Prognostic significance of subtype classification for short- and long-term survival in breast cancer: survival time holds the key

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. 2010 May 25;7(5):e1000281.

doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000281.

Prognostic significance of subtype classification for short- and long-term survival in breast cancer: survival time holds the key

Stefan Ambs¹

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¹ Laboratory of Human Carcinogenesis (LHC), Center for Cancer Research (CCR), National Cancer Institute (NCI), Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America. ambss@mail.nih.gov

PMID: 20520798
PMCID: PMC2876117
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000281

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Prognostic significance of subtype classification for short- and long-term survival in breast cancer: survival time holds the key

Stefan Ambs. PLoS Med. 2010.

. 2010 May 25;7(5):e1000281.

doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000281.

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Stefan Ambs¹

Affiliation

¹ Laboratory of Human Carcinogenesis (LHC), Center for Cancer Research (CCR), National Cancer Institute (NCI), Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America. ambss@mail.nih.gov

PMID: 20520798
PMCID: PMC2876117
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000281

Abstract

Stefan Ambs provides a perspective on a recent research article by Paul Pharoah and colleagues that evaluated the prognostic significance of immunohistochemical subtype classification in early breast cancer.

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Subtyping of breast cancer by immunohistochemistry to investigate a relationship between subtype and short and long term survival: a collaborative analysis of data for 10,159 cases from 12 studies.
Blows FM, Driver KE, Schmidt MK, Broeks A, van Leeuwen FE, Wesseling J, Cheang MC, Gelmon K, Nielsen TO, Blomqvist C, Heikkilä P, Heikkinen T, Nevanlinna H, Akslen LA, Bégin LR, Foulkes WD, Couch FJ, Wang X, Cafourek V, Olson JE, Baglietto L, Giles GG, Severi G, McLean CA, Southey MC, Rakha E, Green AR, Ellis IO, Sherman ME, Lissowska J, Anderson WF, Cox A, Cross SS, Reed MW, Provenzano E, Dawson SJ, Dunning AM, Humphreys M, Easton DF, García-Closas M, Caldas C, Pharoah PD, Huntsman D. Blows FM, et al. PLoS Med. 2010 May 25;7(5):e1000279. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000279. PLoS Med. 2010. PMID: 20520800 Free PMC article.

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[1] Berry DA, Cirrincione C, Henderson IC, Citron ML, Budman DR, Goldstein LJ, Martino S, Perez EA, Muss HB, Norton L, Hudis C, Winer EP. Estrogen-receptor status and outcomes of modern chemotherapy for patients with node-positive breast cancer. JAMA. 2006;295:1658–1667. - PMC - PubMed

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[3] Jatoi I, Chen BE, Anderson WF, Rosenberg PS. Breast cancer mortality trends in the United States according to estrogen receptor status and age at diagnosis. J Clin Oncol. 2007;25:1683–1690. - PubMed

[4] Jatoi I, Chen BE, Anderson WF, Rosenberg PS. Breast cancer mortality trends in the United States according to estrogen receptor status and age at diagnosis. J Clin Oncol. 2007;25:1683–1690. - PubMed

[5] Newman LA, Griffith KA, Jatoi I, Simon MS, Crowe JP, Colditz GA. Meta-analysis of survival in African American and white American patients with breast cancer: ethnicity compared with socioeconomic status. J Clin Oncol. 2006;24:1342–1349. - PubMed

[6] Newman LA, Griffith KA, Jatoi I, Simon MS, Crowe JP, Colditz GA. Meta-analysis of survival in African American and white American patients with breast cancer: ethnicity compared with socioeconomic status. J Clin Oncol. 2006;24:1342–1349. - PubMed

[7] Carey LA, Perou CM, Livasy CA, Dressler LG, Cowan D, Conway K, Karaca G, Troester MA, Tse CK, Edmiston S, Deming SL, Geradts J, Cheang MC, Nielsen TO, Moorman PG, Earp HS, Millikan RC. Race, breast cancer subtypes, and survival in the Carolina Breast Cancer Study. JAMA. 2006;295:2492–2502. - PubMed

[8] Carey LA, Perou CM, Livasy CA, Dressler LG, Cowan D, Conway K, Karaca G, Troester MA, Tse CK, Edmiston S, Deming SL, Geradts J, Cheang MC, Nielsen TO, Moorman PG, Earp HS, Millikan RC. Race, breast cancer subtypes, and survival in the Carolina Breast Cancer Study. JAMA. 2006;295:2492–2502. - PubMed

[9] Jemal A, Siegel R, Ward E, Hao Y, Xu J, Thun MJ. Cancer statistics, 2009. CA Cancer J Clin. 2009;59:225–249. - PubMed

[10] Jemal A, Siegel R, Ward E, Hao Y, Xu J, Thun MJ. Cancer statistics, 2009. CA Cancer J Clin. 2009;59:225–249. - PubMed

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