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BRCA1 promoter methylation is a marker of better response to anthracycline-based therapy in sporadic TNBC.
Breast cancer research and treatment - 1 Sept 2013
Ignatov T, Poehlmann A, Ignatov A, Schinlauer A, Costa S D, Roessner A, Kalinski T, Bischoff J
Abstract excerpt
The aim of the current study was to investigate the role of BRCA1 gene aberrations in sporadic triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) and its impact on anthracycline-based therapy. BRCA1 promoter methylation was analyzed in 70 TNBC and compared with the clinical and pathologic characteristics. As a control group, we used 70 patients with non-TNBC. BRCA1 promoter methylation was observed in 65.2 % of patients and...
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