2018
Increased epigenetic age in normal breast tissue from luminal breast cancer patients
Hofstatter EW, Horvath S, Dalela D, Gupta P, Chagpar AB, Wali VB, Bossuyt V, Storniolo AM, Hatzis C, Patwardhan G, Von Wahlde MK, Butler M, Epstein L, Stavris K, Sturrock T, Au A, Kwei S, Pusztai L. Increased epigenetic age in normal breast tissue from luminal breast cancer patients. Clinical Epigenetics 2018, 10: 112. PMID: 30157950, PMCID: PMC6114717, DOI: 10.1186/s13148-018-0534-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNormal breast tissueBreast cancer patientsBreast cancerCancer patientsEpigenetic age accelerationBreast tissueAge accelerationLuminal breast cancer patientsNormal adjacent breast tissueNormal breast tissue samplesIncident breast cancerTissue samplesNon-tumor sitesBreast cancer riskImportant risk factorAdjacent breast tissueKomen Tissue BankChronological ageBreast cancer statusMalignant breast tissueNormal tissue samplesAge-related changesBreast tissue samplesBreast surgeryUnaffected women
2017
Comparison of epigenetic aging in normal breast tissue from women with and without breast cancer.
Hofstatter E, Horvath S, Chagpar A, Wali V, Bossuyt V, Storniolo A, Patwardhan G, Von Wahlde M, Pusztai L. Comparison of epigenetic aging in normal breast tissue from women with and without breast cancer. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2017, 35: 1522-1522. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2017.35.15_suppl.1522.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNormal breast tissueBreast cancerBreast tissueHealthy peersSusan G. Komen Tissue BankIU Simon Cancer CenterNormal breast tissue samplesBreast cancer preventionCohort of womenImportant risk factorKomen Tissue BankLifetime of womenBreast tissue samplesCurrent medicationsTumor characteristicsCancer CenterRisk factorsCancer preventionClinical dataFamily historyReduction mammoplastyHigh riskChronologic ageReproductive historyCancer