Risk determination and prevention of breast cancer

A Howell, AS Anderson, RB Clarke, SW Duffy… - Breast Cancer …, 2014 - Springer
Breast cancer is an increasing public health problem. Substantial advances have been
made in the treatment of breast cancer, but the introduction of methods to predict women at …

Mammary stem cells and progenitors: targeting the roots of breast cancer for prevention

P Tharmapalan, M Mahendralingam, HK Berman… - The EMBO …, 2019 - embopress.org
Breast cancer prevention is daunting, yet not an unsurmountable goal. Mammary stem and
progenitors have been proposed as the cells‐of‐origin in breast cancer. Here, we present …

Pregnancy and breast cancer: pathways to understand risk and prevention

PF Slepicka, SL Cyrill, CO Dos Santos - Trends in molecular medicine, 2019 - cell.com
Several studies have made strong efforts to understand how age and parity modulate the
risk of breast cancer. A holistic understanding of the dynamic regulation of the …

Combined inhibition of STAT3 and DNA repair in palbociclib-resistant ER-positive breast cancer

NM Kettner, S Vijayaraghavan, MG Durak, T Bui… - Clinical Cancer …, 2019 - AACR
Abstract Purpose: Cyclin-dependent kinase 4/6 (CDK4/6) inhibitors are currently used in
combination with endocrine therapy to treat advanced hormone receptor–positive, HER2 …

STAT5 is activated in macrophages by breast cancer cell-derived factors and regulates macrophage function in the tumor microenvironment

EA Jesser, NJ Brady, DN Huggins, PM Witschen… - Breast Cancer …, 2021 - Springer
Background In breast cancer, complex interactions between tumor cells and cells within the
surrounding stroma, such as macrophages, are critical for tumor growth, progression, and …

Loss of MutL disrupts CHK2-dependent cell-cycle control through CDK4/6 to promote intrinsic endocrine therapy resistance in primary breast cancer

S Haricharan, N Punturi, P Singh, KR Holloway… - Cancer discovery, 2017 - AACR
Significant endocrine therapy–resistant tumor proliferation is present in≥ 20% of estrogen
receptor–positive (ER+) primary breast cancers and is associated with disease recurrence …

Crosstalk between STAT5 activation and PI3K/AKT functions in normal and transformed mammary epithelial cells

PD Rädler, BL Wehde, KU Wagner - Molecular and cellular endocrinology, 2017 - Elsevier
Janus kinases (JAKs) and signal transducers and activators of transcription (STATs) have
been shown to function downstream of several peptide hormones and cytokines that are …

Hyperprolactinemia-inducing antipsychotics increase breast cancer risk by activating JAK-STAT5 in precancerous lesions

AN Johnston, W Bu, S Hein, S Garcia, L Camacho… - Breast Cancer …, 2018 - Springer
Background Psychiatric medications are widely prescribed in the USA. Many antipsychotics
cause serum hyperprolactinemia as an adverse side effect; prolactin-Janus kinase 2 (JAK2) …

The mutational landscape of the adult healthy parous and nulliparous human breast

B Cereser, A Yiu, N Tabassum, L Del Bel Belluz… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The accumulation of somatic mutations in healthy human tissues has been extensively
characterized, but the mutational landscape of the healthy breast is still poorly understood …

Inflammatory breast cancer: unique biological and therapeutic considerations

WA Woodward - The Lancet Oncology, 2015 - thelancet.com
Through the concerted efforts of many patients, health-care providers, legislators, and other
supporters, the past decade has seen the development of the first clinics dedicated to the …