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FRONTIERS IN ONCOLOGY
Volume 11, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2021.652266
Keywords
hypoxia; breast cancer; hypoxia-induced factors; biomarkers; oxidative stress; hypoxia-related treatment; precision medicine
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- Shanghai Yangpu District Health and Family Planning Commission Fund for Hao Yi Shi Training Project [201742]
- Natural Science Foundation of Shanghai [18ZR1436000]
- Krebsliga Schweiz [BIL KFS 4261-08-2017]
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In breast cancer, intratumoral hypoxia caused by abnormalities in microvasculature is associated with aggressive phenotype, metastasis risk, and resistance to treatments. Hypoxia-inducible factors (HIFs) play a key role in activating gene transcription related to tumor growth, invasion, and maintenance of cancer stem cell properties. Understanding and targeting hypoxia factors in breast cancer may have significant prognostic and predictive value, potentially impacting treatment outcomes.
Breast cancer has been the leading cause of female cancer deaths for decades. Intratumoral hypoxia, mainly caused by structural and functional abnormalities in microvasculature, is often associated with a more aggressive phenotype, increased risk of metastasis and resistance to anti-malignancy treatments. The response of cancer cells to hypoxia is ascribed to hypoxia-inducible factors (HIFs) that activate the transcription of a large battery of genes encoding proteins promoting primary tumor vascularization and growth, stromal cell recruitment, extracellular matrix remodeling, cell motility, local tissue invasion, metastasis, and maintenance of the cancer stem cell properties. In this review, we summarized the role of hypoxia specifically in breast cancer, discuss the prognostic and predictive value of hypoxia factors, potential links of hypoxia and endocrine resistance, cancer hypoxia measurements, further involved mechanisms, clinical application of hypoxia-related treatments and open questions.
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