Residual breast cancers after conventional therapy display mesenchymal as well as tumor-initiating features
Creighton CJ, Li X, Landis M, Dixon JM, Neumeister VM, Sjolund A, Rimm DL, Wong H, Rodriguez A, Herschkowitz JI, Fan C, Zhang X, He X, Pavlick A, Gutierrez MC, Renshaw L, Larionov AA, Faratian D, Hilsenbeck SG, Perou CM, Lewis MT, Rosen JM, Chang JC. Residual breast cancers after conventional therapy display mesenchymal as well as tumor-initiating features. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2009, 106: 13820-13825. PMID: 19666588, PMCID: PMC2720409, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0905718106.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBreast cancerConventional treatmentHigh tumor-initiating potentialResidual breast cancerBreast cancer patientsCell surface antigen profileLong-term survivalHuman breast tumorsBreast cancer cellsTumor-initiating cellsTumor-initiating potentialEndocrine therapyGene expression signaturesCancer patientsTumor cell populationClinical significanceMolecular subtypesTherapeutic strategiesMesenchymal markersMetalloproteinase-2Breast tumorsSubpopulation of cellsAntigen profileMesenchymal featuresTumor tissue