Triple-Negative Breast Cancer: Subtypes with Clinical Implications

Feb 12, 2017 by in ONCOLOGY Comments Off on Triple-Negative Breast Cancer: Subtypes with Clinical Implications

TNBC Subtype Immunohistochemistry Molecular characteristics Adenoid cystic carcinoma ER−/PR−/HER2− in >90 % C-KIT+, P63+, EGFR+HCM−, calponin—Ki67 low, TP53—low Topo IIα expression t(6, 9)(q22–23;p23–24) MYB-NFIB fusion gene No EGFR gene amplification No…

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Molecular Basis of Breast Cancer Imaging

Feb 12, 2017 by in ONCOLOGY Comments Off on Molecular Basis of Breast Cancer Imaging

Fig. 1.1 Picture of a molecular breast imaging system. Courtesy of Jason Koshnitsky, Gamma Medica, Inc., Salem, NH Indications The indications for performance of a BSGI study include high-risk surveillance, alternative…

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The Molecular Pathology of Male Breast Cancer

Feb 12, 2017 by in ONCOLOGY Comments Off on The Molecular Pathology of Male Breast Cancer

Fig. 18.1 This four-panel set of photomicrograph shows the histology displayed in sections of 4 distinct male breast cancers and demonstrates morphological heterogeneity in these tumours. All ×400 Gene expression studies…

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Molecular Pathology of Pre-Invasive Ductal Carcinoma

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Fig. 6.1 Histologic grading of ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) It should be noted that while interobservor variability in the classification of DCIS has improved significantly since the adoption of the…

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Specimens for Molecular Testing in Breast Cancer

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© Springer Science+Business Media New York 2015Ashraf Khan, Ian O. Ellis, Andrew M. Hanby, Ediz F. Cosar, Emad A. Rakha and Dina Kandil (eds.)Precision Molecular Pathology of Breast CancerMolecular Pathology Library1010.1007/978-1-4939-2886-6_19 19. Specimens for Molecular Testing in Breast Cancer…

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Molecular Pathology of Breast Cancer Metastasis

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© Springer Science+Business Media New York 2015Ashraf Khan, Ian O. Ellis, Andrew M. Hanby, Ediz F. Cosar, Emad A. Rakha and Dina Kandil (eds.)Precision Molecular Pathology of Breast CancerMolecular Pathology Library1010.1007/978-1-4939-2886-6_16 16. Molecular Pathology of Breast Cancer Metastasis Mohammed A. Aleskandarany1,…

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Molecular Pathology of Hormone Regulation in Breast Cancer: Hormone Receptor Evaluation and Therapeutic Implications

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Fig. 8.1 Immunohistochemical staining of estrogen receptor showing granular/punctate brown nuclear staining in consistent with false positive pattern [55] Predictive Value of Hormone Receptor Expression in Breast Cancer A factor is…

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