2005
Patterns of reduced nipple aspirate fluid production and ductal lavage cellularity in women at high risk for breast cancer
Higgins SA, Matloff ET, Rimm DL, Dziura J, Haffty BG, King BL. Patterns of reduced nipple aspirate fluid production and ductal lavage cellularity in women at high risk for breast cancer. Breast Cancer Research 2005, 7: r1017. PMID: 16280052, PMCID: PMC1410733, DOI: 10.1186/bcr1335.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHigh-risk womenFluid-yielding ductsPrevious multicenter trialsMulticenter trialBreast cancerDuctal lavageLavage cellularityPresent seriesNAF productionSelective estrogen receptor modulatorsRisk-reducing therapiesRisk reduction therapyBRCA germline mutationsEstrogen receptor modulatorsBRCA-positive womenBreast cancer developmentEvaluation of abnormalitiesPostmenopausal statusHealthy womenBreast fluidIntraductal approachReceptor modulatorsRelative riskDuctal orificeReduction therapy
2002
Alterations of Smad signaling in human breast carcinoma are associated with poor outcome: a tissue microarray study.
Xie W, Mertens JC, Reiss DJ, Rimm DL, Camp RL, Haffty BG, Reiss M. Alterations of Smad signaling in human breast carcinoma are associated with poor outcome: a tissue microarray study. Cancer Research 2002, 62: 497-505. PMID: 11809701.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsBreast NeoplasmsCell DivisionCell LineDNA-Binding ProteinsFemaleGenes, BRCA1Genes, BRCA2Germ-Line MutationHeterozygoteHumansImmunohistochemistryKeratinocytesMammary Glands, AnimalMiceMice, Inbred BALB CPhosphorylationPregnancyPrognosisSignal TransductionSmad2 ProteinSmad3 ProteinSmad4 ProteinTrans-ActivatorsTransforming Growth Factor betaTumor Cells, CulturedConceptsHuman breast cancer cell linesBreast cancer cell linesHuman breast carcinomaBreast cancerCancer cell linesBreast carcinomaCell linesStage II breast cancerAxillary lymph node metastasisHuman breast cancer developmentHER2/neu expressionSmad signalingParticular histological subtypeProgesterone receptor expressionLymph node metastasisShorter overall survivalTGF-beta type II receptorTissue microarray studyBreast carcinoma specimensBreast cancer developmentTransgenic mouse modelHuman breast cancerHereditary breast cancerTGF-beta receptor signalingGrowth factor-beta signaling