Annals of Breast Cancer and Therapy Archives

Original Article | 10.36959/739/529 Volume 7 Issue 1

Meta-Analysis of Transcriptomic Responses to Tamoxifen Therapy in Breast Cancer

Authors: Hamed Kharrati-Koopaee, Seyed Taghi Heydari and Kamran Bagheri Lankarani

Tamoxifen (Tam) is an effective hormone therapy in order to reduce the risk of cancer recurrence. Investigation of the effect of Tam on transcriptome features by meta-analysis can help us to understan... Read more

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Case Report | 10.36959/739/528 Volume 6 Issue 1

Olaparib for Simultaneous Occurrence of Breast Cancer and Ovarian Cancer with BRCA1

Authors: Rina Tanaka, Akinori Sasaki, Shoko Sano and Ken Mizokami

Olaparib, a poly ADP-ribose polymerase (PARP) inhibitor, is associated with a high tumor response rate among patients with breast cancer susceptibility (BRCA) genes. The efficacy and safety of olapari... Read more

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Original Article | 10.36959/739/527 Volume 5 Issue 1

Dietary Acid Load and Breast Cancer Risk: A Case-Control Study in Uruguay

Authors: Alvaro L Ronco, Wilner Martinez-Lopez, Beatriz Mendoza and Juan M Calderon

If the endogenous acid-base balance is not well regulated, dietary acid load contributes to metabolic acidosis, leading to inflammation and cell transformation, which can contribute to the development... Read more

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Research Article | 10.36959/739/526 Volume 4 Issue 1

Patterns of Care and Predictors of Survival among DCIS Patients: An NCDB Analysis

Authors: Justine S Broecker, Yuan S Liu, Betsey Dewey, Toncred Styblo and Theresa S Gillespie

The National Cancer Database (NCDB) was queried to identify all patients diagnosed with DCIS between 2004- 2015. After applying exclusion criteria, Cox proportional hazards and Kaplan-Meier analysis w... Read more

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Original Article | 10.36959/739/525 Volume 4 Issue 1

Unmet Clinical Need: Developing Prognostic Biomarkers and Precision Medicine to Forecast Early Tumor Relapse, Detect Chemo-Resistance and Improve Overall Survival in High-Risk Breast Cancer

Authors: Gagan Gupta, MS, Caroline Dasom Lee, MD, Mary L Guye, MD, FACS, Robert E Van Sciver, PhD, Michael P Lee, MD, Alex C Lafever, MD, Anthony Pang, BS, Angela M Tang-Tan, BS, Janet S Winston, MD, Billur Samli, MD, Rick J Jansen, PhD, Richard A Hoefer, DO, FACS and Amy H Tang, PhD

Chemo-resistant breast cancer is a major barrier to curative treatment for a significant number of women with breast cancer. Neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NACT) is standard firstline treatment for most wo... Read more

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Case Report | 10.36959/739/524 Volume 4 Issue 1

Difficult-to-Diagnose Hormone-Negative, Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor 2-Positive Poorly-Differentiated Breast Cancer in a Male Patient

Authors: Masahiro Kitada, MD, Shunsuke Yasuda, MD, Masahiro Abe, MD, Nana Yoshida, MD, Satoshi Okazaki, MD and Kei Ishibashi, MD

A 67-year-old man working in Southeast Asia presented for evaluation. The patient had visited a different hospital with general malaise and rapid weight loss. CT and MRI showed a giant mediastinal tum... Read more

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Case Report | 10.36959/739/523 Volume 3 Issue 1

Hormone-Negative, Her2-Positive Male Breast Cancer with a Poor Prognosis: A Case Report

Authors: Masahiro Kitada, MD, Shunsuke Yasuda, Masahiro Abe, Nana Yoshida, Satoshi Okazaki and Kei Ishibashi

We experienced a case of HER2-positive male breast cancer with a poor prognosis. A 64-year-old man visited our hospital due to general malaise, a left breast mass, and neck edema. The patient was diag... Read more

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Research Article | 10.36959/739/522 Volume 3 Issue 1

The Lived Experience of African American Women with Lymphedema

Authors: Deborah Collins-Bohler, PhD, CG, MSN, RN

African American women have a greater number of aggressive cancer treatments and higher incidence of Breast Cancer-Related Lymphedema (BCRLE) than Caucasians. BCRLE cannot be cured and the treatment r... Read more

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Case Report | 10.36959/739/521 Volume 2 Issue 1

Glioblastoma and Breast Cancer: Case Report

Authors: Lopez Gonzalez A1 , López Flores M, Garcia Cosamalon J, Rueda Castanon R, Ribas T and García Palomo A

A 63-years-old woman was admitted to the hospital due to severe headache and episodes of temporospatial disorientation. She was diagnosed of infiltrating ductal carcinoma of the left breast pT2N0M0 ei... Read more

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Case Series | 10.36959/739/520 Volume 1 Issue 1

Papillary Carcinoma of the Male Breast: A Case Series

Authors: Caitlin Yee, Bo Angela Wan, Leah Drost, Justin Lee, Vithusha Ganesh, Akanksha Kulshreshtha, Danny Vesprini, Henry Lam and Edward Chow

Papillary carcinoma and papillary carcinoma in situ refer histological groups of invasive and pre-invasive breast cancers. Although papillary carcinoma of the breast is very rare overall, it appears a... Read more

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Research Article | 10.36959/739/519 Volume 1 Issue 1

Not All Lumps in Male Breast Referred to the Cancer Centre are Cancerous: A Single Institution Review

Authors: Bo Angela Wan, Caitlin Yee, Vithusha Ganesh, Philomena Sousa, Leah Drost, Akanksha Kulshreshtha, Justin Lee, Eileen Rakovitch, Danny Vesprini, Henry Lam and Edward Chow

Presentations of the breast abnormalities in male can include palpable lump, pain, and nipple or skin changes. In female patients, these may be early signs of breast cancer. However in male patients, ... Read more

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Case Report | 10.36959/739/518 Volume 1 Issue 1

Presentation and Diagnosis of Desmoid Tumours (Fibromatosis) in the Male Breast: A Case Report

Authors: Akanksha Kulshreshtha, Bo Angela Wan, Leah Drost, Caitlin Yee, Vithusha Ganesh, Justin Lee, Danny Vesprini, Henry Lam and Edward Chow

Desmoid tumours, also referred to as fibromatosis, are benign masses found in the abdominal wall. It is extremely rare to find them within extra-abdominal sites and desmoid tumours account for less th... Read more

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Case Series | 10.36959/739/517 Volume 1 Issue 1

Mucinous Carcinoma of the Male Breast: A Case Series

Authors: Akanksha Kulshreshtha, Bo Angela Wan, Caitlin Yee, Leah Drost, Vithusha Ganesh, Justin Lee, Danny Vesprini, Henry Lam and Edward Chow

Mucinous carcinoma is a rarely encountered breast cancer type in women and men alike. Histologically, mucinous cancers are identified as clusters of neoplastic cells within extracellular mucin.... Read more

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Case Report | 10.36959/739/516 Volume 1 Issue 1

Apocrine Carcinoma of the Male Breast: A Case Report

Authors: Caitlin Yee, Bo Angela Wan, Leah Drost, Justin Lee, Vithusha Ganesh, Akanksha Kulshreshtha, Vithusha Ganesh, Danny Vesprini, Henry Lam and Edward Chow

Invasive Apocrine Carcinoma (IAC) of the breast is a rare form of Invasive Ductal Carcinoma (IDC). Whether or not IAC is clinically distinct from IDC is unclear.... Read more

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Review Article | 10.36959/739/515 Volume 1 Issue 1

Referral Rate for, and Uptake of Genetic Testing in Women Diagnosed With Breast Cancer ≤ 35 and Triple Negative Breast Cancer (TNBC) ≤ 50

Authors: Amber Murphy, Laurie Elit, Kathleen Bell, Greg Pond and Louise Bordeleau

With the advent of novel treatment options for women with known BRCA status and breast cancer, it is important to understand the process and efficiency of referral to a genetics program. ... Read more

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Case Report | 10.36959/739/514 Volume 1 Issue 1

Alcohol Consumption and Nutrition Facts in Breast Cancer: From a Case

Authors: Miguel Angel Acosta-Benito

A 53-year-old female presents a nodule in the right breast's external inferior quadrant since one month ago, fixed in the subcutaneous tissue and painful. No lymphadenopathy is present in the armpit. ... Read more

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Commentary | 10.36959/739/513 Volume 1 Issue 1

Comments on the Book "The Training of Future Cancer Researchers"

Authors: Jose Russo

The Training of Future Cancer Researchers explores the human basis of the scientific endeavor as related to cancer research from a cultural and historical perspective. In the first chapter Professor R... Read more

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