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	Volume 10 Issue 6
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	Editorial PGRMC1: a new biomarker for the estrogen receptor in breast cancer Rolf J Craven Breast Cancer Research 2008, 10:113 (24 November 2008) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
	Editorial Putative growth characteristics of micrometastatic breast cancer Ann F Chambers, Paul E Goss Breast Cancer Research 2008, 10:114 (27 November 2008) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
	Editorial Approaches towards expression profiling the response to treatment Andrew H Sims, John MS Bartlett Breast Cancer Research 2008, 10:115 (8 December 2008) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central
	Viewpoint Osteopontin: a new role for a familiar actor Nicholas IF Johnston, Mohamed K El-Tanani Breast Cancer Research 2008, 10:306 (1 December 2008) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
	Review
	Review Local control by radiotherapy: is that all there is? Silvia C Formenti, Sandra Demaria Breast Cancer Research 2008, 10:215 (5 November 2008) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
	Review Genetic counselling and testing for inherited gene mutations in newly diagnosed patients with breast cancer: a review of the existing literature and a proposed research agenda Bettina Meiser, Kathy Tucker, Michael Friedlander, Kristine Barlow-Stewart, Elizabeth Lobb, Christobel Saunders, Gillian Mitchell Breast Cancer Research 2008, 10:216 (28 November 2008) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
	Review Eph receptors in breast cancer: roles in tumor promotion and tumor suppression David Vaught, Dana M Brantley-Sieders, Jin Chen Breast Cancer Research 2008, 10:217 (22 December 2008) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
	Research
	Research article A comprehensive analysis of prognostic signatures reveals the high predictive capacity of the Proliferation, Immune response and RNA splicing modules in breast cancer Fabien Reyal, Martin H van Vliet, Nicola J Armstrong, Hugo M Horlings, Karin E de Visser, Marlen Kok, Andrew E Teschendorff, Stella Mook, Laura van 't Veer, Carlos Caldas, Remy J Salmon, Marc Vijver, Lodewyk FA Wessels Breast Cancer Research 2008, 10:R93 (13 November 2008) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central
	Research article Heat shock protein-90-alpha, a prolactin-STAT5 target gene identified in breast cancer cells, is involved in apoptosis regulation Christian Perotti, Ruixuan Liu, Christine T Parusel, Nadine Böcher, Jörg Schultz, Peer Bork, Edith Pfitzner, Bernd Groner, Carrie S Shemanko Breast Cancer Research 2008, 10:R94 (13 November 2008) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central
	Research article IL-17 expression by breast-cancer-associated macrophages: IL-17 promotes invasiveness of breast cancer cell lines XingWu Zhu, Lori A Mulcahy, Rabab AA Mohammed, Andrew HS Lee, Hester A Franks, Laura Kilpatrick, Acelya Yilmazer, E Claire Paish, Ian O Ellis, Poulam M Patel, Andrew M Jackson Breast Cancer Research 2008, 10:R95 (17 November 2008) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central
	Research article ErbB3 is required for ductal morphogenesis in the mouse mammary gland Amy J Jackson-Fisher, Gary Bellinger, Jerrica L Breindel, Fatteneh A Tavassoli, Carmen J Booth, James K Duong, David F Stern Breast Cancer Research 2008, 10:R96 (18 November 2008) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
	Research article A functional Notch–survivin gene signature in basal breast cancer Connie W Lee, Karl Simin, Qin Liu, Janet Plescia, Minakshi Guha, Ashraf Khan, Chung-Cheng Hsieh, Dario C Altieri Breast Cancer Research 2008, 10:R97 (24 November 2008) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central \| Editor’s summary Notch-1-survivin functional gene signature validation as a basal breast cancer hallmark suggests novel roles for Notch and survivin antagonists as molecular therapies against this recurrence-prone disease type.
	Research article Genetic variation in stromal proteins decorin and lumican with breast cancer: investigations in two case-control studies Linda E Kelemen, Fergus J Couch, Shahana Ahmed, Alison M Dunning, Paul DP Pharoah, Douglas F Easton, Zachary S Fredericksen, Robert A Vierkant, V Shane Pankratz, Ellen L Goode, Christopher G Scott, David N Rider, Xianshu Wang, James R Cerhan, Celine M Vachon Breast Cancer Research 2008, 10:R98 (26 November 2008) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central
	Research article Y-box binding protein-1 serine 102 is a downstream target of p90 ribosomal S6 kinase in basal-like breast cancer cells Anna L Stratford, Christopher J Fry, Curtis Desilets, Alastair H Davies, Yong Y Cho, Yvonne Li, Zigang Dong, Isabelle M Berquin, Philippe P Roux, Sandra E Dunn Breast Cancer Research 2008, 10:R99 (27 November 2008) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central
	Research article PAI-1 and functional blockade of SNAI1 in breast cancer cell migration Elizabeth Fabre-Guillevin, Michel Malo, Amandine Cartier-Michaud, Hector Peinado, Gema Moreno-Bueno, Benoît Vallée, Daniel A Lawrence, José Palacios, Amparo Cano, Georgia Barlovatz-Meimon, Cécile Charrière-Bertrand Breast Cancer Research 2008, 10:R100 (3 December 2008) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central
	Research article Frequent PTEN genomic alterations and activated phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase pathway in basal-like breast cancer cells Bérengère Marty, Virginie Maire, Eléonore Gravier, Guillem Rigaill, Anne Vincent-Salomon, Marion Kappler, Ingrid Lebigot, Fathia Djelti, Audrey Tourdès, Pierre Gestraud, Philippe Hupé, Emmanuel Barillot, Francisco Cruzalegui, Gordon C Tucker, Marc-Henri Stern, Jean-Paul Thiery, John A Hickman, Thierry Dubois Breast Cancer Research 2008, 10:R101 (3 December 2008) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central
	Research article Digoxin treatment is associated with an increased incidence of breast cancer: a population-based case-control study Thomas P Ahern, Timothy L Lash, Henrik T Sørensen, Lars Pedersen Breast Cancer Research 2008, 10:R102 (3 December 2008) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Editor’s summary A modest increase in breast cancer risk was associated with the use of digoxin, a cardiac glycoside used to treat atrial fibrillation, in a case control study of over 55,000 women.
	Research article Anti-oestrogens but not oestrogen deprivation promote cellular invasion in intercellular adhesion-deficient breast cancer cells Annabel C Borley, Stephen Hiscox, Julia Gee, Chris Smith, Victoria Shaw, Peter Barrett-Lee, Robert I Nicholson Breast Cancer Research 2008, 10:R103 (4 December 2008) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central \| Editor’s summary Tamoxifen, used to treat ER+ breast cancer, can promote an invasive cell phenotype under conditions of poor cell-cell contact, indicating a role for oestrogen deprivation treatment in these cases.
	Research article Buthionine sulfoximine sensitizes antihormone-resistant human breast cancer cells to estrogen-induced apoptosis Joan S Lewis-Wambi, Helen R Kim, Chris Wambi, Roshani Patel, Jennifer R Pyle, Andres J Klein-Szanto, V Craig Jordan Breast Cancer Research 2008, 10:R104 (5 December 2008) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central
	Research article Proteomic analysis of tumor necrosis factor-α resistant human breast cancer cells reveals a MEK5/Erk5-mediated epithelial-mesenchymal transition phenotype Changhua Zhou, Ashley M Nitschke, Wei Xiong, Qiang Zhang, Yan Tang, Michael Bloch, Steven Elliott, Yun Zhu, Lindsey Bazzone, David Yu, Christopher B Weldon, Rachel Schiff, John A McLachlan, Barbara S Beckman, Thomas E Wiese, Kenneth P Nephew, Bin Shan, Matthew E Burow, Guangdi Wang Breast Cancer Research 2008, 10:R105 (16 December 2008) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central
	Research article Deoxycholate promotes survival of breast cancer cells by reducing the level of pro-apoptotic ceramide Kannan Krishnamurthy, Guanghu Wang, Dmitriy Rokhfeld, Erhard Bieberich Breast Cancer Research 2008, 10:R106 (16 December 2008) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
	Research article The influence of menstrual risk factors on tumor characteristics and survival in postmenopausal breast cancer Chantal C Orgéas, Per Hall, Lena U Rosenberg, Kamila Czene Breast Cancer Research 2008, 10:R107 (16 December 2008) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Editor’s summary Younger age at menarche is associated with higher-grade breast tumours, increased risk of lymph node metastasis and reduced five-year survival, indicates a population based study of over 2500 women.
	Research article The influence of genetic variation in 30 selected genes on the clinical characteristics of early onset breast cancer William Tapper, Victoria Hammond, Sue Gerty, Sarah Ennis, Peter Simmonds, Andrew Collins, the Prospective study of Outcomes in Sporadic versus Hereditary breast cancer (POSH) Steering Group, Diana Eccles Breast Cancer Research 2008, 10:R108 (18 December 2008) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central
	Research article EZH2 and BMI1 inversely correlate with prognosis and TP53 mutation in breast cancer Alexandra M Pietersen, Hugo M Horlings, Michael Hauptmann, Anita Langerød, Abderrahim Ajouaou, Paulien Cornelissen-Steijger, Lodewijk F Wessels, Jos Jonkers, Marc Vijver, Maarten van Lohuizen Breast Cancer Research 2008, 10:R109 (19 December 2008) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central

	Volume 10 Issue 6
	Comment
	Editorial PGRMC1: a new biomarker for the estrogen receptor in breast cancer Rolf J Craven Breast Cancer Research 2008, 10:113 (24 November 2008) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
	Editorial Putative growth characteristics of micrometastatic breast cancer Ann F Chambers, Paul E Goss Breast Cancer Research 2008, 10:114 (27 November 2008) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
	Editorial Approaches towards expression profiling the response to treatment Andrew H Sims, John MS Bartlett Breast Cancer Research 2008, 10:115 (8 December 2008) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central
	Viewpoint Osteopontin: a new role for a familiar actor Nicholas IF Johnston, Mohamed K El-Tanani Breast Cancer Research 2008, 10:306 (1 December 2008) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
	Review
	Review Local control by radiotherapy: is that all there is? Silvia C Formenti, Sandra Demaria Breast Cancer Research 2008, 10:215 (5 November 2008) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
	Review Genetic counselling and testing for inherited gene mutations in newly diagnosed patients with breast cancer: a review of the existing literature and a proposed research agenda Bettina Meiser, Kathy Tucker, Michael Friedlander, Kristine Barlow-Stewart, Elizabeth Lobb, Christobel Saunders, Gillian Mitchell Breast Cancer Research 2008, 10:216 (28 November 2008) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
	Review Eph receptors in breast cancer: roles in tumor promotion and tumor suppression David Vaught, Dana M Brantley-Sieders, Jin Chen Breast Cancer Research 2008, 10:217 (22 December 2008) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
	Research
	Research article A comprehensive analysis of prognostic signatures reveals the high predictive capacity of the Proliferation, Immune response and RNA splicing modules in breast cancer Fabien Reyal, Martin H van Vliet, Nicola J Armstrong, Hugo M Horlings, Karin E de Visser, Marlen Kok, Andrew E Teschendorff, Stella Mook, Laura van 't Veer, Carlos Caldas, Remy J Salmon, Marc Vijver, Lodewyk FA Wessels Breast Cancer Research 2008, 10:R93 (13 November 2008) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central
	Research article Heat shock protein-90-alpha, a prolactin-STAT5 target gene identified in breast cancer cells, is involved in apoptosis regulation Christian Perotti, Ruixuan Liu, Christine T Parusel, Nadine Böcher, Jörg Schultz, Peer Bork, Edith Pfitzner, Bernd Groner, Carrie S Shemanko Breast Cancer Research 2008, 10:R94 (13 November 2008) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central
	Research article IL-17 expression by breast-cancer-associated macrophages: IL-17 promotes invasiveness of breast cancer cell lines XingWu Zhu, Lori A Mulcahy, Rabab AA Mohammed, Andrew HS Lee, Hester A Franks, Laura Kilpatrick, Acelya Yilmazer, E Claire Paish, Ian O Ellis, Poulam M Patel, Andrew M Jackson Breast Cancer Research 2008, 10:R95 (17 November 2008) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central
	Research article ErbB3 is required for ductal morphogenesis in the mouse mammary gland Amy J Jackson-Fisher, Gary Bellinger, Jerrica L Breindel, Fatteneh A Tavassoli, Carmen J Booth, James K Duong, David F Stern Breast Cancer Research 2008, 10:R96 (18 November 2008) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
	Research article A functional Notch–survivin gene signature in basal breast cancer Connie W Lee, Karl Simin, Qin Liu, Janet Plescia, Minakshi Guha, Ashraf Khan, Chung-Cheng Hsieh, Dario C Altieri Breast Cancer Research 2008, 10:R97 (24 November 2008) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central \| Editor’s summary Notch-1-survivin functional gene signature validation as a basal breast cancer hallmark suggests novel roles for Notch and survivin antagonists as molecular therapies against this recurrence-prone disease type.
	Research article Genetic variation in stromal proteins decorin and lumican with breast cancer: investigations in two case-control studies Linda E Kelemen, Fergus J Couch, Shahana Ahmed, Alison M Dunning, Paul DP Pharoah, Douglas F Easton, Zachary S Fredericksen, Robert A Vierkant, V Shane Pankratz, Ellen L Goode, Christopher G Scott, David N Rider, Xianshu Wang, James R Cerhan, Celine M Vachon Breast Cancer Research 2008, 10:R98 (26 November 2008) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central
	Research article Y-box binding protein-1 serine 102 is a downstream target of p90 ribosomal S6 kinase in basal-like breast cancer cells Anna L Stratford, Christopher J Fry, Curtis Desilets, Alastair H Davies, Yong Y Cho, Yvonne Li, Zigang Dong, Isabelle M Berquin, Philippe P Roux, Sandra E Dunn Breast Cancer Research 2008, 10:R99 (27 November 2008) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central
	Research article PAI-1 and functional blockade of SNAI1 in breast cancer cell migration Elizabeth Fabre-Guillevin, Michel Malo, Amandine Cartier-Michaud, Hector Peinado, Gema Moreno-Bueno, Benoît Vallée, Daniel A Lawrence, José Palacios, Amparo Cano, Georgia Barlovatz-Meimon, Cécile Charrière-Bertrand Breast Cancer Research 2008, 10:R100 (3 December 2008) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central
	Research article Frequent PTEN genomic alterations and activated phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase pathway in basal-like breast cancer cells Bérengère Marty, Virginie Maire, Eléonore Gravier, Guillem Rigaill, Anne Vincent-Salomon, Marion Kappler, Ingrid Lebigot, Fathia Djelti, Audrey Tourdès, Pierre Gestraud, Philippe Hupé, Emmanuel Barillot, Francisco Cruzalegui, Gordon C Tucker, Marc-Henri Stern, Jean-Paul Thiery, John A Hickman, Thierry Dubois Breast Cancer Research 2008, 10:R101 (3 December 2008) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central
	Research article Digoxin treatment is associated with an increased incidence of breast cancer: a population-based case-control study Thomas P Ahern, Timothy L Lash, Henrik T Sørensen, Lars Pedersen Breast Cancer Research 2008, 10:R102 (3 December 2008) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Editor’s summary A modest increase in breast cancer risk was associated with the use of digoxin, a cardiac glycoside used to treat atrial fibrillation, in a case control study of over 55,000 women.
	Research article Anti-oestrogens but not oestrogen deprivation promote cellular invasion in intercellular adhesion-deficient breast cancer cells Annabel C Borley, Stephen Hiscox, Julia Gee, Chris Smith, Victoria Shaw, Peter Barrett-Lee, Robert I Nicholson Breast Cancer Research 2008, 10:R103 (4 December 2008) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central \| Editor’s summary Tamoxifen, used to treat ER+ breast cancer, can promote an invasive cell phenotype under conditions of poor cell-cell contact, indicating a role for oestrogen deprivation treatment in these cases.
	Research article Buthionine sulfoximine sensitizes antihormone-resistant human breast cancer cells to estrogen-induced apoptosis Joan S Lewis-Wambi, Helen R Kim, Chris Wambi, Roshani Patel, Jennifer R Pyle, Andres J Klein-Szanto, V Craig Jordan Breast Cancer Research 2008, 10:R104 (5 December 2008) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central
	Research article Proteomic analysis of tumor necrosis factor-α resistant human breast cancer cells reveals a MEK5/Erk5-mediated epithelial-mesenchymal transition phenotype Changhua Zhou, Ashley M Nitschke, Wei Xiong, Qiang Zhang, Yan Tang, Michael Bloch, Steven Elliott, Yun Zhu, Lindsey Bazzone, David Yu, Christopher B Weldon, Rachel Schiff, John A McLachlan, Barbara S Beckman, Thomas E Wiese, Kenneth P Nephew, Bin Shan, Matthew E Burow, Guangdi Wang Breast Cancer Research 2008, 10:R105 (16 December 2008) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central
	Research article Deoxycholate promotes survival of breast cancer cells by reducing the level of pro-apoptotic ceramide Kannan Krishnamurthy, Guanghu Wang, Dmitriy Rokhfeld, Erhard Bieberich Breast Cancer Research 2008, 10:R106 (16 December 2008) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
	Research article The influence of menstrual risk factors on tumor characteristics and survival in postmenopausal breast cancer Chantal C Orgéas, Per Hall, Lena U Rosenberg, Kamila Czene Breast Cancer Research 2008, 10:R107 (16 December 2008) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Editor’s summary Younger age at menarche is associated with higher-grade breast tumours, increased risk of lymph node metastasis and reduced five-year survival, indicates a population based study of over 2500 women.
	Research article The influence of genetic variation in 30 selected genes on the clinical characteristics of early onset breast cancer William Tapper, Victoria Hammond, Sue Gerty, Sarah Ennis, Peter Simmonds, Andrew Collins, the Prospective study of Outcomes in Sporadic versus Hereditary breast cancer (POSH) Steering Group, Diana Eccles Breast Cancer Research 2008, 10:R108 (18 December 2008) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central
	Research article EZH2 and BMI1 inversely correlate with prognosis and TP53 mutation in breast cancer Alexandra M Pietersen, Hugo M Horlings, Michael Hauptmann, Anita Langerød, Abderrahim Ajouaou, Paulien Cornelissen-Steijger, Lodewijk F Wessels, Jos Jonkers, Marc Vijver, Maarten van Lohuizen Breast Cancer Research 2008, 10:R109 (19 December 2008) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central

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