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CELL CYCLE
卷 5, 期 9, 页码 963-967出版社
LANDES BIOSCIENCE
DOI: 10.4161/cc.5.9.2713
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breast cancer; BRCA1; basal phenotype; breast stem cells
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Many BRCA1-related tumors have a distinct histological characteristics which together have been called basal-like. Typically such tumors are ER-, HER2- and express cytokeratin 5/6, cytokeratin 8/18, EGFR and vimentin. These characteristics can be used to predict which breast cancers are most likely to be associated with germline BRCA1 mutations which has important implications for breast pathologists. Moreover, BRCA1-related breast cancers generally have a poorer prognosis which may paradoxically be more pronounced in node negative cancers. This may relate in part to a different pattern of metastatic spread with in increased frequency of brain and lung metastases in BRCA1 carriers. Conversely, BRCA1-related tumors may respond better to neoadjuvant chemotherapy and their characteristic molecular signature may provide opportunities to develop specific molecular targeted therapies akin to traztuzumab in HER2+ cancers. Finally, many of the phenotypic features of BRCA1-related tumors might also be found in putative breast stem cells and therefore characterization of the BRCA1 breast cancer phenotype will improve our understanding of sporadic breast carcinogenesis.
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