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  1. The pineal gland hormone, melatonin, has been shown by numerous studies to inhibit the proliferation of estrogen receptor α (ERα)-positive breast cancer cell lines. Here, we investigated the role of melatonin ...

    Authors: Lulu Mao, Lin Yuan, Lauren M Slakey, Frank E Jones, Matthew E Burow and Steven M Hill
    Citation: Breast Cancer Research 2010 12:R107
  2. Breast cancer frequently metastasizes to the skeleton, interrupting the normal bone remodeling process and causing bone degradation. Osteolytic lesions are the end result of osteoclast activity; however, osteo...

    Authors: Yu-Chi Chen, Donna M Sosnoski and Andrea M Mastro
    Citation: Breast Cancer Research 2010 12:215
  3. A substantial proportion of lymph node-negative patients who receive adjuvant chemotherapy do not derive any benefit from this aggressive and potentially toxic treatment. However, standard histopathological in...

    Authors: Andrew E Teschendorff, Yan Jiao and Carlos Caldas
    Citation: Breast Cancer Research 2010 12:317
  4. Ductal and lobular carcinomas are the two most common types of invasive breast cancer. Whether well-established risk factors are differentially associated with risk on the basis of histologic subtype is not cl...

    Authors: Joanne Kotsopoulos, Wendy Y Chen, Margaret A Gates, Shelley S Tworoger, Susan E Hankinson and Bernard A Rosner
    Citation: Breast Cancer Research 2010 12:R106
  5. Mutational inactivation of the FBXW7/hCDC4 tumor suppressor gene (TSG) is common in many cancer types, but infrequent in breast cancers. This study investigates the presence and impact of FBXW7/hCDC4 promoter met...

    Authors: Shahab Akhoondi, Linda Lindström, Martin Widschwendter, Martin Corcoran, Jonas Bergh, Charles Spruck, Dan Grandér and Olle Sangfelt
    Citation: Breast Cancer Research 2010 12:R105
  6. Shear wave elastography is a new method of obtaining quantitative tissue elasticity data during breast ultrasound examinations. The aims of this study were (1) to determine the reproducibility of shear wave el...

    Authors: Andrew Evans, Patsy Whelehan, Kim Thomson, Denis McLean, Katrin Brauer, Colin Purdie, Lee Jordan, Lee Baker and Alastair Thompson
    Citation: Breast Cancer Research 2010 12:R104
  7. In this study we aimed to validate the prognostic value of DC-SCRIPT mRNA expression in a large independent breast cancer cohort. In addition, since DC-SCRIPT is a transcriptional co-regulator of nuclear receptor...

    Authors: Anieta M Sieuwerts, Marleen Ansems, Maxime P Look, Paul N Span, Vanja de Weerd, Anne van Galen, John A Foekens, Gosse J Adema and John WM Martens
    Citation: Breast Cancer Research 2010 12:R103
  8. Current attempts to identify genetic modifiers of BRCA1 and BRCA2 associated risk have focused on a candidate gene approach, based on knowledge of gene functions, or the development of large genome-wide associati...

    Authors: Logan C Walker, Zachary S Fredericksen, Xianshu Wang, Robert Tarrell, Vernon S Pankratz, Noralane M Lindor, Jonathan Beesley, Sue Healey, Xiaoqing Chen, Dominique Stoppa-Lyonnet, Carole Tirapo, Sophie Giraud, Sylvie Mazoyer, Danièle Muller, Jean-Pierre Fricker, Capucine Delnatte…
    Citation: Breast Cancer Research 2010 12:R102
  9. The actin binding protein Mammalian enabled (Mena), has been implicated in the metastatic progression of solid tumors in humans. Mena expression level in primary tumors is correlated with metastasis in breast,...

    Authors: Evanthia T Roussos, Yarong Wang, Jeffrey B Wyckoff, Rani S Sellers, Weigang Wang, Jiufeng Li, Jeffrey W Pollard, Frank B Gertler and John S Condeelis
    Citation: Breast Cancer Research 2010 12:R101
  10. This study was aimed at understanding the clinicopathological significance of cystatin M loss, and investigating possible factors responsible for cystatin M loss in breast cancer.

    Authors: Eunkyung Ko, Seong-Eun Park, Eun Yoon Cho, Yujin Kim, Jung-Ah Hwang, Yeon-Su Lee, Seok Jin Nam, Saik Bang, Joobae Park and Duk-Hwan Kim
    Citation: Breast Cancer Research 2010 12:R100
  11. Breast cancer comprises clinically distinct subtypes, but most risk statistics consider breast cancer only as a single entity. To estimate subtype-specific lifetime breast cancer risks, we took advantage of po...

    Authors: Allison W Kurian, Kari Fish, Sarah J Shema and Christina A Clarke
    Citation: Breast Cancer Research 2010 12:R99
  12. Breast cancer is frequently a hormonally dependent cancer, and associations of circulating estrogens and androgens with subsequent breast cancer risk are well established in postmenopausal women. Associations ...

    Authors: Joanne F Dorgan, Frank Z Stanczyk, Lisa L Kahle and Louise A Brinton
    Citation: Breast Cancer Research 2010 12:R98
  13. Mammographic density (MD) is one of the strongest risk factors for breast cancer. It is not clear whether this association is best expressed in terms of absolute dense area or percentage dense area (PDA).

    Authors: Jennifer Stone, Jane Ding, Ruth ML Warren, Stephen W Duffy and John L Hopper
    Citation: Breast Cancer Research 2010 12:R97
  14. The human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) is a validated therapeutic target in breast cancer. Heterodimerization of HER2 with other HER family members results in enhanced tyrosine phosphorylation and...

    Authors: Quanri Jin, Linda X Yuan, Delphine Boulbes, Jong Min Baek, Ying Nai Wang, Daniel Gomez-Cabello, David H Hawke, Sai Ching Yeung, Mong Hong Lee, Gabriel N Hortobagyi, Mien Chie Hung and Francisco J Esteva
    Citation: Breast Cancer Research 2010 12:R96
  15. The majority of breast cancers that occur in BRCA1 mutation carriers (BRCA1 carriers) are estrogen receptor-negative (ER-). Therefore, it has been suggested that ER negativity is intrinsic to BRCA1 cancers and re...

    Authors: Nadine Tung, Alexander Miron, Stuart J Schnitt, Shiva Gautam, Katharina Fetten, Jennifer Kaplan, Yosuf Yassin, Ayodele Buraimoh, Ji-Young Kim, Attila M Szász, Ruiyang Tian, Zhigang C Wang, Laura C Collins, Jane Brock, Karen Krag, Robert D Legare…
    Citation: Breast Cancer Research 2010 12:R95
  16. The irregular vasculature of solid tumors creates hypoxic regions, which are characterized by cyclic periods of hypoxia and reoxygenation. Accumulated evidence suggests that chronic and repetitive exposure to ...

    Authors: Elizabeth Louie, Sara Nik, Juei-suei Chen, Marlies Schmidt, Bo Song, Christine Pacson, Xiu Fang Chen, Seonhye Park, Jingfang Ju and Emily I Chen
    Citation: Breast Cancer Research 2010 12:R94
  17. Breast cancer is a heterogeneous disease and may be characterized on the basis of whether estrogen receptors (ER) are expressed in the tumour cells. ER status of breast cancer is important clinically, and is u...

    Authors: Jingmei Li, Keith Humphreys, Hatef Darabi, Gustaf Rosin, Ulf Hannelius, Tuomas Heikkinen, Kristiina Aittomäki, Carl Blomqvist, Paul DP Pharoah, Alison M Dunning, Shahana Ahmed, Maartje J Hooning, Antoinette Hollestelle, Rogier A Oldenburg, Lars Alfredsson, Aarno Palotie…
    Citation: Breast Cancer Research 2010 12:R93
  18. Immunohistochemistry of primary breast cancer is routinely used to guide changes in therapy at the time of relapse. Retrospective reviews suggest that the estrogen receptor (ER), progesterone receptor (PR) and...

    Authors: Alastair M Thompson, Lee B Jordan, Philip Quinlan, Elizabeth Anderson, Anthony Skene, John A Dewar and Colin A Purdie
    Citation: Breast Cancer Research 2010 12:R92
  19. Residual cancer following breast conserving surgery increases the risk of local recurrence and mortality. Margin assessment presents an unmet clinical need. Breast tissue is markedly heterogeneous, which makes...

    Authors: Stephanie Kennedy, Joseph Geradts, Torre Bydlon, J Quincy Brown, Jennifer Gallagher, Marlee Junker, William Barry, Nimmi Ramanujam and Lee Wilke
    Citation: Breast Cancer Research 2010 12:R91
  20. MicroRNAs (miRs) are interesting new diagnostic targets that may provide important insights into the molecular pathogenesis of breast cancer. Here we evaluated, for the first time, the feasibility and clinical...

    Authors: Carina Roth, Brigitte Rack, Volkmar Müller, Wolfgang Janni, Klaus Pantel and Heidi Schwarzenbach
    Citation: Breast Cancer Research 2010 12:R90
  21. Although uncommon, breast cancer in young women is worthy of special attention due to the unique and complex issues that are raised. This article reviews specific challenges associated with the care of younger...

    Authors: Courtney A Gabriel and Susan M Domchek
    Citation: Breast Cancer Research 2010 12:212
  22. Metastatic breast cancer cells frequently and ectopically express the transcription factor RUNX2, which normally attenuates proliferation and promotes maturation of osteoblasts. RUNX2 expression is inversely r...

    Authors: David T Leong, Joleen Lim, Xuewei Goh, Jitesh Pratap, Barry P Pereira, Hui Si Kwok, Saminathan Suresh Nathan, Jason R Dobson, Jane B Lian, Yoshiaki Ito, P Mathijs Voorhoeve, Gary S Stein, Manuel Salto-Tellez, Simon M Cool and Andre J van Wijnen
    Citation: Breast Cancer Research 2010 12:R89
  23. Although many in vitro and animal studies have demonstrated a protective effect of green tea against breast cancer, findings from epidemiological studies have been inconsistent, and whether high green tea intake ...

    Authors: Motoki Iwasaki, Manami Inoue, Shizuka Sasazuki, Norie Sawada, Taiki Yamaji, Taichi Shimazu, Walter C Willett and Shoichiro Tsugane
    Citation: Breast Cancer Research 2010 12:R88
  24. Ninety percent of cancer-related mortality is caused by metastasis. Current cancer treatments can control many primary tumors but rarely stop the metastatic spread. Accumulating evidence demonstrates that miRN...

    Authors: Li Ma
    Citation: Breast Cancer Research 2010 12:210

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