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HER2 discordance between primary and metastatic breast cancer: Assessing the clinical impact

Natalie Turner, +1 more
- 01 Dec 2013 - 
- Vol. 39, Iss: 8, pp 947-957
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Evidence of HER2 discordance leading to alterations in patient outcomes is limited, highlighting the need for further research in this area and suggesting that a more pragmatic approach to the decision to rebiopsy may be appropriate.
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This article is published in Cancer Treatment Reviews.The article was published on 2013-12-01. It has received 70 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Breast cancer.

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Receptor Conversion in Distant Breast Cancer Metastases: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

TL;DR: Receptor conversion for ERα, PR, and HER2 occurs frequently in the course of disease progression in breast cancer, and large prospective studies assessing the impact of receptor conversion on treatment efficacy and survival are needed.
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Challenges in the management of advanced, ER-positive, HER2-negative breast cancer.

TL;DR: The current evidence that can guide treatment decisions in patients with advanced-stage ER+ breast cancer is examined, how to tackle these therapeutic challenges are discussed and suggestions for the optimal management of this patient population are provided.

Overexpression of the HER2/neu Gene: A New Therapeutic Possibility for Patients With Advanced Gallbladder Cancer.

TL;DR: The results indicate that HER2/neu overexpression occurred in 14% of the advanced gallbladder cancer cases, which indicates that this subgroup of patients may benefit from inhibitors of the HER2-neu pathway.
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Caveolin-1 mediates cellular distribution of HER2 and affects trastuzumab binding and therapeutic efficacy.

TL;DR: The authors show that caveolin-1 (CAV1) regulates HER2 density at the cell membranes and that CAV1 gene knockdown or protein depletion via the cholesterol modulator lovastatin, increases trastuzumab binding and anti-tumor activity.
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Mechanisms of tamoxifen resistance: increased estrogen receptor-HER2/neu cross-talk in ER/HER2-positive breast cancer.

TL;DR: Gefitinib pretreatment eliminated tamoxifen's agonist effects, restored its antitumor activity both in vitro and in vivo in MCF-7/HER2-18 cells, and revealed molecular cross-talk between the ER and HER2 pathways was increased.
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HER-2 tyrosine kinase pathway targets estrogen receptor and promotes hormone-independent growth in human breast cancer cells.

TL;DR: It is demonstrated that introduction of a HER-2 cDNA, converting non-overexpressing breast cancer cells to those which overexpress this receptor results in development of estrogen-independent growth which is insensitive to both estrogen and the antiestrogen, tamoxifen.
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ESO-ESMO 2nd international consensus guidelines for advanced breast cancer (ABC2)

TL;DR: Advanced Breast Cancer (ABC) is a treatable but still generally incurable disease, although the range is wide, and survival may be longer for patients treated in specialized institutions and within each country.
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