Tumor heterogeneity in breast cancer

G Turashvili, E Brogi - Frontiers in medicine, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Breast cancer is a heterogeneous disease and differs greatly among different patients
(intertumor heterogeneity) and even within each individual tumor (intratumor heterogeneity) …

[HTML][HTML] Pathogenesis of endometriosis: the genetic/epigenetic theory

PR Koninckx, A Ussia, L Adamyan, A Wattiez… - Fertility and sterility, 2019 - Elsevier
Objective To study the pathophysiology of endometriosis. Design Overview of observations
on endometriosis. Setting Not applicable. Patient (s) None. Interventions (s) None. Main …

Clinical management of breast cancer heterogeneity

D Zardavas, A Irrthum, C Swanton… - Nature reviews Clinical …, 2015 - nature.com
Traditionally, intertumour heterogeneity in breast cancer has been documented in terms of
different histological subtypes, treatment sensitivity profiles, and clinical outcomes among …

[HTML][HTML] Intratumor and intertumor heterogeneity in melanoma

TM Grzywa, W Paskal, PK Włodarski - Translational oncology, 2017 - Elsevier
Melanoma is a cancer that exhibits one of the most aggressive and heterogeneous features.
The incidence rate escalates. A high number of clones harboring various mutations …

[HTML][HTML] Histological types of breast cancer: how special are they?

B Weigelt, FC Geyer, JS Reis-Filho - Molecular oncology, 2010 - Elsevier
Breast cancer is a heterogeneous disease, comprising multiple entities associated with
distinctive histological and biological features, clinical presentations and behaviours and …

Genetic variegation of clonal architecture and propagating cells in leukaemia

K Anderson, C Lutz, FW Van Delft, CM Bateman, Y Guo… - Nature, 2011 - nature.com
Little is known of the genetic architecture of cancer at the subclonal and single-cell level or
in the cells responsible for cancer clone maintenance and propagation. Here we have …

BRCA1 basal-like breast cancers originate from luminal epithelial progenitors and not from basal stem cells

G Molyneux, FC Geyer, FA Magnay, A McCarthy… - Cell stem cell, 2010 - cell.com
Breast cancers in BRCA1 mutation carriers frequently have a distinctive basal-like
phenotype. It has been suggested that this results from an origin in basal breast epithelial …

Breast cancer intra-tumor heterogeneity

LG Martelotto, CKY Ng, S Piscuoglio, B Weigelt… - Breast Cancer …, 2014 - Springer
In recent years it has become clear that cancer cells within a single tumor can display
striking morphological, genetic and behavioral variability. Burgeoning genetic, epigenetic …

Genetic heterogeneity and cancer drug resistance

NC Turner, JS Reis-Filho - The lancet oncology, 2012 - thelancet.com
Despite the success of targeted therapies in the treatment of cancer, the development of
resistance limits the ability to translate this method into a curative treatment. The …

Intratumor heterogeneity: seeing the wood for the trees

TA Yap, M Gerlinger, PA Futreal, L Pusztai… - Science translational …, 2012 - science.org
Most advanced solid tumors remain incurable, with resistance to chemotherapeutics and
targeted therapies a common cause of poor clinical outcome. Intratumor heterogeneity may …