2023
Prevalence of targetable genomic alterations in young women with advanced breast cancer: a cross-sectional study
Blansky D, Ansari N, Gao L, Sokol E, Sivakumar S, Huang R, Pelletier M, Levy M, Pavlick D, Danziger N, Ross J, Lustberg M, Rozenblit M. Prevalence of targetable genomic alterations in young women with advanced breast cancer: a cross-sectional study. Breast Cancer Research And Treatment 2023, 204: 181-185. PMID: 37999916, DOI: 10.1007/s10549-023-07179-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchComprehensive genomic profilingBreast cancerYoung womenGenomic alterationsAdvanced breast cancerPD-L1 expressionTargetable genomic alterationsWorse clinical outcomesTime of diagnosisTumor mutational burdenCross-sectional studyBreast cancer casesFoundation MedicineClinical outcomesPIK3CA mutationsCancer casesEstrogen receptorMutational burdenOlder womenConclusionOur findingsTotal casesBreast tumorsTumor tissueBRCA1 mutationsMicrosatellite instability
2022
Evidence of accelerated epigenetic aging of breast tissues in patients with breast cancer is driven by CpGs associated with polycomb-related genes
Rozenblit M, Hofstatter E, Liu Z, O’Meara T, Storniolo AM, Dalela D, Singh V, Pusztai L, Levine M. Evidence of accelerated epigenetic aging of breast tissues in patients with breast cancer is driven by CpGs associated with polycomb-related genes. Clinical Epigenetics 2022, 14: 30. PMID: 35209953, PMCID: PMC8876160, DOI: 10.1186/s13148-022-01249-z.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNormal breast tissueBreast cancerEpigenetic age accelerationBreast tissuePeripheral bloodAge accelerationStrong risk factorBreast cancer riskTissue/blood samplesGood surrogate markerBreast cancer diagnosisHealthy controlsRisk factorsSurrogate markerCancer riskBlood samplesTumor tissueCancerCancer diagnosisNew scoreTissueUnaffected individualsBloodEpigenetic aging signaturesEpigenetic aging