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Correlation of breast cancer axillary lymph node metastases with stem cell mutations.
JAMA surgery - 1 Sept 2013
Donovan Cory A, Pommier Rodney F, Schillace Robynn, O'Neill Steven, Muller Patrick, Alabran Jennifer L, Hansen Juliana E, Murphy Jennifer A, Naik Arpana M, Vetto John T, Pommier Suellen J
Abstract excerpt
IMPORTANCE: Mutations in oncogenes AKT1, HRAS, and PIK3CA in breast cancers result in abnormal PI3K/Akt signaling and tumor proliferation. They occur in ductal carcinoma in situ, in breast cancers, and in breast cancer stem and progenitor cells (BCSCs). OBJECTIVES: To determine if variability in clinical presentation at diagnosis correlates with PI3K/Akt mutations in BCSCs and provides an early prognostic...
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