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  Editor-in-Chief: Lewis A Chodosh (USA)
  Editor Emeritus: Bruce AJ Ponder (UK)
  Deputy editors: Hans-Olov Adami (Sweden), Jenny Chang (USA), Stephen RD Johnston (UK),
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Research highlight: ER+ breast cancer in BRCA1 carriers    Open Access
BRCA1 carriers who are older at first breast cancer diagnosis are more likely to have estrogen receptor (ER) positive tumors than younger BRCA1 carriers and these ER+ tumors may not be BRCA1-related.
Breast Cancer Research 2010, 12:R12

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MicroRNAs and their target gene networks in breast cancer
Elizabeth O'Day, Ashish Lal
Breast Cancer Research 2010, 12:201 (19 March 2010)
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Editorial    
Are estrogen receptor-positive breast cancers in BRCA1 mutation carriers sporadic?
Sunil R Lakhani, Kum Kum Khanna, Georgia Chenevix-Trench
Breast Cancer Research 2010, 12:104 (19 March 2010)
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Research article    
Potential prognostic value of heat shock protein 90 in the presence of phosphatidylinositol-3-kinase overexpression or loss of PTEN, in invasive breast cancers
Chang Hoon Song, So Yeon Park, Keun-Yong Eom, Jee Hyun Kim, Sung-Won Kim, Jae Sung Kim, In Ah Kim
Breast Cancer Research 2010, 12:R20 (12 March 2010)
[Abstract] [Provisional PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles]




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Genetic variation in the estrogen metabolic pathway and mammographic density as an intermediate phenotype of breast cancer
Jingmei Li, Louise Eriksson, Keith Humphreys, Kamila Czene, Jianjun Liu, Rulla M Tamimi, Sara Lindström, David J Hunter, Celine M Vachon, Fergus J Couch, Christopher G Scott, Pagona Lagiou, Per Hall
Breast Cancer Research 2010, 12:R19 (9 March 2010)
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The expression level of HJURP has an independent prognostic impact and predicts the sensitivity to radiotherapy in breast cancer
Zhi Hu, Ge Huang, Anguraj Sadanandam, Shenda Gu, Marc E Lenburg, Melody Pai, Nora Bayani, Eleanor A Blakely, Joe W Gray, Jian-Hua Mao
Breast Cancer Research 2010, 12:R18 (8 March 2010)
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Research article    
Prediction of breast cancer sensitivity to neoadjuvant chemotherapy based on status of DNA damage repair proteins
Hideki Asakawa, Hirotaka Koizumi, Ayaka Koike, Makiko Takahashi, Wenwen Wu, Hirotaka Iwase, Mamoru Fukuda, Tomohiko Ohta
Breast Cancer Research 2010, 12:R17 (5 March 2010)
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David W Miles
Breast Cancer Research 2009, 11:208 (28 August 2009)


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  • No proven correlation (Dene Godfrey, 18Feb2010)
    The review states: "Any increase in the disproportionality of breast cancer in the upper outer quadrant would be inconsistent with an explanation relating to the greater... [read full comment]
    Comment on: Darbre PD et al. Breast Cancer Research, 11:S5

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