2009
DNA Hypermethylation of ESR1 and PGR in Breast Cancer: Pathologic and Epidemiologic Associations
Gaudet MM, Campan M, Figueroa JD, Yang XR, Lissowska J, Peplonska B, Brinton LA, Rimm DL, Laird PW, Garcia-Closas M, Sherman ME. DNA Hypermethylation of ESR1 and PGR in Breast Cancer: Pathologic and Epidemiologic Associations. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention 2009, 18: 3036-3043. PMID: 19861523, PMCID: PMC2783691, DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.epi-09-0678.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBreast cancerPopulation-based case-control studyBreast cancer risk factorsPromoter CLevels of ERalphaPR-negative tumorsInvasive breast cancerCancer risk factorsCase-control studyPercentage of tumorsNegative breast cancerTumor tissue coresImproved risk predictionLower ERalphaTumor characteristicsPR expressionProgesterone receptorEpidemiologic associationRisk factorsInverse associationDNA hypermethylationPR levelsMost tumorsReceptor silencingTumors
2007
Differences in Risk Factors for Breast Cancer Molecular Subtypes in a Population-Based Study
Yang XR, Sherman ME, Rimm DL, Lissowska J, Brinton LA, Peplonska B, Hewitt SM, Anderson WF, Szeszenia-Dąbrowska N, Bardin-Mikolajczak A, Zatonski W, Cartun R, Mandich D, Rymkiewicz G, Ligaj M, Lukaszek S, Kordek R, García-Closas M. Differences in Risk Factors for Breast Cancer Molecular Subtypes in a Population-Based Study. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention 2007, 16: 439-443. PMID: 17372238, DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.epi-06-0806.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBasal-like tumorsMolecular subtypesBreast cancerClinical featuresRisk factorsRelative riskBreast cancer risk factorsBreast cancer molecular subtypesHuman epidermal growth factor receptorUnfavorable clinical featuresInvasive breast cancerBody mass indexCancer risk factorsDistinct clinical featuresCancer molecular subtypesEstrogen receptor alphaEpidermal growth factor receptorBreast Cancer StudyPolish Breast Cancer StudyGrowth factor receptorPremenopausal womenMass indexPathologic featuresProgesterone receptorOdds ratio