Shanghai Institute of Liver Diseases, Zhongshan Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Zhongshan Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, China; Shanghai Institute of Liver Diseases, Zhongshan Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, China; Department of Medical Microbiology, Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Virology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Zhongshan Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, China; Shanghai Institute of Liver Diseases, Zhongshan Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Zhongshan Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, China; Shanghai Institute of Liver Diseases, Zhongshan Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, China; Department of Medical Microbiology, Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Virology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
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Hayashi N, Kuroda Y, Saito T, Tsuruda Y, Niida A, Otsu H, Eguchi H, Masuda T, Suzuki Y, Natsugoe S, Mimori K. A clinical trial of somatic and germline analyses for healthy longevity in a postoperative cancer patient. Surg Today 2019; 49:738-747. [PMID: 30843125 DOI: 10.1007/s00595-019-01789-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2018] [Accepted: 02/13/2019] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
Abstract
PURPOSE Recent developments in molecular-targeted therapies have improved the clinical outcome of cancer patients; however, the issue of adverse effects due to treatments has often gone unconsidered. We herein report the results of a clinical trial of dual genomic analyses for healthy longevity in a postoperative cancer patient. METHODS We performed dual genomic analyses for a representative 79-year-old rectal cancer patient who relapsed with liver metastasis. First, we determined single-nucleotide polymorphisms according to the constitution and disease risk in the genomic DNA from the patient's saliva by referring to the data of 10,000 Japanese patients obtained from Yahoo Japan Corporation. Second, we conducted whole-exome sequencing to detect druggable mutations in the primary tumour. RESULTS Forty of 59 determinable characters related to the constitution were consistent with the clinical phenotype. Several diseases classified as 'high risk' diseases actually occurred during the patient's clinical course. Of the 129 significant mutations, we identified somatic mutations in BRAF, PIK3CA, and SMAD4 as targets. CONCLUSION The dual genomic examination will improve the follow-up observation system to support primary care doctors in the social community for taking care of postoperative cancer patients.
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- Naoki Hayashi
- Department of Surgery, Kyushu University Beppu Hospital, 4546 Tsurumihara, Beppu, 874-0838, Japan.,Department of Digestive Surgery, Breast and Thyroid Surgery, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, 8-35-1, Sakuragaoka, Kagoshima, 890-8520, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Kyushu University Beppu Hospital, 4546 Tsurumihara, Beppu, 874-0838, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Oita University Hospital, 1-1, Idaigaoka, Yufu, 879-5593, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Kyushu University Beppu Hospital, 4546 Tsurumihara, Beppu, 874-0838, Japan.,Department of Digestive Surgery, Breast and Thyroid Surgery, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, 8-35-1, Sakuragaoka, Kagoshima, 890-8520, Japan
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- Division of Health Medical Computational Science, Health Intelligence Center, Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, 4-6-1 Shirokanedai, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 108-8639, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Kyushu University Beppu Hospital, 4546 Tsurumihara, Beppu, 874-0838, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Kyushu University Beppu Hospital, 4546 Tsurumihara, Beppu, 874-0838, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Kyushu University Beppu Hospital, 4546 Tsurumihara, Beppu, 874-0838, Japan
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- Laboratory of Systems Genomics, Department of Computational Biology and Medical Sciences, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 5-1-5 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa-shi, Chiba, 277-8561, Japan
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- Department of Digestive Surgery, Breast and Thyroid Surgery, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, 8-35-1, Sakuragaoka, Kagoshima, 890-8520, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Kyushu University Beppu Hospital, 4546 Tsurumihara, Beppu, 874-0838, Japan.
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Wu H, Wang W, Du J, Li H, Wang H, Huang L, Xiang H, Xie J, Liu X, Li H, Lin W. The distinct clinicopathological and prognostic implications of PIK3CA mutations in breast cancer patients from Central China. Cancer Manag Res 2019; 11:1473-1492. [PMID: 30863158 PMCID: PMC6388997 DOI: 10.2147/cmar.s195351] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Purpose The mutation status and prognostic value of PIK3CA in breast cancer were widely investigated, which showed significant difference among the patients from vast areas around the world. In this study, the frequency, distribution, bias, and burden of PIK3CA mutations and their relationships with clinicopathologic variables and prognostic significances were investigated in the breast cancer patients from Central China. Materials and methods Somatic mutations in exon 9 and exon 20 of PIK3CA gene were analyzed using Sanger sequencing combining with targeted next generation sequencing in 494 breast cancer patients from Central China. The correlations between PIK3CA mutations and clinicopathological characteristics and the prognostic values of multiple PIK3CA mutation statuses were evaluated. Results PIK3CA mutations were found in 38% of the patients and associated with estrogen receptor-positive, progesterone receptor-positive, low Ki67 labeling index, and luminal/human epidermal growth factor receptor 2-enriched subtypes. Meanwhile, the prognosis of the total patients and the patients in old diagnostic age, progesterone receptor-negative, low Ki67 labeling index, and luminal/human epidermal growth factor receptor 2-enriched subgroups was significantly related to PIK3CA mutations. Most interestingly, the distribution, bias, and burden of PIK3CA mutations were correlated with different clinical, pathological, and molecular features as well as distinct prognostic implications in multiple breast cancer subgroups. Conclusion The frequency, distribution, bias, and burden of PIK3CA mutations were associated with various clinical, pathological, and molecular characteristics in the breast cancer patients from Central China. These different mutation statuses can be used as potential indicators of prognosis in multiple breast cancer subgroups.
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- Haibo Wu
- Department of Pathology, The First Affiliated Hospital of USTC, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230036, Anhui, People's Republic of China
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- High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, Anhui, People's Republic of China, .,Key Laboratory of High Magnetic Field and Ion Beam Physical Biology, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, Anhui, People's Republic of China,
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- Department of Pathology, The First Affiliated Hospital of USTC, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230036, Anhui, People's Republic of China
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- High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, Anhui, People's Republic of China, .,Key Laboratory of High Magnetic Field and Ion Beam Physical Biology, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, Anhui, People's Republic of China,
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- High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, Anhui, People's Republic of China, .,Key Laboratory of High Magnetic Field and Ion Beam Physical Biology, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, Anhui, People's Republic of China,
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- Department of Pathology, The First Affiliated Hospital of USTC, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230036, Anhui, People's Republic of China
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- High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, Anhui, People's Republic of China, .,Key Laboratory of High Magnetic Field and Ion Beam Physical Biology, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, Anhui, People's Republic of China,
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- Department of Pathology, The First Affiliated Hospital of USTC, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230036, Anhui, People's Republic of China
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- High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, Anhui, People's Republic of China, .,Key Laboratory of High Magnetic Field and Ion Beam Physical Biology, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, Anhui, People's Republic of China,
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- Department of Pathology, The First Affiliated Hospital of USTC, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230036, Anhui, People's Republic of China
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- High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, Anhui, People's Republic of China, .,Key Laboratory of High Magnetic Field and Ion Beam Physical Biology, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, Anhui, People's Republic of China,
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Juric D, Janku F, Rodón J, Burris HA, Mayer IA, Schuler M, Seggewiss-Bernhardt R, Gil-Martin M, Middleton MR, Baselga J, Bootle D, Demanse D, Blumenstein L, Schumacher K, Huang A, Quadt C, Rugo HS. Alpelisib Plus Fulvestrant in PIK3CA-Altered and PIK3CA-Wild-Type Estrogen Receptor-Positive Advanced Breast Cancer: A Phase 1b Clinical Trial. JAMA Oncol 2019; 5:e184475. [PMID: 30543347 DOI: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2018.4475] [Citation(s) in RCA: 176] [Impact Index Per Article: 35.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Importance The phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K) pathway is frequently activated in patients with estrogen receptor-positive (ER+), endocrine therapy-resistant breast cancers. Objective To assess the maximum tolerated dose (MTD), safety, and activity of alpelisib, an oral, PI3Kα-specific inhibitor, plus fulvestrant in patients with ER+ advanced breast cancer (ABC). Design, Setting, and Participants An open-label, single-arm, phase 1b study of alpelisib plus fulvestrant was conducted at 10 centers in 5 countries. Participants were 87 postmenopausal women with PIK3CA-altered or PIK3CA-wild-type ER+ ABC, whose cancer progressed during or after antiestrogen therapy. The study began enrolling patients October 5, 2010, and the data cutoff was March 22, 2017. Interventions Escalating doses of alpelisib were administered once daily, starting at 300 mg, plus fixed-dose fulvestrant, 500 mg, in the dose-escalation phase; alpelisib at the recommended phase 2 dose plus fulvestrant in the dose-expansion phase. Main Outcomes and Measures The primary end point was determination of the MTD of once-daily alpelisib plus fulvestrant. Secondary end points included safety and preliminary activity. Results From October 5, 2010, to March 22, 2017, 87 women (median age: 58 years [range, 37-79 years]; median of 5 prior lines of antineoplastic therapy) received escalating once-daily doses of alpelisib (300 mg, n = 9; 350 mg, n = 8; 400 mg, n = 70) plus fixed-dose fulvestrant (500 mg). During dose escalation, dose-limiting toxic effects were reported in 1 patient (alpelisib, 400 mg): diarrhea (grade 2), vomiting, fatigue, and decreased appetite (all grade 3). The MTD of alpelisib when combined with fulvestrant was 400 mg once daily, and the recommended phase 2 dose was 300 mg once daily. Overall, the most frequent grade 3/4 adverse events with alpelisib, 400 mg, once daily (≥10% of patients), regardless of causality, were hyperglycemia (19 [22%]) and maculopapular rash (11 [13%]); 9 patients permanently discontinued therapy owing to adverse events. Median progression-free survival at the MTD was 5.4 months (95% CI, 4.6-9.0 months). Median progression-free survival with alpelisib, 300 to 400 mg, once daily plus fulvestrant was longer in patients with PIK3CA-altered tumors (9.1 months; 95% CI, 6.6-14.6 months) vs wild-type tumors (4.7 months; 95% CI, 1.9-5.6 months). Overall response rate in the PIK3CA-altered group was 29% (95% CI, 17%-43%), with no objective tumor responses in the wild-type group. Conclusions and Relevance Alpelisib plus fulvestrant has a manageable safety profile in patients with ER+ ABC, and data suggest that this combination may have greater clinical activity in PIK3CA-altered vs wild-type tumors. Trial Registration ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01219699.
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- Dejan Juric
- Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston
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- Investigational Cancer Therapeutics (Phase I Clinical Trials Program), The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston
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- Investigational Cancer Therapeutics (Phase I Clinical Trials Program), The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston.,at the time of the study, Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Oncology, Sarah Cannon Research Institute, Tennessee Oncology Professional Limited Liability Corporation, Nashville
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- Department of Hematology/Oncology, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Nashville, Tennessee
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- Department of Medical Oncology, West German Cancer Center, University Hospital Essen, Essen, German Cancer Consortium, Germany
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- Comprehensive Cancer Center Mainfranken, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany.,Department of Hematology/Oncology, SozialStiftung Bamberg, Bamberg, Germany
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Catalan Institute of Oncology-Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Oncology, Churchill Hospital Cancer Centre, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- At the time of the study, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York.,Medical Oncology Department, Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology, Cellex Center, Barcelona, Spain
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- Translational Clinical Oncology, Novartis Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland
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- Translational Clinical Oncology, Novartis Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland
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- Translational Clinical Oncology, Novartis Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland
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- Translational Clinical Oncology, Novartis Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland
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- At the time of the study, Novartis Oncology Translational Research, Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts.,Tango Therapeutics, Cambridge, Massachusetts
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- Translational Clinical Oncology, Novartis Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Medicine, University of California at San Francisco, Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, San Francisco
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Zhou Y, Xu Y, Gong Y, Zhang Y, Lu Y, Wang C, Yao R, Li P, Guan Y, Wang J, Xia X, Yang L, Yi X, Sun Q. Clinical factors associated with circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) in primary breast cancer. Mol Oncol 2019; 13:1033-1046. [PMID: 30672098 PMCID: PMC6487710 DOI: 10.1002/1878-0261.12456] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2018] [Revised: 01/04/2019] [Accepted: 01/15/2019] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Noninvasive circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) can be used to predict breast cancer recurrence and prognosis. In this study, we detected 226 and 114 somatic variants in tumor DNA from 70 primary breast cancer (PBC) patients (98.59%) and ctDNA from 48 patients (67.61%), respectively. Gene frequencies of tumor DNA and ctDNA significantly correlated (R2 = 0.9532, P < 0.0001), and tumor-derived variants were detectable in the blood of 43 patients. ctDNA was more often detected in locally advanced/metastatic and nonluminal patients. Multivariate analysis revealed that individual N stage (P < 0.001) and hormone receptor (HR) status (P = 0.001) could independently predict the detectability of tumor-derived mutations in blood. The maximal variant allele frequency of ctDNA was significantly higher in patients with stage IV/M1 (P = 0.0136) and stage T3/T4 (P = 0.0085) cancers. Finally, clonal variants in tumor DNA were more easily traced in ctDNA than subclonal variants (84.62% vs 48.75%). In conclusion, ctDNA fragments concordant with tumor DNA can be consistently detected in the majority of tested PBC patients, which may enable noninvasive genomic profiling of PBC, particularly for patients with advanced-stage tumors and positive HR status.
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- Yidong Zhou
- Department of Breast Surgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Department of Breast Surgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Department of Breast Surgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Department of Breast Surgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Geneplus-Beijing Institute, China.,Department of Computer Science and Technology, School of Electronic and Information Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, China
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- Department of Computer Science and Technology, School of Electronic and Information Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, China
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- Geneplus-Beijing Institute, China
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- Department of Breast Surgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
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Zhou Y, Xu Y, Gong Y, Zhang Y, Lu Y, Wang C, Yao R, Li P, Guan Y, Wang J, Xia X, Yang L, Yi X, Sun Q. Clinical factors associated with circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) in primary breast cancer. Mol Oncol 2019. [PMID: 30672098 DOI: 10.1002/1878‐0261.12456] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Noninvasive circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) can be used to predict breast cancer recurrence and prognosis. In this study, we detected 226 and 114 somatic variants in tumor DNA from 70 primary breast cancer (PBC) patients (98.59%) and ctDNA from 48 patients (67.61%), respectively. Gene frequencies of tumor DNA and ctDNA significantly correlated (R2 = 0.9532, P < 0.0001), and tumor-derived variants were detectable in the blood of 43 patients. ctDNA was more often detected in locally advanced/metastatic and nonluminal patients. Multivariate analysis revealed that individual N stage (P < 0.001) and hormone receptor (HR) status (P = 0.001) could independently predict the detectability of tumor-derived mutations in blood. The maximal variant allele frequency of ctDNA was significantly higher in patients with stage IV/M1 (P = 0.0136) and stage T3/T4 (P = 0.0085) cancers. Finally, clonal variants in tumor DNA were more easily traced in ctDNA than subclonal variants (84.62% vs 48.75%). In conclusion, ctDNA fragments concordant with tumor DNA can be consistently detected in the majority of tested PBC patients, which may enable noninvasive genomic profiling of PBC, particularly for patients with advanced-stage tumors and positive HR status.
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- Yidong Zhou
- Department of Breast Surgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Department of Breast Surgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Department of Breast Surgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Department of Breast Surgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Geneplus-Beijing Institute, China.,Department of Computer Science and Technology, School of Electronic and Information Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, China
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- Department of Computer Science and Technology, School of Electronic and Information Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, China
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- Geneplus-Beijing Institute, China
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- Department of Breast Surgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
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Manganese coordination compounds of mefenamic acid: In vitro screening and in silico prediction of biological activity. J Inorg Biochem 2019; 190:1-14. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2018.09.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2018] [Revised: 09/14/2018] [Accepted: 09/26/2018] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Al-Blewi FF, Rezki N, Al-Sodies SA, Bardaweel SK, Sabbah DA, Messali M, Aouad MR. Novel amphiphilic pyridinium ionic liquids-supported Schiff bases: ultrasound assisted synthesis, molecular docking and anticancer evaluation. Chem Cent J 2018; 12:118. [PMID: 30467608 PMCID: PMC6768046 DOI: 10.1186/s13065-018-0489-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2018] [Accepted: 11/13/2018] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Background Pyridinium Schiff bases and ionic liquids have attracted increasing interest in medicinal chemistry. Results A library of 32 cationic fluorinated pyridinium hydrazone-based amphiphiles tethering fluorinated counteranions was synthesized by alkylation of 4-fluoropyridine hydrazone with various long alkyl iodide exploiting lead quaternization and metathesis strategies. All compounds were assessed for their anticancer inhibition activity towards different cancer cell lines and the results revealed that increasing the length of the hydrophobic chain of the synthesized analogues appears to significantly enhance their anticancer activities. Substantial increase in caspase-3 activity was demonstrated upon treatment with the most potent compounds, namely 8, 28, 29 and 32 suggesting an apoptotic cellular death pathway. Conclusions Quantum-polarized ligand docking studies against phosphoinositide 3-kinase α displayed that compounds 2–6 bind to the kinase site and form H-bond with S774, K802, H917 and D933. ![]() Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s13065-018-0489-z) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Fawzia Faleh Al-Blewi
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Taibah University, Al-Madinah Al-Munawarah, Medina, 30002, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Taibah University, Al-Madinah Al-Munawarah, Medina, 30002, Saudi Arabia. .,Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, University of Sciences and Technology Mohamed Boudiaf, Laboratoire de Chimie et Electrochimie des Complexes Metalliques (LCECM) USTO-MB, P.O. Box 1505, El M'nouar, 31000, Oran, Algeria.
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Taibah University, Al-Madinah Al-Munawarah, Medina, 30002, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Jordan, Amman, 11942, Jordan
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- Faculty of Pharmacy, Al-Zaytoonah University, Amman, 11733, Jordan
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Taibah University, Al-Madinah Al-Munawarah, Medina, 30002, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Taibah University, Al-Madinah Al-Munawarah, Medina, 30002, Saudi Arabia.
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Kimura M, Hanamura T, Tsuboi K, Kaneko Y, Yamaguchi Y, Niwa T, Narui K, Endo I, Hayashi SI. Acquired resistance to everolimus in aromatase inhibitor-resistant breast cancer. Oncotarget 2018; 9:21468-21477. [PMID: 29765553 PMCID: PMC5940386 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.25133] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2017] [Accepted: 03/23/2018] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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We previously reported the establishment of several types of long-term estrogen-depleted-resistant (EDR) cell lines from MCF-7 breast cancer cells. Type 1 EDR cells exhibited the best-studied mechanism of aromatase inhibitor (AI) resistance, in which estrogen receptor (ER) expression remained positive and PI3K signaling was upregulated. Type 2 EDR cells showed reduced ER activity and upregulated JNK-related signaling. The mTOR inhibitor everolimus reduced growth in cells similar to Type 1 EDR cells. The present study generated everolimus-resistant (EvR) cells from Types 1 and 2 EDR cells following long-term exposure to everolimus in vitro. These EvR cells modeled resistance to AI and everolimus combination therapies following first-line AI treatment failure. In Type 1 EvR cells, everolimus resistance was dependent on MAPK signaling; single agents were not effective, but hormonal therapy combined with a kinase inhibitor effectively reduced cell growth. In Type 2 EvR cells, ER expression remained negative and a JNK inhibitor was ineffective, but a Src inhibitor reduced cell growth. The mechanism of acquired everolimus resistance appears to vary depending on the mechanism of AI resistance. Strategies targeting resistant tumors should be tailored based on the resistance mechanisms, as these mechanisms impact therapeutic efficacy.
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- Mariko Kimura
- Department of Molecular and Functional Dynamics, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan.,Department of Gastroenterological Surgery and Clinical Oncology, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan.,Department of Breast and Thyroid Surgery, Yokohama City University Medical Center, Yokohama, Japan
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- Department of Molecular and Functional Dynamics, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan.,Division of Breast and Endocrine Surgery, Department of Surgery, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Nagano, Japan
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- Department of Molecular and Functional Dynamics, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Molecular and Functional Dynamics, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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- Research Institute for Clinical Oncology, Saitama Cancer Center, Ina-machi, Japan
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- Department of Molecular and Functional Dynamics, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Breast and Thyroid Surgery, Yokohama City University Medical Center, Yokohama, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery and Clinical Oncology, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan
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- Department of Molecular and Functional Dynamics, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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Zardavas D, Te Marvelde L, Milne RL, Fumagalli D, Fountzilas G, Kotoula V, Razis E, Papaxoinis G, Joensuu H, Moynahan ME, Hennessy BT, Bieche I, Saal LH, Stal O, Iacopetta B, Jensen JD, O'Toole S, Lopez-Knowles E, Barbaraeschi M, Noguchi S, Azim HA, Lerma E, Bachelot T, Wang Q, Perez-Tenorio G, Can de Velde CJH, Rea DW, Sabine V, Bartlett JMS, Sotiriou C, Michiels S, Loi S. Tumor PIK3CA Genotype and Prognosis in Early-Stage Breast Cancer: A Pooled Analysis of Individual Patient Data. J Clin Oncol 2018; 36:981-990. [PMID: 29470143 DOI: 10.1200/jco.2017.74.8301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Purpose Phosphatidylinositol-4, 5-bisphosphate 3-kinase catalytic subunit alpha ( PIK3CA) mutations are frequently observed in primary breast cancer. We evaluated their prognostic relevance by performing a pooled analysis of individual patient data. Patients and Methods Associations between PIK3CA status and clinicopathologic characteristics were tested by applying Cox regression models adjusted for age, tumor size, nodes, grade, estrogen receptor (ER) status, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) status, treatment, and study. Invasive disease-free survival (IDFS) was the primary end point; distant disease-free survival (DDFS) and overall survival (OS) were also assessed, overall and by breast cancer subtypes. Results Data from 10,319 patients from 19 studies were included (median OS follow-up, 6.9 years); 1,787 patients (17%) received chemotherapy, 4,036 (39%) received endocrine monotherapy, 3,583 (35%) received both, and 913 (9%) received none or their treatment was unknown. PIK3CA mutations occurred in 32% of patients, with significant associations with ER positivity, increasing age, lower grade, and smaller size (all P < .001). Prevalence of PIK3CA mutations was 18%, 22%, and 37% in the ER-negative/HER2-negative, HER2-positive, and ER-positive/HER2-negative subtypes, respectively. In univariable analysis, PIK3CA mutations were associated with better IDFS (HR, 0.77; 95% CI, 0.71 to 0.84; P < .001), with evidence for a stronger effect in the first years of follow-up (0 to 5 years: HR, 0.73; 95% CI, 0.66 to 0.81; P < .001; 5 to 10 years: HR, 0.82; 95% CI, 0.68 to 0.99; P = .037); > 10 years: (HR, 1.15; 95% CI, 0.84 to 1.58; P = .38; P heterogeneity = .02). In multivariable analysis, PIK3CA genotype remained significant for improved IDFS ( P = .043), but not for the DDFS and OS end points. Conclusion In this large pooled analysis, PIK3CA mutations were significantly associated with a better IDFS, DDFS, and OS, but had a lesser prognostic effect after adjustment for other prognostic factors.
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Affiliation(s)
- Dimitrios Zardavas
- Dimitrios Zardavas and Debora Fumagalli, Breast International Group; Christos Sotiriou, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium; Luc te Marvelde and Roger L. Milne, Cancer Council; Roger L. Milne and Sherene Loi, University of Melbourne, Melbourne; Barry Iacopetta, University of Western Australia, Western Australia; Sandra O'Toole and Elena Lopez-Knowles, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Darlinghurst, Australia; George Fountzilas and Vassiliki Kotoula, Hellenic Foundation for Cancer Research/Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki; Evangelia Razis, Hygeia Hospital; George Papaxoinis, Hippokration Hospital, Athens, Greece; Heikki Joensuu, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; Mary Ellen Moynahan, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; Bryan T. Hennessy, Beaumont Hospital and Royal College of Surgeons, Dublin, Ireland; Ivan Bieche, Curie Institut, Paris; Thomas Bachelot, Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie de Lyon, Lyon; Stefan Michiels, Gustave Roussy and Inserm, Univ. Paris-Sud, Univ. Paris-Saclay, Villejuif, France; Lao H. Saal, Lund University, Lund; Olle Stal, Qing Wang, and Gizeh Perez-Tenorio, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden; Jeanette Dupont Jensen, University of Southern Denmark, on behalf of the Danish Breast Cancer Cooperative Group, Odense, Denmark; Elena Lopez-Knowles, Royal Marsden NHS Trust and Institute of Cancer Research, London; Daniel W. Rea, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom; Mattia Barbaraeschi, Santa Chiara Hospital, Trento, Italy; Shinzaburo Noguchi, Osaka University, Osaka Japan; Hatem A. Azim Jr, American University of Beirut (AUB), Beirut, Lebanon; Enrique Lerma, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; Cornelis J.H. can de Velde, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands; Vicky Sabine, University of Guelph, Guelph; John M.S. Bartlett, Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| | - Luc Te Marvelde
- Dimitrios Zardavas and Debora Fumagalli, Breast International Group; Christos Sotiriou, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium; Luc te Marvelde and Roger L. Milne, Cancer Council; Roger L. Milne and Sherene Loi, University of Melbourne, Melbourne; Barry Iacopetta, University of Western Australia, Western Australia; Sandra O'Toole and Elena Lopez-Knowles, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Darlinghurst, Australia; George Fountzilas and Vassiliki Kotoula, Hellenic Foundation for Cancer Research/Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki; Evangelia Razis, Hygeia Hospital; George Papaxoinis, Hippokration Hospital, Athens, Greece; Heikki Joensuu, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; Mary Ellen Moynahan, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; Bryan T. Hennessy, Beaumont Hospital and Royal College of Surgeons, Dublin, Ireland; Ivan Bieche, Curie Institut, Paris; Thomas Bachelot, Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie de Lyon, Lyon; Stefan Michiels, Gustave Roussy and Inserm, Univ. Paris-Sud, Univ. Paris-Saclay, Villejuif, France; Lao H. Saal, Lund University, Lund; Olle Stal, Qing Wang, and Gizeh Perez-Tenorio, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden; Jeanette Dupont Jensen, University of Southern Denmark, on behalf of the Danish Breast Cancer Cooperative Group, Odense, Denmark; Elena Lopez-Knowles, Royal Marsden NHS Trust and Institute of Cancer Research, London; Daniel W. Rea, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom; Mattia Barbaraeschi, Santa Chiara Hospital, Trento, Italy; Shinzaburo Noguchi, Osaka University, Osaka Japan; Hatem A. Azim Jr, American University of Beirut (AUB), Beirut, Lebanon; Enrique Lerma, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; Cornelis J.H. can de Velde, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands; Vicky Sabine, University of Guelph, Guelph; John M.S. Bartlett, Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| | - Roger L Milne
- Dimitrios Zardavas and Debora Fumagalli, Breast International Group; Christos Sotiriou, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium; Luc te Marvelde and Roger L. Milne, Cancer Council; Roger L. Milne and Sherene Loi, University of Melbourne, Melbourne; Barry Iacopetta, University of Western Australia, Western Australia; Sandra O'Toole and Elena Lopez-Knowles, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Darlinghurst, Australia; George Fountzilas and Vassiliki Kotoula, Hellenic Foundation for Cancer Research/Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki; Evangelia Razis, Hygeia Hospital; George Papaxoinis, Hippokration Hospital, Athens, Greece; Heikki Joensuu, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; Mary Ellen Moynahan, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; Bryan T. Hennessy, Beaumont Hospital and Royal College of Surgeons, Dublin, Ireland; Ivan Bieche, Curie Institut, Paris; Thomas Bachelot, Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie de Lyon, Lyon; Stefan Michiels, Gustave Roussy and Inserm, Univ. Paris-Sud, Univ. Paris-Saclay, Villejuif, France; Lao H. Saal, Lund University, Lund; Olle Stal, Qing Wang, and Gizeh Perez-Tenorio, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden; Jeanette Dupont Jensen, University of Southern Denmark, on behalf of the Danish Breast Cancer Cooperative Group, Odense, Denmark; Elena Lopez-Knowles, Royal Marsden NHS Trust and Institute of Cancer Research, London; Daniel W. Rea, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom; Mattia Barbaraeschi, Santa Chiara Hospital, Trento, Italy; Shinzaburo Noguchi, Osaka University, Osaka Japan; Hatem A. Azim Jr, American University of Beirut (AUB), Beirut, Lebanon; Enrique Lerma, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; Cornelis J.H. can de Velde, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands; Vicky Sabine, University of Guelph, Guelph; John M.S. Bartlett, Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| | - Debora Fumagalli
- Dimitrios Zardavas and Debora Fumagalli, Breast International Group; Christos Sotiriou, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium; Luc te Marvelde and Roger L. Milne, Cancer Council; Roger L. Milne and Sherene Loi, University of Melbourne, Melbourne; Barry Iacopetta, University of Western Australia, Western Australia; Sandra O'Toole and Elena Lopez-Knowles, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Darlinghurst, Australia; George Fountzilas and Vassiliki Kotoula, Hellenic Foundation for Cancer Research/Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki; Evangelia Razis, Hygeia Hospital; George Papaxoinis, Hippokration Hospital, Athens, Greece; Heikki Joensuu, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; Mary Ellen Moynahan, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; Bryan T. Hennessy, Beaumont Hospital and Royal College of Surgeons, Dublin, Ireland; Ivan Bieche, Curie Institut, Paris; Thomas Bachelot, Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie de Lyon, Lyon; Stefan Michiels, Gustave Roussy and Inserm, Univ. Paris-Sud, Univ. Paris-Saclay, Villejuif, France; Lao H. Saal, Lund University, Lund; Olle Stal, Qing Wang, and Gizeh Perez-Tenorio, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden; Jeanette Dupont Jensen, University of Southern Denmark, on behalf of the Danish Breast Cancer Cooperative Group, Odense, Denmark; Elena Lopez-Knowles, Royal Marsden NHS Trust and Institute of Cancer Research, London; Daniel W. Rea, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom; Mattia Barbaraeschi, Santa Chiara Hospital, Trento, Italy; Shinzaburo Noguchi, Osaka University, Osaka Japan; Hatem A. Azim Jr, American University of Beirut (AUB), Beirut, Lebanon; Enrique Lerma, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; Cornelis J.H. can de Velde, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands; Vicky Sabine, University of Guelph, Guelph; John M.S. Bartlett, Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| | - George Fountzilas
- Dimitrios Zardavas and Debora Fumagalli, Breast International Group; Christos Sotiriou, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium; Luc te Marvelde and Roger L. Milne, Cancer Council; Roger L. Milne and Sherene Loi, University of Melbourne, Melbourne; Barry Iacopetta, University of Western Australia, Western Australia; Sandra O'Toole and Elena Lopez-Knowles, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Darlinghurst, Australia; George Fountzilas and Vassiliki Kotoula, Hellenic Foundation for Cancer Research/Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki; Evangelia Razis, Hygeia Hospital; George Papaxoinis, Hippokration Hospital, Athens, Greece; Heikki Joensuu, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; Mary Ellen Moynahan, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; Bryan T. Hennessy, Beaumont Hospital and Royal College of Surgeons, Dublin, Ireland; Ivan Bieche, Curie Institut, Paris; Thomas Bachelot, Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie de Lyon, Lyon; Stefan Michiels, Gustave Roussy and Inserm, Univ. Paris-Sud, Univ. Paris-Saclay, Villejuif, France; Lao H. Saal, Lund University, Lund; Olle Stal, Qing Wang, and Gizeh Perez-Tenorio, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden; Jeanette Dupont Jensen, University of Southern Denmark, on behalf of the Danish Breast Cancer Cooperative Group, Odense, Denmark; Elena Lopez-Knowles, Royal Marsden NHS Trust and Institute of Cancer Research, London; Daniel W. Rea, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom; Mattia Barbaraeschi, Santa Chiara Hospital, Trento, Italy; Shinzaburo Noguchi, Osaka University, Osaka Japan; Hatem A. Azim Jr, American University of Beirut (AUB), Beirut, Lebanon; Enrique Lerma, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; Cornelis J.H. can de Velde, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands; Vicky Sabine, University of Guelph, Guelph; John M.S. Bartlett, Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| | - Vassiliki Kotoula
- Dimitrios Zardavas and Debora Fumagalli, Breast International Group; Christos Sotiriou, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium; Luc te Marvelde and Roger L. Milne, Cancer Council; Roger L. Milne and Sherene Loi, University of Melbourne, Melbourne; Barry Iacopetta, University of Western Australia, Western Australia; Sandra O'Toole and Elena Lopez-Knowles, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Darlinghurst, Australia; George Fountzilas and Vassiliki Kotoula, Hellenic Foundation for Cancer Research/Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki; Evangelia Razis, Hygeia Hospital; George Papaxoinis, Hippokration Hospital, Athens, Greece; Heikki Joensuu, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; Mary Ellen Moynahan, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; Bryan T. Hennessy, Beaumont Hospital and Royal College of Surgeons, Dublin, Ireland; Ivan Bieche, Curie Institut, Paris; Thomas Bachelot, Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie de Lyon, Lyon; Stefan Michiels, Gustave Roussy and Inserm, Univ. Paris-Sud, Univ. Paris-Saclay, Villejuif, France; Lao H. Saal, Lund University, Lund; Olle Stal, Qing Wang, and Gizeh Perez-Tenorio, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden; Jeanette Dupont Jensen, University of Southern Denmark, on behalf of the Danish Breast Cancer Cooperative Group, Odense, Denmark; Elena Lopez-Knowles, Royal Marsden NHS Trust and Institute of Cancer Research, London; Daniel W. Rea, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom; Mattia Barbaraeschi, Santa Chiara Hospital, Trento, Italy; Shinzaburo Noguchi, Osaka University, Osaka Japan; Hatem A. Azim Jr, American University of Beirut (AUB), Beirut, Lebanon; Enrique Lerma, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; Cornelis J.H. can de Velde, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands; Vicky Sabine, University of Guelph, Guelph; John M.S. Bartlett, Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| | - Evangelia Razis
- Dimitrios Zardavas and Debora Fumagalli, Breast International Group; Christos Sotiriou, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium; Luc te Marvelde and Roger L. Milne, Cancer Council; Roger L. Milne and Sherene Loi, University of Melbourne, Melbourne; Barry Iacopetta, University of Western Australia, Western Australia; Sandra O'Toole and Elena Lopez-Knowles, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Darlinghurst, Australia; George Fountzilas and Vassiliki Kotoula, Hellenic Foundation for Cancer Research/Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki; Evangelia Razis, Hygeia Hospital; George Papaxoinis, Hippokration Hospital, Athens, Greece; Heikki Joensuu, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; Mary Ellen Moynahan, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; Bryan T. Hennessy, Beaumont Hospital and Royal College of Surgeons, Dublin, Ireland; Ivan Bieche, Curie Institut, Paris; Thomas Bachelot, Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie de Lyon, Lyon; Stefan Michiels, Gustave Roussy and Inserm, Univ. Paris-Sud, Univ. Paris-Saclay, Villejuif, France; Lao H. Saal, Lund University, Lund; Olle Stal, Qing Wang, and Gizeh Perez-Tenorio, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden; Jeanette Dupont Jensen, University of Southern Denmark, on behalf of the Danish Breast Cancer Cooperative Group, Odense, Denmark; Elena Lopez-Knowles, Royal Marsden NHS Trust and Institute of Cancer Research, London; Daniel W. Rea, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom; Mattia Barbaraeschi, Santa Chiara Hospital, Trento, Italy; Shinzaburo Noguchi, Osaka University, Osaka Japan; Hatem A. Azim Jr, American University of Beirut (AUB), Beirut, Lebanon; Enrique Lerma, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; Cornelis J.H. can de Velde, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands; Vicky Sabine, University of Guelph, Guelph; John M.S. Bartlett, Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| | - George Papaxoinis
- Dimitrios Zardavas and Debora Fumagalli, Breast International Group; Christos Sotiriou, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium; Luc te Marvelde and Roger L. Milne, Cancer Council; Roger L. Milne and Sherene Loi, University of Melbourne, Melbourne; Barry Iacopetta, University of Western Australia, Western Australia; Sandra O'Toole and Elena Lopez-Knowles, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Darlinghurst, Australia; George Fountzilas and Vassiliki Kotoula, Hellenic Foundation for Cancer Research/Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki; Evangelia Razis, Hygeia Hospital; George Papaxoinis, Hippokration Hospital, Athens, Greece; Heikki Joensuu, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; Mary Ellen Moynahan, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; Bryan T. Hennessy, Beaumont Hospital and Royal College of Surgeons, Dublin, Ireland; Ivan Bieche, Curie Institut, Paris; Thomas Bachelot, Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie de Lyon, Lyon; Stefan Michiels, Gustave Roussy and Inserm, Univ. Paris-Sud, Univ. Paris-Saclay, Villejuif, France; Lao H. Saal, Lund University, Lund; Olle Stal, Qing Wang, and Gizeh Perez-Tenorio, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden; Jeanette Dupont Jensen, University of Southern Denmark, on behalf of the Danish Breast Cancer Cooperative Group, Odense, Denmark; Elena Lopez-Knowles, Royal Marsden NHS Trust and Institute of Cancer Research, London; Daniel W. Rea, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom; Mattia Barbaraeschi, Santa Chiara Hospital, Trento, Italy; Shinzaburo Noguchi, Osaka University, Osaka Japan; Hatem A. Azim Jr, American University of Beirut (AUB), Beirut, Lebanon; Enrique Lerma, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; Cornelis J.H. can de Velde, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands; Vicky Sabine, University of Guelph, Guelph; John M.S. Bartlett, Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| | - Heikki Joensuu
- Dimitrios Zardavas and Debora Fumagalli, Breast International Group; Christos Sotiriou, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium; Luc te Marvelde and Roger L. Milne, Cancer Council; Roger L. Milne and Sherene Loi, University of Melbourne, Melbourne; Barry Iacopetta, University of Western Australia, Western Australia; Sandra O'Toole and Elena Lopez-Knowles, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Darlinghurst, Australia; George Fountzilas and Vassiliki Kotoula, Hellenic Foundation for Cancer Research/Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki; Evangelia Razis, Hygeia Hospital; George Papaxoinis, Hippokration Hospital, Athens, Greece; Heikki Joensuu, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; Mary Ellen Moynahan, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; Bryan T. Hennessy, Beaumont Hospital and Royal College of Surgeons, Dublin, Ireland; Ivan Bieche, Curie Institut, Paris; Thomas Bachelot, Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie de Lyon, Lyon; Stefan Michiels, Gustave Roussy and Inserm, Univ. Paris-Sud, Univ. Paris-Saclay, Villejuif, France; Lao H. Saal, Lund University, Lund; Olle Stal, Qing Wang, and Gizeh Perez-Tenorio, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden; Jeanette Dupont Jensen, University of Southern Denmark, on behalf of the Danish Breast Cancer Cooperative Group, Odense, Denmark; Elena Lopez-Knowles, Royal Marsden NHS Trust and Institute of Cancer Research, London; Daniel W. Rea, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom; Mattia Barbaraeschi, Santa Chiara Hospital, Trento, Italy; Shinzaburo Noguchi, Osaka University, Osaka Japan; Hatem A. Azim Jr, American University of Beirut (AUB), Beirut, Lebanon; Enrique Lerma, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; Cornelis J.H. can de Velde, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands; Vicky Sabine, University of Guelph, Guelph; John M.S. Bartlett, Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| | - Mary Ellen Moynahan
- Dimitrios Zardavas and Debora Fumagalli, Breast International Group; Christos Sotiriou, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium; Luc te Marvelde and Roger L. Milne, Cancer Council; Roger L. Milne and Sherene Loi, University of Melbourne, Melbourne; Barry Iacopetta, University of Western Australia, Western Australia; Sandra O'Toole and Elena Lopez-Knowles, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Darlinghurst, Australia; George Fountzilas and Vassiliki Kotoula, Hellenic Foundation for Cancer Research/Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki; Evangelia Razis, Hygeia Hospital; George Papaxoinis, Hippokration Hospital, Athens, Greece; Heikki Joensuu, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; Mary Ellen Moynahan, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; Bryan T. Hennessy, Beaumont Hospital and Royal College of Surgeons, Dublin, Ireland; Ivan Bieche, Curie Institut, Paris; Thomas Bachelot, Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie de Lyon, Lyon; Stefan Michiels, Gustave Roussy and Inserm, Univ. Paris-Sud, Univ. Paris-Saclay, Villejuif, France; Lao H. Saal, Lund University, Lund; Olle Stal, Qing Wang, and Gizeh Perez-Tenorio, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden; Jeanette Dupont Jensen, University of Southern Denmark, on behalf of the Danish Breast Cancer Cooperative Group, Odense, Denmark; Elena Lopez-Knowles, Royal Marsden NHS Trust and Institute of Cancer Research, London; Daniel W. Rea, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom; Mattia Barbaraeschi, Santa Chiara Hospital, Trento, Italy; Shinzaburo Noguchi, Osaka University, Osaka Japan; Hatem A. Azim Jr, American University of Beirut (AUB), Beirut, Lebanon; Enrique Lerma, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; Cornelis J.H. can de Velde, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands; Vicky Sabine, University of Guelph, Guelph; John M.S. Bartlett, Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| | - Bryan T Hennessy
- Dimitrios Zardavas and Debora Fumagalli, Breast International Group; Christos Sotiriou, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium; Luc te Marvelde and Roger L. Milne, Cancer Council; Roger L. Milne and Sherene Loi, University of Melbourne, Melbourne; Barry Iacopetta, University of Western Australia, Western Australia; Sandra O'Toole and Elena Lopez-Knowles, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Darlinghurst, Australia; George Fountzilas and Vassiliki Kotoula, Hellenic Foundation for Cancer Research/Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki; Evangelia Razis, Hygeia Hospital; George Papaxoinis, Hippokration Hospital, Athens, Greece; Heikki Joensuu, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; Mary Ellen Moynahan, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; Bryan T. Hennessy, Beaumont Hospital and Royal College of Surgeons, Dublin, Ireland; Ivan Bieche, Curie Institut, Paris; Thomas Bachelot, Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie de Lyon, Lyon; Stefan Michiels, Gustave Roussy and Inserm, Univ. Paris-Sud, Univ. Paris-Saclay, Villejuif, France; Lao H. Saal, Lund University, Lund; Olle Stal, Qing Wang, and Gizeh Perez-Tenorio, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden; Jeanette Dupont Jensen, University of Southern Denmark, on behalf of the Danish Breast Cancer Cooperative Group, Odense, Denmark; Elena Lopez-Knowles, Royal Marsden NHS Trust and Institute of Cancer Research, London; Daniel W. Rea, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom; Mattia Barbaraeschi, Santa Chiara Hospital, Trento, Italy; Shinzaburo Noguchi, Osaka University, Osaka Japan; Hatem A. Azim Jr, American University of Beirut (AUB), Beirut, Lebanon; Enrique Lerma, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; Cornelis J.H. can de Velde, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands; Vicky Sabine, University of Guelph, Guelph; John M.S. Bartlett, Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| | - Ivan Bieche
- Dimitrios Zardavas and Debora Fumagalli, Breast International Group; Christos Sotiriou, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium; Luc te Marvelde and Roger L. Milne, Cancer Council; Roger L. Milne and Sherene Loi, University of Melbourne, Melbourne; Barry Iacopetta, University of Western Australia, Western Australia; Sandra O'Toole and Elena Lopez-Knowles, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Darlinghurst, Australia; George Fountzilas and Vassiliki Kotoula, Hellenic Foundation for Cancer Research/Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki; Evangelia Razis, Hygeia Hospital; George Papaxoinis, Hippokration Hospital, Athens, Greece; Heikki Joensuu, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; Mary Ellen Moynahan, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; Bryan T. Hennessy, Beaumont Hospital and Royal College of Surgeons, Dublin, Ireland; Ivan Bieche, Curie Institut, Paris; Thomas Bachelot, Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie de Lyon, Lyon; Stefan Michiels, Gustave Roussy and Inserm, Univ. Paris-Sud, Univ. Paris-Saclay, Villejuif, France; Lao H. Saal, Lund University, Lund; Olle Stal, Qing Wang, and Gizeh Perez-Tenorio, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden; Jeanette Dupont Jensen, University of Southern Denmark, on behalf of the Danish Breast Cancer Cooperative Group, Odense, Denmark; Elena Lopez-Knowles, Royal Marsden NHS Trust and Institute of Cancer Research, London; Daniel W. Rea, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom; Mattia Barbaraeschi, Santa Chiara Hospital, Trento, Italy; Shinzaburo Noguchi, Osaka University, Osaka Japan; Hatem A. Azim Jr, American University of Beirut (AUB), Beirut, Lebanon; Enrique Lerma, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; Cornelis J.H. can de Velde, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands; Vicky Sabine, University of Guelph, Guelph; John M.S. Bartlett, Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| | - Lao H Saal
- Dimitrios Zardavas and Debora Fumagalli, Breast International Group; Christos Sotiriou, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium; Luc te Marvelde and Roger L. Milne, Cancer Council; Roger L. Milne and Sherene Loi, University of Melbourne, Melbourne; Barry Iacopetta, University of Western Australia, Western Australia; Sandra O'Toole and Elena Lopez-Knowles, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Darlinghurst, Australia; George Fountzilas and Vassiliki Kotoula, Hellenic Foundation for Cancer Research/Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki; Evangelia Razis, Hygeia Hospital; George Papaxoinis, Hippokration Hospital, Athens, Greece; Heikki Joensuu, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; Mary Ellen Moynahan, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; Bryan T. Hennessy, Beaumont Hospital and Royal College of Surgeons, Dublin, Ireland; Ivan Bieche, Curie Institut, Paris; Thomas Bachelot, Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie de Lyon, Lyon; Stefan Michiels, Gustave Roussy and Inserm, Univ. Paris-Sud, Univ. Paris-Saclay, Villejuif, France; Lao H. Saal, Lund University, Lund; Olle Stal, Qing Wang, and Gizeh Perez-Tenorio, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden; Jeanette Dupont Jensen, University of Southern Denmark, on behalf of the Danish Breast Cancer Cooperative Group, Odense, Denmark; Elena Lopez-Knowles, Royal Marsden NHS Trust and Institute of Cancer Research, London; Daniel W. Rea, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom; Mattia Barbaraeschi, Santa Chiara Hospital, Trento, Italy; Shinzaburo Noguchi, Osaka University, Osaka Japan; Hatem A. Azim Jr, American University of Beirut (AUB), Beirut, Lebanon; Enrique Lerma, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; Cornelis J.H. can de Velde, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands; Vicky Sabine, University of Guelph, Guelph; John M.S. Bartlett, Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| | - Olle Stal
- Dimitrios Zardavas and Debora Fumagalli, Breast International Group; Christos Sotiriou, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium; Luc te Marvelde and Roger L. Milne, Cancer Council; Roger L. Milne and Sherene Loi, University of Melbourne, Melbourne; Barry Iacopetta, University of Western Australia, Western Australia; Sandra O'Toole and Elena Lopez-Knowles, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Darlinghurst, Australia; George Fountzilas and Vassiliki Kotoula, Hellenic Foundation for Cancer Research/Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki; Evangelia Razis, Hygeia Hospital; George Papaxoinis, Hippokration Hospital, Athens, Greece; Heikki Joensuu, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; Mary Ellen Moynahan, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; Bryan T. Hennessy, Beaumont Hospital and Royal College of Surgeons, Dublin, Ireland; Ivan Bieche, Curie Institut, Paris; Thomas Bachelot, Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie de Lyon, Lyon; Stefan Michiels, Gustave Roussy and Inserm, Univ. Paris-Sud, Univ. Paris-Saclay, Villejuif, France; Lao H. Saal, Lund University, Lund; Olle Stal, Qing Wang, and Gizeh Perez-Tenorio, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden; Jeanette Dupont Jensen, University of Southern Denmark, on behalf of the Danish Breast Cancer Cooperative Group, Odense, Denmark; Elena Lopez-Knowles, Royal Marsden NHS Trust and Institute of Cancer Research, London; Daniel W. Rea, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom; Mattia Barbaraeschi, Santa Chiara Hospital, Trento, Italy; Shinzaburo Noguchi, Osaka University, Osaka Japan; Hatem A. Azim Jr, American University of Beirut (AUB), Beirut, Lebanon; Enrique Lerma, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; Cornelis J.H. can de Velde, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands; Vicky Sabine, University of Guelph, Guelph; John M.S. Bartlett, Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| | - Barry Iacopetta
- Dimitrios Zardavas and Debora Fumagalli, Breast International Group; Christos Sotiriou, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium; Luc te Marvelde and Roger L. Milne, Cancer Council; Roger L. Milne and Sherene Loi, University of Melbourne, Melbourne; Barry Iacopetta, University of Western Australia, Western Australia; Sandra O'Toole and Elena Lopez-Knowles, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Darlinghurst, Australia; George Fountzilas and Vassiliki Kotoula, Hellenic Foundation for Cancer Research/Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki; Evangelia Razis, Hygeia Hospital; George Papaxoinis, Hippokration Hospital, Athens, Greece; Heikki Joensuu, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; Mary Ellen Moynahan, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; Bryan T. Hennessy, Beaumont Hospital and Royal College of Surgeons, Dublin, Ireland; Ivan Bieche, Curie Institut, Paris; Thomas Bachelot, Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie de Lyon, Lyon; Stefan Michiels, Gustave Roussy and Inserm, Univ. Paris-Sud, Univ. Paris-Saclay, Villejuif, France; Lao H. Saal, Lund University, Lund; Olle Stal, Qing Wang, and Gizeh Perez-Tenorio, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden; Jeanette Dupont Jensen, University of Southern Denmark, on behalf of the Danish Breast Cancer Cooperative Group, Odense, Denmark; Elena Lopez-Knowles, Royal Marsden NHS Trust and Institute of Cancer Research, London; Daniel W. Rea, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom; Mattia Barbaraeschi, Santa Chiara Hospital, Trento, Italy; Shinzaburo Noguchi, Osaka University, Osaka Japan; Hatem A. Azim Jr, American University of Beirut (AUB), Beirut, Lebanon; Enrique Lerma, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; Cornelis J.H. can de Velde, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands; Vicky Sabine, University of Guelph, Guelph; John M.S. Bartlett, Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| | - Jeanette Dupont Jensen
- Dimitrios Zardavas and Debora Fumagalli, Breast International Group; Christos Sotiriou, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium; Luc te Marvelde and Roger L. Milne, Cancer Council; Roger L. Milne and Sherene Loi, University of Melbourne, Melbourne; Barry Iacopetta, University of Western Australia, Western Australia; Sandra O'Toole and Elena Lopez-Knowles, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Darlinghurst, Australia; George Fountzilas and Vassiliki Kotoula, Hellenic Foundation for Cancer Research/Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki; Evangelia Razis, Hygeia Hospital; George Papaxoinis, Hippokration Hospital, Athens, Greece; Heikki Joensuu, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; Mary Ellen Moynahan, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; Bryan T. Hennessy, Beaumont Hospital and Royal College of Surgeons, Dublin, Ireland; Ivan Bieche, Curie Institut, Paris; Thomas Bachelot, Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie de Lyon, Lyon; Stefan Michiels, Gustave Roussy and Inserm, Univ. Paris-Sud, Univ. Paris-Saclay, Villejuif, France; Lao H. Saal, Lund University, Lund; Olle Stal, Qing Wang, and Gizeh Perez-Tenorio, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden; Jeanette Dupont Jensen, University of Southern Denmark, on behalf of the Danish Breast Cancer Cooperative Group, Odense, Denmark; Elena Lopez-Knowles, Royal Marsden NHS Trust and Institute of Cancer Research, London; Daniel W. Rea, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom; Mattia Barbaraeschi, Santa Chiara Hospital, Trento, Italy; Shinzaburo Noguchi, Osaka University, Osaka Japan; Hatem A. Azim Jr, American University of Beirut (AUB), Beirut, Lebanon; Enrique Lerma, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; Cornelis J.H. can de Velde, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands; Vicky Sabine, University of Guelph, Guelph; John M.S. Bartlett, Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| | - Sandra O'Toole
- Dimitrios Zardavas and Debora Fumagalli, Breast International Group; Christos Sotiriou, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium; Luc te Marvelde and Roger L. Milne, Cancer Council; Roger L. Milne and Sherene Loi, University of Melbourne, Melbourne; Barry Iacopetta, University of Western Australia, Western Australia; Sandra O'Toole and Elena Lopez-Knowles, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Darlinghurst, Australia; George Fountzilas and Vassiliki Kotoula, Hellenic Foundation for Cancer Research/Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki; Evangelia Razis, Hygeia Hospital; George Papaxoinis, Hippokration Hospital, Athens, Greece; Heikki Joensuu, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; Mary Ellen Moynahan, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; Bryan T. Hennessy, Beaumont Hospital and Royal College of Surgeons, Dublin, Ireland; Ivan Bieche, Curie Institut, Paris; Thomas Bachelot, Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie de Lyon, Lyon; Stefan Michiels, Gustave Roussy and Inserm, Univ. Paris-Sud, Univ. Paris-Saclay, Villejuif, France; Lao H. Saal, Lund University, Lund; Olle Stal, Qing Wang, and Gizeh Perez-Tenorio, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden; Jeanette Dupont Jensen, University of Southern Denmark, on behalf of the Danish Breast Cancer Cooperative Group, Odense, Denmark; Elena Lopez-Knowles, Royal Marsden NHS Trust and Institute of Cancer Research, London; Daniel W. Rea, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom; Mattia Barbaraeschi, Santa Chiara Hospital, Trento, Italy; Shinzaburo Noguchi, Osaka University, Osaka Japan; Hatem A. Azim Jr, American University of Beirut (AUB), Beirut, Lebanon; Enrique Lerma, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; Cornelis J.H. can de Velde, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands; Vicky Sabine, University of Guelph, Guelph; John M.S. Bartlett, Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| | - Elena Lopez-Knowles
- Dimitrios Zardavas and Debora Fumagalli, Breast International Group; Christos Sotiriou, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium; Luc te Marvelde and Roger L. Milne, Cancer Council; Roger L. Milne and Sherene Loi, University of Melbourne, Melbourne; Barry Iacopetta, University of Western Australia, Western Australia; Sandra O'Toole and Elena Lopez-Knowles, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Darlinghurst, Australia; George Fountzilas and Vassiliki Kotoula, Hellenic Foundation for Cancer Research/Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki; Evangelia Razis, Hygeia Hospital; George Papaxoinis, Hippokration Hospital, Athens, Greece; Heikki Joensuu, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; Mary Ellen Moynahan, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; Bryan T. Hennessy, Beaumont Hospital and Royal College of Surgeons, Dublin, Ireland; Ivan Bieche, Curie Institut, Paris; Thomas Bachelot, Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie de Lyon, Lyon; Stefan Michiels, Gustave Roussy and Inserm, Univ. Paris-Sud, Univ. Paris-Saclay, Villejuif, France; Lao H. Saal, Lund University, Lund; Olle Stal, Qing Wang, and Gizeh Perez-Tenorio, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden; Jeanette Dupont Jensen, University of Southern Denmark, on behalf of the Danish Breast Cancer Cooperative Group, Odense, Denmark; Elena Lopez-Knowles, Royal Marsden NHS Trust and Institute of Cancer Research, London; Daniel W. Rea, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom; Mattia Barbaraeschi, Santa Chiara Hospital, Trento, Italy; Shinzaburo Noguchi, Osaka University, Osaka Japan; Hatem A. Azim Jr, American University of Beirut (AUB), Beirut, Lebanon; Enrique Lerma, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; Cornelis J.H. can de Velde, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands; Vicky Sabine, University of Guelph, Guelph; John M.S. Bartlett, Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| | - Mattia Barbaraeschi
- Dimitrios Zardavas and Debora Fumagalli, Breast International Group; Christos Sotiriou, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium; Luc te Marvelde and Roger L. Milne, Cancer Council; Roger L. Milne and Sherene Loi, University of Melbourne, Melbourne; Barry Iacopetta, University of Western Australia, Western Australia; Sandra O'Toole and Elena Lopez-Knowles, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Darlinghurst, Australia; George Fountzilas and Vassiliki Kotoula, Hellenic Foundation for Cancer Research/Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki; Evangelia Razis, Hygeia Hospital; George Papaxoinis, Hippokration Hospital, Athens, Greece; Heikki Joensuu, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; Mary Ellen Moynahan, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; Bryan T. Hennessy, Beaumont Hospital and Royal College of Surgeons, Dublin, Ireland; Ivan Bieche, Curie Institut, Paris; Thomas Bachelot, Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie de Lyon, Lyon; Stefan Michiels, Gustave Roussy and Inserm, Univ. Paris-Sud, Univ. Paris-Saclay, Villejuif, France; Lao H. Saal, Lund University, Lund; Olle Stal, Qing Wang, and Gizeh Perez-Tenorio, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden; Jeanette Dupont Jensen, University of Southern Denmark, on behalf of the Danish Breast Cancer Cooperative Group, Odense, Denmark; Elena Lopez-Knowles, Royal Marsden NHS Trust and Institute of Cancer Research, London; Daniel W. Rea, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom; Mattia Barbaraeschi, Santa Chiara Hospital, Trento, Italy; Shinzaburo Noguchi, Osaka University, Osaka Japan; Hatem A. Azim Jr, American University of Beirut (AUB), Beirut, Lebanon; Enrique Lerma, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; Cornelis J.H. can de Velde, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands; Vicky Sabine, University of Guelph, Guelph; John M.S. Bartlett, Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| | - Shinzaburo Noguchi
- Dimitrios Zardavas and Debora Fumagalli, Breast International Group; Christos Sotiriou, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium; Luc te Marvelde and Roger L. Milne, Cancer Council; Roger L. Milne and Sherene Loi, University of Melbourne, Melbourne; Barry Iacopetta, University of Western Australia, Western Australia; Sandra O'Toole and Elena Lopez-Knowles, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Darlinghurst, Australia; George Fountzilas and Vassiliki Kotoula, Hellenic Foundation for Cancer Research/Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki; Evangelia Razis, Hygeia Hospital; George Papaxoinis, Hippokration Hospital, Athens, Greece; Heikki Joensuu, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; Mary Ellen Moynahan, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; Bryan T. Hennessy, Beaumont Hospital and Royal College of Surgeons, Dublin, Ireland; Ivan Bieche, Curie Institut, Paris; Thomas Bachelot, Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie de Lyon, Lyon; Stefan Michiels, Gustave Roussy and Inserm, Univ. Paris-Sud, Univ. Paris-Saclay, Villejuif, France; Lao H. Saal, Lund University, Lund; Olle Stal, Qing Wang, and Gizeh Perez-Tenorio, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden; Jeanette Dupont Jensen, University of Southern Denmark, on behalf of the Danish Breast Cancer Cooperative Group, Odense, Denmark; Elena Lopez-Knowles, Royal Marsden NHS Trust and Institute of Cancer Research, London; Daniel W. Rea, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom; Mattia Barbaraeschi, Santa Chiara Hospital, Trento, Italy; Shinzaburo Noguchi, Osaka University, Osaka Japan; Hatem A. Azim Jr, American University of Beirut (AUB), Beirut, Lebanon; Enrique Lerma, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; Cornelis J.H. can de Velde, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands; Vicky Sabine, University of Guelph, Guelph; John M.S. Bartlett, Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| | - Hatem A Azim
- Dimitrios Zardavas and Debora Fumagalli, Breast International Group; Christos Sotiriou, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium; Luc te Marvelde and Roger L. Milne, Cancer Council; Roger L. Milne and Sherene Loi, University of Melbourne, Melbourne; Barry Iacopetta, University of Western Australia, Western Australia; Sandra O'Toole and Elena Lopez-Knowles, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Darlinghurst, Australia; George Fountzilas and Vassiliki Kotoula, Hellenic Foundation for Cancer Research/Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki; Evangelia Razis, Hygeia Hospital; George Papaxoinis, Hippokration Hospital, Athens, Greece; Heikki Joensuu, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; Mary Ellen Moynahan, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; Bryan T. Hennessy, Beaumont Hospital and Royal College of Surgeons, Dublin, Ireland; Ivan Bieche, Curie Institut, Paris; Thomas Bachelot, Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie de Lyon, Lyon; Stefan Michiels, Gustave Roussy and Inserm, Univ. Paris-Sud, Univ. Paris-Saclay, Villejuif, France; Lao H. Saal, Lund University, Lund; Olle Stal, Qing Wang, and Gizeh Perez-Tenorio, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden; Jeanette Dupont Jensen, University of Southern Denmark, on behalf of the Danish Breast Cancer Cooperative Group, Odense, Denmark; Elena Lopez-Knowles, Royal Marsden NHS Trust and Institute of Cancer Research, London; Daniel W. Rea, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom; Mattia Barbaraeschi, Santa Chiara Hospital, Trento, Italy; Shinzaburo Noguchi, Osaka University, Osaka Japan; Hatem A. Azim Jr, American University of Beirut (AUB), Beirut, Lebanon; Enrique Lerma, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; Cornelis J.H. can de Velde, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands; Vicky Sabine, University of Guelph, Guelph; John M.S. Bartlett, Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| | - Enrique Lerma
- Dimitrios Zardavas and Debora Fumagalli, Breast International Group; Christos Sotiriou, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium; Luc te Marvelde and Roger L. Milne, Cancer Council; Roger L. Milne and Sherene Loi, University of Melbourne, Melbourne; Barry Iacopetta, University of Western Australia, Western Australia; Sandra O'Toole and Elena Lopez-Knowles, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Darlinghurst, Australia; George Fountzilas and Vassiliki Kotoula, Hellenic Foundation for Cancer Research/Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki; Evangelia Razis, Hygeia Hospital; George Papaxoinis, Hippokration Hospital, Athens, Greece; Heikki Joensuu, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; Mary Ellen Moynahan, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; Bryan T. Hennessy, Beaumont Hospital and Royal College of Surgeons, Dublin, Ireland; Ivan Bieche, Curie Institut, Paris; Thomas Bachelot, Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie de Lyon, Lyon; Stefan Michiels, Gustave Roussy and Inserm, Univ. Paris-Sud, Univ. Paris-Saclay, Villejuif, France; Lao H. Saal, Lund University, Lund; Olle Stal, Qing Wang, and Gizeh Perez-Tenorio, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden; Jeanette Dupont Jensen, University of Southern Denmark, on behalf of the Danish Breast Cancer Cooperative Group, Odense, Denmark; Elena Lopez-Knowles, Royal Marsden NHS Trust and Institute of Cancer Research, London; Daniel W. Rea, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom; Mattia Barbaraeschi, Santa Chiara Hospital, Trento, Italy; Shinzaburo Noguchi, Osaka University, Osaka Japan; Hatem A. Azim Jr, American University of Beirut (AUB), Beirut, Lebanon; Enrique Lerma, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; Cornelis J.H. can de Velde, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands; Vicky Sabine, University of Guelph, Guelph; John M.S. Bartlett, Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| | - Thomas Bachelot
- Dimitrios Zardavas and Debora Fumagalli, Breast International Group; Christos Sotiriou, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium; Luc te Marvelde and Roger L. Milne, Cancer Council; Roger L. Milne and Sherene Loi, University of Melbourne, Melbourne; Barry Iacopetta, University of Western Australia, Western Australia; Sandra O'Toole and Elena Lopez-Knowles, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Darlinghurst, Australia; George Fountzilas and Vassiliki Kotoula, Hellenic Foundation for Cancer Research/Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki; Evangelia Razis, Hygeia Hospital; George Papaxoinis, Hippokration Hospital, Athens, Greece; Heikki Joensuu, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; Mary Ellen Moynahan, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; Bryan T. Hennessy, Beaumont Hospital and Royal College of Surgeons, Dublin, Ireland; Ivan Bieche, Curie Institut, Paris; Thomas Bachelot, Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie de Lyon, Lyon; Stefan Michiels, Gustave Roussy and Inserm, Univ. Paris-Sud, Univ. Paris-Saclay, Villejuif, France; Lao H. Saal, Lund University, Lund; Olle Stal, Qing Wang, and Gizeh Perez-Tenorio, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden; Jeanette Dupont Jensen, University of Southern Denmark, on behalf of the Danish Breast Cancer Cooperative Group, Odense, Denmark; Elena Lopez-Knowles, Royal Marsden NHS Trust and Institute of Cancer Research, London; Daniel W. Rea, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom; Mattia Barbaraeschi, Santa Chiara Hospital, Trento, Italy; Shinzaburo Noguchi, Osaka University, Osaka Japan; Hatem A. Azim Jr, American University of Beirut (AUB), Beirut, Lebanon; Enrique Lerma, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; Cornelis J.H. can de Velde, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands; Vicky Sabine, University of Guelph, Guelph; John M.S. Bartlett, Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| | - Qing Wang
- Dimitrios Zardavas and Debora Fumagalli, Breast International Group; Christos Sotiriou, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium; Luc te Marvelde and Roger L. Milne, Cancer Council; Roger L. Milne and Sherene Loi, University of Melbourne, Melbourne; Barry Iacopetta, University of Western Australia, Western Australia; Sandra O'Toole and Elena Lopez-Knowles, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Darlinghurst, Australia; George Fountzilas and Vassiliki Kotoula, Hellenic Foundation for Cancer Research/Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki; Evangelia Razis, Hygeia Hospital; George Papaxoinis, Hippokration Hospital, Athens, Greece; Heikki Joensuu, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; Mary Ellen Moynahan, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; Bryan T. Hennessy, Beaumont Hospital and Royal College of Surgeons, Dublin, Ireland; Ivan Bieche, Curie Institut, Paris; Thomas Bachelot, Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie de Lyon, Lyon; Stefan Michiels, Gustave Roussy and Inserm, Univ. Paris-Sud, Univ. Paris-Saclay, Villejuif, France; Lao H. Saal, Lund University, Lund; Olle Stal, Qing Wang, and Gizeh Perez-Tenorio, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden; Jeanette Dupont Jensen, University of Southern Denmark, on behalf of the Danish Breast Cancer Cooperative Group, Odense, Denmark; Elena Lopez-Knowles, Royal Marsden NHS Trust and Institute of Cancer Research, London; Daniel W. Rea, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom; Mattia Barbaraeschi, Santa Chiara Hospital, Trento, Italy; Shinzaburo Noguchi, Osaka University, Osaka Japan; Hatem A. Azim Jr, American University of Beirut (AUB), Beirut, Lebanon; Enrique Lerma, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; Cornelis J.H. can de Velde, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands; Vicky Sabine, University of Guelph, Guelph; John M.S. Bartlett, Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| | - Gizeh Perez-Tenorio
- Dimitrios Zardavas and Debora Fumagalli, Breast International Group; Christos Sotiriou, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium; Luc te Marvelde and Roger L. Milne, Cancer Council; Roger L. Milne and Sherene Loi, University of Melbourne, Melbourne; Barry Iacopetta, University of Western Australia, Western Australia; Sandra O'Toole and Elena Lopez-Knowles, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Darlinghurst, Australia; George Fountzilas and Vassiliki Kotoula, Hellenic Foundation for Cancer Research/Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki; Evangelia Razis, Hygeia Hospital; George Papaxoinis, Hippokration Hospital, Athens, Greece; Heikki Joensuu, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; Mary Ellen Moynahan, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; Bryan T. Hennessy, Beaumont Hospital and Royal College of Surgeons, Dublin, Ireland; Ivan Bieche, Curie Institut, Paris; Thomas Bachelot, Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie de Lyon, Lyon; Stefan Michiels, Gustave Roussy and Inserm, Univ. Paris-Sud, Univ. Paris-Saclay, Villejuif, France; Lao H. Saal, Lund University, Lund; Olle Stal, Qing Wang, and Gizeh Perez-Tenorio, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden; Jeanette Dupont Jensen, University of Southern Denmark, on behalf of the Danish Breast Cancer Cooperative Group, Odense, Denmark; Elena Lopez-Knowles, Royal Marsden NHS Trust and Institute of Cancer Research, London; Daniel W. Rea, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom; Mattia Barbaraeschi, Santa Chiara Hospital, Trento, Italy; Shinzaburo Noguchi, Osaka University, Osaka Japan; Hatem A. Azim Jr, American University of Beirut (AUB), Beirut, Lebanon; Enrique Lerma, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; Cornelis J.H. can de Velde, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands; Vicky Sabine, University of Guelph, Guelph; John M.S. Bartlett, Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| | - Cornelis J H Can de Velde
- Dimitrios Zardavas and Debora Fumagalli, Breast International Group; Christos Sotiriou, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium; Luc te Marvelde and Roger L. Milne, Cancer Council; Roger L. Milne and Sherene Loi, University of Melbourne, Melbourne; Barry Iacopetta, University of Western Australia, Western Australia; Sandra O'Toole and Elena Lopez-Knowles, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Darlinghurst, Australia; George Fountzilas and Vassiliki Kotoula, Hellenic Foundation for Cancer Research/Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki; Evangelia Razis, Hygeia Hospital; George Papaxoinis, Hippokration Hospital, Athens, Greece; Heikki Joensuu, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; Mary Ellen Moynahan, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; Bryan T. Hennessy, Beaumont Hospital and Royal College of Surgeons, Dublin, Ireland; Ivan Bieche, Curie Institut, Paris; Thomas Bachelot, Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie de Lyon, Lyon; Stefan Michiels, Gustave Roussy and Inserm, Univ. Paris-Sud, Univ. Paris-Saclay, Villejuif, France; Lao H. Saal, Lund University, Lund; Olle Stal, Qing Wang, and Gizeh Perez-Tenorio, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden; Jeanette Dupont Jensen, University of Southern Denmark, on behalf of the Danish Breast Cancer Cooperative Group, Odense, Denmark; Elena Lopez-Knowles, Royal Marsden NHS Trust and Institute of Cancer Research, London; Daniel W. Rea, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom; Mattia Barbaraeschi, Santa Chiara Hospital, Trento, Italy; Shinzaburo Noguchi, Osaka University, Osaka Japan; Hatem A. Azim Jr, American University of Beirut (AUB), Beirut, Lebanon; Enrique Lerma, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; Cornelis J.H. can de Velde, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands; Vicky Sabine, University of Guelph, Guelph; John M.S. Bartlett, Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| | - Daniel W Rea
- Dimitrios Zardavas and Debora Fumagalli, Breast International Group; Christos Sotiriou, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium; Luc te Marvelde and Roger L. Milne, Cancer Council; Roger L. Milne and Sherene Loi, University of Melbourne, Melbourne; Barry Iacopetta, University of Western Australia, Western Australia; Sandra O'Toole and Elena Lopez-Knowles, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Darlinghurst, Australia; George Fountzilas and Vassiliki Kotoula, Hellenic Foundation for Cancer Research/Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki; Evangelia Razis, Hygeia Hospital; George Papaxoinis, Hippokration Hospital, Athens, Greece; Heikki Joensuu, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; Mary Ellen Moynahan, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; Bryan T. Hennessy, Beaumont Hospital and Royal College of Surgeons, Dublin, Ireland; Ivan Bieche, Curie Institut, Paris; Thomas Bachelot, Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie de Lyon, Lyon; Stefan Michiels, Gustave Roussy and Inserm, Univ. Paris-Sud, Univ. Paris-Saclay, Villejuif, France; Lao H. Saal, Lund University, Lund; Olle Stal, Qing Wang, and Gizeh Perez-Tenorio, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden; Jeanette Dupont Jensen, University of Southern Denmark, on behalf of the Danish Breast Cancer Cooperative Group, Odense, Denmark; Elena Lopez-Knowles, Royal Marsden NHS Trust and Institute of Cancer Research, London; Daniel W. Rea, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom; Mattia Barbaraeschi, Santa Chiara Hospital, Trento, Italy; Shinzaburo Noguchi, Osaka University, Osaka Japan; Hatem A. Azim Jr, American University of Beirut (AUB), Beirut, Lebanon; Enrique Lerma, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; Cornelis J.H. can de Velde, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands; Vicky Sabine, University of Guelph, Guelph; John M.S. Bartlett, Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| | - Vicky Sabine
- Dimitrios Zardavas and Debora Fumagalli, Breast International Group; Christos Sotiriou, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium; Luc te Marvelde and Roger L. Milne, Cancer Council; Roger L. Milne and Sherene Loi, University of Melbourne, Melbourne; Barry Iacopetta, University of Western Australia, Western Australia; Sandra O'Toole and Elena Lopez-Knowles, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Darlinghurst, Australia; George Fountzilas and Vassiliki Kotoula, Hellenic Foundation for Cancer Research/Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki; Evangelia Razis, Hygeia Hospital; George Papaxoinis, Hippokration Hospital, Athens, Greece; Heikki Joensuu, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; Mary Ellen Moynahan, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; Bryan T. Hennessy, Beaumont Hospital and Royal College of Surgeons, Dublin, Ireland; Ivan Bieche, Curie Institut, Paris; Thomas Bachelot, Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie de Lyon, Lyon; Stefan Michiels, Gustave Roussy and Inserm, Univ. Paris-Sud, Univ. Paris-Saclay, Villejuif, France; Lao H. Saal, Lund University, Lund; Olle Stal, Qing Wang, and Gizeh Perez-Tenorio, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden; Jeanette Dupont Jensen, University of Southern Denmark, on behalf of the Danish Breast Cancer Cooperative Group, Odense, Denmark; Elena Lopez-Knowles, Royal Marsden NHS Trust and Institute of Cancer Research, London; Daniel W. Rea, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom; Mattia Barbaraeschi, Santa Chiara Hospital, Trento, Italy; Shinzaburo Noguchi, Osaka University, Osaka Japan; Hatem A. Azim Jr, American University of Beirut (AUB), Beirut, Lebanon; Enrique Lerma, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; Cornelis J.H. can de Velde, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands; Vicky Sabine, University of Guelph, Guelph; John M.S. Bartlett, Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Dimitrios Zardavas and Debora Fumagalli, Breast International Group; Christos Sotiriou, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium; Luc te Marvelde and Roger L. Milne, Cancer Council; Roger L. Milne and Sherene Loi, University of Melbourne, Melbourne; Barry Iacopetta, University of Western Australia, Western Australia; Sandra O'Toole and Elena Lopez-Knowles, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Darlinghurst, Australia; George Fountzilas and Vassiliki Kotoula, Hellenic Foundation for Cancer Research/Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki; Evangelia Razis, Hygeia Hospital; George Papaxoinis, Hippokration Hospital, Athens, Greece; Heikki Joensuu, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; Mary Ellen Moynahan, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; Bryan T. Hennessy, Beaumont Hospital and Royal College of Surgeons, Dublin, Ireland; Ivan Bieche, Curie Institut, Paris; Thomas Bachelot, Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie de Lyon, Lyon; Stefan Michiels, Gustave Roussy and Inserm, Univ. Paris-Sud, Univ. Paris-Saclay, Villejuif, France; Lao H. Saal, Lund University, Lund; Olle Stal, Qing Wang, and Gizeh Perez-Tenorio, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden; Jeanette Dupont Jensen, University of Southern Denmark, on behalf of the Danish Breast Cancer Cooperative Group, Odense, Denmark; Elena Lopez-Knowles, Royal Marsden NHS Trust and Institute of Cancer Research, London; Daniel W. Rea, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom; Mattia Barbaraeschi, Santa Chiara Hospital, Trento, Italy; Shinzaburo Noguchi, Osaka University, Osaka Japan; Hatem A. Azim Jr, American University of Beirut (AUB), Beirut, Lebanon; Enrique Lerma, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; Cornelis J.H. can de Velde, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands; Vicky Sabine, University of Guelph, Guelph; John M.S. Bartlett, Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Dimitrios Zardavas and Debora Fumagalli, Breast International Group; Christos Sotiriou, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium; Luc te Marvelde and Roger L. Milne, Cancer Council; Roger L. Milne and Sherene Loi, University of Melbourne, Melbourne; Barry Iacopetta, University of Western Australia, Western Australia; Sandra O'Toole and Elena Lopez-Knowles, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Darlinghurst, Australia; George Fountzilas and Vassiliki Kotoula, Hellenic Foundation for Cancer Research/Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki; Evangelia Razis, Hygeia Hospital; George Papaxoinis, Hippokration Hospital, Athens, Greece; Heikki Joensuu, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; Mary Ellen Moynahan, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; Bryan T. Hennessy, Beaumont Hospital and Royal College of Surgeons, Dublin, Ireland; Ivan Bieche, Curie Institut, Paris; Thomas Bachelot, Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie de Lyon, Lyon; Stefan Michiels, Gustave Roussy and Inserm, Univ. Paris-Sud, Univ. Paris-Saclay, Villejuif, France; Lao H. Saal, Lund University, Lund; Olle Stal, Qing Wang, and Gizeh Perez-Tenorio, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden; Jeanette Dupont Jensen, University of Southern Denmark, on behalf of the Danish Breast Cancer Cooperative Group, Odense, Denmark; Elena Lopez-Knowles, Royal Marsden NHS Trust and Institute of Cancer Research, London; Daniel W. Rea, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom; Mattia Barbaraeschi, Santa Chiara Hospital, Trento, Italy; Shinzaburo Noguchi, Osaka University, Osaka Japan; Hatem A. Azim Jr, American University of Beirut (AUB), Beirut, Lebanon; Enrique Lerma, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; Cornelis J.H. can de Velde, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands; Vicky Sabine, University of Guelph, Guelph; John M.S. Bartlett, Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Dimitrios Zardavas and Debora Fumagalli, Breast International Group; Christos Sotiriou, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium; Luc te Marvelde and Roger L. Milne, Cancer Council; Roger L. Milne and Sherene Loi, University of Melbourne, Melbourne; Barry Iacopetta, University of Western Australia, Western Australia; Sandra O'Toole and Elena Lopez-Knowles, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Darlinghurst, Australia; George Fountzilas and Vassiliki Kotoula, Hellenic Foundation for Cancer Research/Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki; Evangelia Razis, Hygeia Hospital; George Papaxoinis, Hippokration Hospital, Athens, Greece; Heikki Joensuu, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; Mary Ellen Moynahan, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; Bryan T. Hennessy, Beaumont Hospital and Royal College of Surgeons, Dublin, Ireland; Ivan Bieche, Curie Institut, Paris; Thomas Bachelot, Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie de Lyon, Lyon; Stefan Michiels, Gustave Roussy and Inserm, Univ. Paris-Sud, Univ. Paris-Saclay, Villejuif, France; Lao H. Saal, Lund University, Lund; Olle Stal, Qing Wang, and Gizeh Perez-Tenorio, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden; Jeanette Dupont Jensen, University of Southern Denmark, on behalf of the Danish Breast Cancer Cooperative Group, Odense, Denmark; Elena Lopez-Knowles, Royal Marsden NHS Trust and Institute of Cancer Research, London; Daniel W. Rea, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom; Mattia Barbaraeschi, Santa Chiara Hospital, Trento, Italy; Shinzaburo Noguchi, Osaka University, Osaka Japan; Hatem A. Azim Jr, American University of Beirut (AUB), Beirut, Lebanon; Enrique Lerma, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; Cornelis J.H. can de Velde, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands; Vicky Sabine, University of Guelph, Guelph; John M.S. Bartlett, Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Dimitrios Zardavas and Debora Fumagalli, Breast International Group; Christos Sotiriou, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium; Luc te Marvelde and Roger L. Milne, Cancer Council; Roger L. Milne and Sherene Loi, University of Melbourne, Melbourne; Barry Iacopetta, University of Western Australia, Western Australia; Sandra O'Toole and Elena Lopez-Knowles, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Darlinghurst, Australia; George Fountzilas and Vassiliki Kotoula, Hellenic Foundation for Cancer Research/Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki; Evangelia Razis, Hygeia Hospital; George Papaxoinis, Hippokration Hospital, Athens, Greece; Heikki Joensuu, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; Mary Ellen Moynahan, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; Bryan T. Hennessy, Beaumont Hospital and Royal College of Surgeons, Dublin, Ireland; Ivan Bieche, Curie Institut, Paris; Thomas Bachelot, Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie de Lyon, Lyon; Stefan Michiels, Gustave Roussy and Inserm, Univ. Paris-Sud, Univ. Paris-Saclay, Villejuif, France; Lao H. Saal, Lund University, Lund; Olle Stal, Qing Wang, and Gizeh Perez-Tenorio, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden; Jeanette Dupont Jensen, University of Southern Denmark, on behalf of the Danish Breast Cancer Cooperative Group, Odense, Denmark; Elena Lopez-Knowles, Royal Marsden NHS Trust and Institute of Cancer Research, London; Daniel W. Rea, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom; Mattia Barbaraeschi, Santa Chiara Hospital, Trento, Italy; Shinzaburo Noguchi, Osaka University, Osaka Japan; Hatem A. Azim Jr, American University of Beirut (AUB), Beirut, Lebanon; Enrique Lerma, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; Cornelis J.H. can de Velde, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands; Vicky Sabine, University of Guelph, Guelph; John M.S. Bartlett, Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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An integrative bioinformatics approach reveals coding and non-coding gene variants associated with gene expression profiles and outcome in breast cancer molecular subtypes. Br J Cancer 2018; 118:1107-1114. [PMID: 29559730 PMCID: PMC5931099 DOI: 10.1038/s41416-018-0030-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2017] [Revised: 01/19/2018] [Accepted: 01/22/2018] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Background Sequence variations in coding and non-coding regions of the genome can affect gene expression and signalling pathways, which in turn may influence disease outcome. Methods In this study, we integrated somatic mutations, gene expression and clinical data from 930 breast cancer patients included in the TCGA database. Genes associated with single mutations in molecular breast cancer subtypes were identified by the Mann-Whitney U-test and their prognostic value was evaluated by Kaplan-Meier and Cox regression analyses. Results were confirmed using gene expression profiles from the Metabric data set (n = 1988) and whole-genome sequencing data from the TCGA cohort (n = 117). Results The overall mutation rate in coding and non-coding regions were significantly higher in ER-negative/HER2-negative tumours (P = 2.8E–03 and P = 2.4E–07, respectively). Recurrent sequence variations were identified in non-coding regulatory regions of several cancer-associated genes, including NBPF1, PIK3CA and TP53. After multivariate regression analysis, gene signatures associated with three coding mutations (CDH1, MAP3K1 and TP53) and two non-coding variants (CRTC3 and STAG2) in cancer-related genes predicted prognosis in ER-positive/HER2-negative tumours. Conclusions These findings demonstrate that sequence alterations influence gene expression and oncogenic pathways, possibly affecting the outcome of breast cancer patients. Our data provide potential opportunities to identify non-coding variations with functional and clinical relevance in breast cancer.
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Cheymol C, Abramovici O, Do Cao C, Dumont A, Robin YM, El Hajbi F, Dansin E, Bonneterre J, Lauridant G. [Neuroendocrine tumors of the breast: Myth or reality? A systematic review]. Bull Cancer 2018; 105:431-439. [PMID: 29567279 DOI: 10.1016/j.bulcan.2018.01.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2017] [Revised: 01/08/2018] [Accepted: 01/16/2018] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Primary neuroendocrine breast carcinomas are rare and little-known tumors. Only a limited number of studies on neuroendocrine breast carcinomas have been reported in the literature, and the vast majority of them are small retrospective series or case reports. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), they account for only 2 % to 5 % of breast cancers. Their diagnosis relies on the presence of a neuroendocrine architecture and the expression of neuroendocrine markers (chromogranin A and/or synaptophysin). The revised 2012 WHO classification subdivides them into three categories: (i) well-differentiated neuroendocrine carcinomas, (ii) poorly differentiated neuroendocrine carcinomas or small-cell carcinomas, and (iii) invasive breast carcinomas with neuroendocrine differentiation. Their clinical features and radiological characteristics are not different from those of other types of breast cancer. Because of discordant results, their clinical outcome is still poorly defined. So far, no standard treatment has been established, and most clinicians draw on their experience of invasive ductal cancer. The role of specific treatments like platinum-based chemotherapy, somatostatin analogues, peptide receptor radionucleide therapy or temozolomide remains unclear. A better knowledge of the molecular pathways involved in their carcinogenesis could help to identify new potential therapeutic targets. The efficacy of targeted therapies has to be studied.
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- Claire Cheymol
- Centre régional de lutte contre le cancer des Hauts de France, centre Oscar-Lambret, département de sénologie, 3, rue Frédéric-Combemale, 59000 Lille, France
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- Centre régional de lutte contre le cancer des Hauts de France, centre Oscar-Lambret, département d'anatomie et cytopathologie, 3, rue Frédéric-Combemale, 59000 Lille, France
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- Centre hospitalo-universitaire régional de Lille 2, service d'endocrinologie, diabétologie et maladies métaboliques, avenue Oscar-Lambret, 59000 Lille, France
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- Centre régional de lutte contre le cancer des Hauts de France, centre Oscar-Lambret, unité d'oncologie moléculaire humaine, 3, rue Frédéric-Combemale, 59000 Lille, France
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- Centre régional de lutte contre le cancer des Hauts de France, centre Oscar-Lambret, département d'anatomie et cytopathologie, 3, rue Frédéric-Combemale, 59000 Lille, France
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- Centre régional de lutte contre le cancer des Hauts de France, centre Oscar-Lambret, département d'oncologie urodigestive, 3, rue Frédéric-Combemale, 59000 Lille, France
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- Centre régional de lutte contre le cancer des Hauts de France, centre Oscar-Lambret, département de cancérologie cervicofaciale et thoracique, 3, rue Frédéric-Combemale, 59000 Lille, France
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- Centre régional de lutte contre le cancer des Hauts de France, centre Oscar-Lambret, département de sénologie, 3, rue Frédéric-Combemale, 59000 Lille, France
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- Centre régional de lutte contre le cancer des Hauts de France, centre Oscar-Lambret, département de sénologie, 3, rue Frédéric-Combemale, 59000 Lille, France.
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Okazaki M, Horimoto Y, Tanabe M, Ichikawa Y, Tokuda E, Arakawa A, Kobayashi T, Saito M. Predictive markers for efficacy of everolimus plus exemestane in patients with luminal HER2-negative metastatic breast cancer. Med Oncol 2018. [PMID: 29520681 DOI: 10.1007/s12032-018-1112-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Metastatic breast cancer (MBC) is essentially incurable despite recent improvements in systemic therapies. We often encounter difficulties in choosing the most appropriate treatments, with optimal timing, for individual patients. Everolimus, one of the mTOR inhibitors, is usually used with endocrine therapy for MBC. Identification of predictive markers for everolimus-based treatment remains a major issue, but to date, no predictive markers have been established. We retrospectively investigated predictive markers for treatments with everolimus plus exemestane in patients with ER-positive and HER2-negative breast cancer. Clinicopathological features of 18 patients, with locally advanced disease or MBC given everolimus plus exemestane treatments, were examined in relation to treatment effects. Also, primary breast cancer specimens, all ER positive and HER2 negative, were immunohistochemically investigated for phospho-S6 (pS6) and PTEN, to evaluate the mTOR and PIK3CA/Akt pathways. Those showing a good clinical response had a significantly lower Ki67 labeling index than the poor responders. A similar trend was observed in pS6 level but without statistical significance. Interestingly, there was no correlation between the Ki67 labeling index and pS6, and when both indexes were low, the good clinical response rate was high. The median progression-free survival was longer in the group showing a low Ki67 labeling index (109 weeks) than in that with high Ki67 (19 weeks). There was no trend between PTEN expression and treatment effects. Our results suggest that the primary tumor in luminal HER2-negative breast cancer patients with a low Ki67 labeling index and pS6 level has the potential to respond well to everolimus plus exemestane.
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- Misato Okazaki
- Department of Breast Oncology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, 2-1-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan
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- Department of Breast Oncology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, 2-1-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan. .,Department of Pathology and Oncology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, 2-1-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan.
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- Department of Breast and Endocrine Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8655, Japan
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- Department of Breast Oncology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, 2-1-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan
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- Department of Breast Oncology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, 2-1-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan
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- Department of Human Pathology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, 2-1-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan
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- Department of Pathology and Oncology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, 2-1-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan
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- Department of Breast Oncology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, 2-1-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan
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Ung MH, Wang GL, Varn FS, Cheng C. Application of pharmacologically induced transcriptomic profiles to interrogate PI3K-Akt-mTOR pathway activity associated with cancer patient prognosis. Oncotarget 2018; 7:84142-84154. [PMID: 27589846 PMCID: PMC5356650 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.11776] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2016] [Accepted: 08/25/2016] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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The PI3K-Akt-mTOR signaling pathway has been identified as a key driver of carcinogenesis in several cancer types. As such, a major area of focus in cancer biology is the development of genomic biomarkers that can measure the activity level of the PI3K-Akt-mTOR pathway. In this study, we systematically estimate PI3K-Akt-mTOR pathway activity in breast primary tumor samples using transcriptomic profiles derived from drug treatment in MCF7 cell lines. We demonstrate that gene expression profiles derived from chemically-induced protein inhibition allows us to measure PI3K-Akt-mTOR pathway activity in patient tumor samples. With this approach, we predict prognosis and response to chemotherapy in cancer patients, and screen for potential pharmacological modulators of PI3K-Akt-mTOR pathway inhibitors.
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- Matthew H Ung
- Department of Molecular and Systems Biology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, New Hampshire, 03755 USA
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- Department of Molecular and Systems Biology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, New Hampshire, 03755 USA
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- Department of Molecular and Systems Biology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, New Hampshire, 03755 USA
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- Department of Molecular and Systems Biology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, New Hampshire, 03755 USA.,Department of Biomedical Data Science, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, New Hampshire, 03755 USA.,Norris Cotton Cancer Center, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, New Hampshire, 03766 USA
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Takuwa H, Tsuji W, Yamamoto Y, Shintaku M, Yotsumoto F. Low neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio correlates with extended survival in patients with metastatic breast cancer who achieved clinically complete response following multidisciplinary therapy: A retrospective study. Oncol Lett 2018; 15:6681-6687. [PMID: 29725410 DOI: 10.3892/ol.2018.8145] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2017] [Accepted: 02/23/2018] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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The prognosis of patients with metastatic or recurrent breast cancer (MBC) is improving as novel treatments are developed. The present study compared the clinical characteristics of patients with MBC with or without a complete clinical response (cCR) and identified the survival-associated factors. This was a retrospective study, which included 171 patients treated for MBC between 2011 and 2017 at the Shiga Medical Center for Adults. Neutrophil to lymphocytes ratios (NLRs) were determined in blood samples. The median follow-up period following diagnosis of MBC was 44 months (range, 0-217 months). A total of 32 patients (18.7%) achieved a cCR. Compared with the non-cCR group, the cCR group had significantly fewer metastases or recurrences (P<0.001), significantly fewer visceral metastases (P<0.001), a significantly lower NLR (P<0.001) and were diagnosed with primary breast cancer at a significantly earlier stage (P=0.003). Prognosis was significantly improved in the cCR group compared with the non-cCR group (P<0.001) and a high NLR (≥19) independently predicted worse survival in a multivariate analysis (P=0.0218; hazard ratio, 1.75; 95% confidence interval, 1.09-2.85). In conclusion, the present study determined that achieving a cCR and having a low NLR are important for the long-term survival of patients with MBC.
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- Haruko Takuwa
- Department of Breast Surgery, Shiga Medical Center for Adults, Moriyama-shi, Shiga 524-8524, Japan
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- Department of Breast Surgery, Shiga Medical Center for Adults, Moriyama-shi, Shiga 524-8524, Japan
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- Department of Pathology, Shiga Medical Center for Adults, Moriyama-shi, Shiga 524-8524, Japan
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- Department of Pathology, Shiga Medical Center for Adults, Moriyama-shi, Shiga 524-8524, Japan
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- Department of Breast Surgery, Shiga Medical Center for Adults, Moriyama-shi, Shiga 524-8524, Japan
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