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Changes in PIK3CA mutation status are not associated with recurrence, metastatic disease or progression in endocrine-treated breast cancer.
Breast cancer research and treatment - 1 Aug 2014
Arthur L M, Turnbull A K, Renshaw L, Keys J, Thomas J S, Wilson T R, Lackner M R, Sims A H, Dixon J M
Abstract excerpt
The phosphatidylinositol-3-kinase pathway plays an important role in proliferation, migration and survival in breast cancer and may play a role in resistance to endocrine therapy. Pathway activation occurs as a result of mutations in PIK3CA or loss of functional PTEN. Matched primary and recurrent samples from 120 breast cancer patients treated with endocrine therapy were profiled with a qPCR-based mutation assay...
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