Assigning clinical meaning to somatic and germline whole exome sequencing data to guide cancer precision medicine. Purpose: Implementing cancer precision medicine in the clinic requires assessing the therapeutic relevance of genomic alterations. A main challenge is the ... AA Ghazani,N Oliver,JPS Pier...
Breast Cancer Heterogeneity Histological Classification The heterogeneity of breast cancer, as in many other cancers, constitutes the main hurdle for efficient management in the clinic. Breast cancer can be broadly categorized based on their histology into either carcinoma in situ or invasive carcinoma. ...
BRCA1 Germline Mutations and Polymorphisms in a Clinic-Based Series of Ovarian Cancer Cases: A Gynecologic Oncology Group Study the occurrence of polymorphic variants in BRCA1 and to determine their distribution among families accordingly to history of breast and/or ovarian cancer. Me... SA Smith,...
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Breast cancer is the most common malignancy in women, accounting for about 270,000 cases a year. The average woman has about a 12% chance of developing breast cancer.
(Table3, PRS model A) in 1,143 high risk women from a familial breast cancer clinic [88]. These women had on average 1.82 first-degree to third-degree relatives with breast cancer and a median age of 45 at diagnosis. Sawyer and colleagues calculated a log-additive score that weighted ...
The majority of breast cancers express the estrogen receptor (ERα) and agents targeting this pathway represent the main treatment modality. Endocrine therapy has proven successful in the treatment of hormone-responsive breast cancer since its early adop
The results from whole exome sequencing (WES) on 47 samples, taken from a subset of 338 patients as part of the Angiosarcoma Project in the USA and Canada, reveal a higher frequency of PIK3CA mutations in breast cancer compared to other carcinomas. This implies that PI3Kα inhibitors, ...
Breast Cancer Prevention In 2018, it is estimated that over a quarter of a million new cases of invasive breast cancer will be diagnosed in the United States (USA). Early detection and targeted therapies have led to a near 40% reduction in breast cancer deaths. As a result, the vast ...
It was a long time coming but in September I tapped back into my psychologist at the Cancer Council. Looking back this is something I should have done much sooner. The last time I talked to her was quite early in the year. I need to stay connected with people who can help me heal ...