Comparison of molecular subtype distribution in triple-negative inflammatory and non-inflammatory breast cancers
Masuda H, Baggerly KA, Wang Y, Iwamoto T, Brewer T, Pusztai L, Kai K, Kogawa T, Finetti P, Birnbaum D, Dirix L, Woodward WA, Reuben JM, Krishnamurthy S, Symmans W, Van Laere SJ, Bertucci F, Hortobagyi GN, Ueno NT. Comparison of molecular subtype distribution in triple-negative inflammatory and non-inflammatory breast cancers. Breast Cancer Research 2013, 15: r112. PMID: 24274653, PMCID: PMC3978878, DOI: 10.1186/bcr3579.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInflammatory breast cancerTriple-negative breast cancerTN-IBCIBC statusTNBC subtypesBreast cancerTNBC cohortClinical outcomesNon-inflammatory breast cancerMolecular subtype distributionWorld IBC ConsortiumRecurrence-free survivalNon-inflammatory typeClinical characteristicsOverall survivalPoor prognosisClinical behaviorSubtype distributionConclusionsOur dataHeterogeneous diseaseSubtypesCancerSignificant predictorsGene expression profilesCohort