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BRCAness and Prognosis in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Patients Treated with Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2016
Tanino Hirokazu, Kosaka Yoshimasa, Nishimiya Hiroshi, Tanaka Youko, Minatani Naoko, Kikuchi Mariko, Shida Akiko, Waraya Mina, Katoh Hiroshi, Enomoto Takumo, Sengoku Norihiko, Kajita Sabine, Hoffman Robert M, Watanabe Masahiko
Abstract excerpt
BRCAness is defined as the set of traits in which BRCA1 dysfunction, arising from gene mutation, methylation or deletion, results in DNA repair deficiency. In the present study, we addressed BRCAness, therapeutic efficacy, recurrence, and survival in patients with triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) who were treated with neoadjuvant chemotherapy at Kitasato University Hospital, Japan, between April 2006 and...
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