Breast Cancer

Findings in breast cancer provide new insights

Published in Cancer Weekly, September 20th, 2005

Reports from Switzerland, Germany and the United States highlight recent research on breast cancer.

Study 1: Novel "molecular apocrine" breast tumors have been discovered and characterized through gene microarray analysis.

"Previous microarray studies on breast cancer identified multiple tumor classes, of which the most prominent, named luminal and basal, differ in expression of the estrogen receptor alpha gene (ER)," scientists in Switzerland explained.

In a recent study, P. Farmer and coauthors at the Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics identified "a group of breast tumors with increased androgen signalling and a 'molecular...

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Source: Cancer Weekly (2005-09-20)

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