Breast Cancer Research

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Identification of biology-based breast cancer types with distinct predictive and prognostic features: role of steroid hormone and HER2 receptor expression in patients treated with neoadjuvant anthracycline/taxane-based chemotherapy

Silvia Darb-Esfahani1, Sibylle Loibl2, Berit M Müller1, Marc Roller2, Carsten Denkert1*, Martina Komor2, Karsten Schlüns1, Jens Uwe Blohmer3, Jan Budczies1, Bernd Gerber4, Aurelia Noske1, Andreas du Bois5, Wilko Weichert1, Christian Jackisch6, Manfred Dietel1, Klaus Richter7, Manfred Kaufmann8 and Gunter von Minckwitz2

Author Affiliations

1 Institute of Pathology, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Charitéplatz 1, Berlin, 10117, Germany

2 GBG Forschungs GmbH, Schleussnerstrasse 42, Neu-Isenburg, 63263, Germany

3 Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, St. Gertrauden Hospital, Paretzer Str. 12, Berlin, 10713, Germany

4 Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Klinikum Südstadt, Südring 81, Rostock, 18059, Germany

5 Department of Gynecology and Gynecologic Oncology, Dr. Horst Schmidt Hospital (HSK), Ludwig-Erhard-Str. 100, Wiesbaden, 65199, Germany

6 Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Klinikum Offenbach, Starkenburgring 66, Offenbach am Main, 63069, Germany

7 Institute of Pathology, Berliner Allee 48, Hannover, 30175, Germany

8 Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Klinikum der Johann Wolofgang Goethe-Universität, Theodor-Stern-Kai 7, Frankfurt am Main, 60590, Germany

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Breast Cancer Research 2009, 11:R69 doi:10.1186/bcr2363

Published: 16 September 2009

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