Breast Cancer Research and Treatment

Coexistence of the loss of heterozygosity at the PTEN locus and HER2 overexpression enhances the Akt activity thus leading to a negative progesterone receptor expression in breast carcinoma
pp. 249-257(9)
Authors: Tokunaga, Eriko; Oki, Eiji; Kimura, Yasue; Yamanaka, Takeharu; Egashira, Akinori; Nishida, Kojiro; Koga, Tadashi; Morita, Masaru; Kakeji, Yoshihiro; Maehara, Yoshihiko

Expression of neuronal protein synuclein gamma gene as a novel marker for breast cancer prognosis
pp. 259-267(9)
Authors: Wu, Kejin; Quan, Zhiwei; Weng, Ziyi; Li, Fangming; Zhang, Yichu; Yao, Xiaohong; Chen, Yiding; Budman, Daniel; Goldberg, Itzhak; Shi, Y.

Overexpression of the wip1 gene abrogates the p38 MAPK/p53/Wip1 pathway and silences p16 expression in human breast cancers
pp. 269-278(10)
Authors: Yu, Eunsil; Ahn, Yeon; Jang, Se; Kim, Mi-Jung; Yoon, Ho; Gong, Gyungyub; Choi, Jene

Correlation between genetic and biological aspects in primary non-metastatic breast cancers and corresponding synchronous axillary lymph node metastasis
pp. 279-284(6)
Authors: D'Andrea, Mario R.; Limiti, Maria R.; Bari, Mario; Zambenedetti, Pamela; Montagutti, Adriana; Ricci, Francesca; Pappagallo, Giovanni L.; Sartori, Donata; Vinante, Orazio; Mingazzini, Pietro L.

Long-Term Management of Breast Cancer-Related Lymphedema after Intensive Decongestive Physiotherapy
pp. 285-290(6)
Authors: Vignes, Stéphane; Porcher, Raphaël; Arrault, Maria; Dupuy, Alain

Accuracy and Underestimation of Malignancy of Breast Core Needle Biopsy: the Florence Experience of Over 4000 Consecutive Biopsies
pp. 291-297(7)
Authors: Ciatto, Stefano; Houssami, Nehmat; Ambrogetti, Daniela; Bianchi, Simonetta; Bonardi, Rita; Brancato, Beniamino; Catarzi, Sandra; Risso, Gabriella

Differential Roles of Angiotensinogen and Angiotensin Receptor type 1 Polymorphisms in Breast Cancer Risk
pp. 299-304(6)
Authors: Ladd, A.; Vásquez, A.; Siemes, C.; Yazdanpanah, M.; Coebergh, J.; Hofman, A.; Stricker, B.; Duijn, C.

Possible involvement of CCT5, RGS3, and YKT6 genes up-regulated in p53-mutated tumors in resistance to docetaxel in human breast cancers
pp. 305-315(11)
Authors: Ooe, Asako; Kato, Kikuya; Noguchi, Shinzaburo

Factors associated with the incompliance with mammogram screening among individuals with a family history of breast cancer or ovarian cancer
pp. 317-324(8)
Authors: Wu, Hongyu; Zhu, Kangmin; Jatoi, Ismail; Shah, Mona; Shriver, Craig; Potter, John

Cost-utility of adjuvant hormone therapies for breast cancer in post-menopausal women: sequential tamoxifen-exemestane and upfront anastrozole
pp. 325-333(9)
Authors: Skedgel, C.; Rayson, D.; Dewar, R.; Younis, T.

The management of ductal carcinoma in situ of the breast: a screened population-based analysis
pp. 335-347(13)
Authors: Rakovitch, Eileen; Pignol, Jean-Philippe; Chartier, Carole; Hanna, Wedad; Kahn, Hariette; Wong, John; Mai, Verna; Paszat, Lawrence

Metaplastic carcinoma of the breast, an unusual disease with worse prognosis: the experience of the European Institute of Oncology and review of the literature
pp. 349-353(5)
Authors: Luini, Alberto; Aguilar, Marisel; Gatti, Giovanna; Fasani, Roberta; Botteri, Edoardo; Brito, Jack; Maisonneuve, Patrick; Vento, Anna; Viale, Giuseppe

Randomized Phase II Trial of weekly paclitaxel alone versus trastuzumab plus weekly paclitaxel as first-line therapy of patients with Her-2 positive advanced breast cancer
pp. 355-365(11)
Authors: Gasparini, Giampietro; Gion, Massimo; Mariani, Luigi; Papaldo, Paola; Crivellari, Diana; Filippelli, Gianfranco; Morabito, Alessandro; Silingardi, Vittorio; Torino, Francesco; Spada, Antonella; Zancan, Matelda; Sio, Livia; Caputo, Antonio; Cognetti, Francesco; Lambiase, Antonio; Amadori, Dino