2022
Tumor immune microenvironment of self-identified African American and non-African American triple negative breast cancer
Marczyk M, Qing T, O’Meara T, Yagahoobi V, Pelekanou V, Bai Y, Reisenbichler E, Cole KS, Li X, Gunasekharan V, Ibrahim E, Fanucci K, Wei W, Rimm DL, Pusztai L, Blenman KRM. Tumor immune microenvironment of self-identified African American and non-African American triple negative breast cancer. Npj Breast Cancer 2022, 8: 88. PMID: 35869114, PMCID: PMC9307813, DOI: 10.1038/s41523-022-00449-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTumor immune microenvironmentImmune microenvironmentTriple-negative breast cancer tissuesTriple-negative breast cancerAfrican AmericansImmune checkpoint inhibitorsTumor mutation burdenNegative breast cancerBreast cancer tissuesImmune-related pathwaysStromal TILsCheckpoint inhibitorsImmune exclusionClinical outcomesPD-L1Self-identified African AmericansCancer patientsImmune infiltrationBreast cancerMutation burdenCancer tissuesPredictive signatureMRNA expressionTherapeutic agentsPatients
2011
Homogeneous Datasets of Triple Negative Breast Cancers Enable the Identification of Novel Prognostic and Predictive Signatures
Karn T, Pusztai L, Holtrich U, Iwamoto T, Shiang CY, Schmidt M, Müller V, Solbach C, Gaetje R, Hanker L, Ahr A, Liedtke C, Ruckhäberle E, Kaufmann M, Rody A. Homogeneous Datasets of Triple Negative Breast Cancers Enable the Identification of Novel Prognostic and Predictive Signatures. PLOS ONE 2011, 6: e28403. PMID: 22220191, PMCID: PMC3248403, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0028403.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsBiomarkers, TumorBreast NeoplasmsCohort StudiesDatabases, GeneticFemaleGene Expression ProfilingGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticGenes, NeoplasmHumansKaplan-Meier EstimateNeoadjuvant TherapyPredictive Value of TestsPrognosisReceptor, ErbB-2Receptors, EstrogenReceptors, ProgesteroneReproducibility of ResultsConceptsPrognostic signatureValidation cohortBreast cancerPredictive valueTriple-negative breast cancerEvent-free survivalTriple-negative cancersHigh-risk groupIndependent validation cohortNegative breast cancerModest predictive valuePrognostic gene signaturePrognostic gene setsTNBC cohortNeoadjuvant chemotherapyPrognostic predictorPoor prognosisRisk groupsMultivariate analysisPredictive signatureNovel prognosticGene signatureSmall sample sizeCohortCancer