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ReviewThe Journal of clinical investigation2007

Breast cancer: origins and evolution.

Kornelia Polyak

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Review in The Journal of clinical investigation, 2007. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 323 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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323citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

323 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  3. The miR-338-5p/METTL3 axis regulates m6A modification to inhibit tumor progression in triple-negative breast cancer.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2026
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  17. Age distinguishes selection from causation in cancer genomes.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025
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  20. Targeting WEE1 Kinase for Breast Cancer Therapeutics: An Update.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

Kornelia PolyakDepartment of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA. kornelia_polyak@dfci.harvard.edu

Funding

Variation in Receptor Tyrosine Kinases and Breast Cancer RiskP50CA089393 · NCI · DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE · PI HARRIS, LYNDSAY NORINE · 2000 to 2009
$28.8M
Epithelial-stromal cell interactions in breast cancerR01CA116235 · NCI · DANA-FARBER CANCER INST · PI POLYAK, KORNELIA · 2006 to 2010
$1.8M
HIN-1,A Novel Putative Breast Tumor Suppressor GeneR01CA094074 · NCI · DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE · PI POLYAK, KORNELIA · 2002 to 2006
$1.6M
NCI NIH HHS CA116235NCI NIH HHS CA89393NCI NIH HHS CA94074NCI NIH HHS P50 CA089393NCI NIH HHS R01 CA094074NCI NIH HHS R01 CA116235
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Breast cancer is not a single disease, but rather is composed of distinct subtypes associated with different clinical outcomes. Understanding this heterogeneity is key for the development of targeted cancer-preventative and -therapeutic interventions. Current models explaining inter- and intratumoral diversity are the cancer stem cell and the clonal evolution hypotheses. Although tumor initiation and progression are predominantly driven by acquired genetic alterations, recent data implicate a role for microenvironmental and epigenetic changes as well. Comprehensive unbiased studies of tumors and patient populations have significantly advanced our molecular understanding of breast cancer, but translating these findings into clinical practice remains a challenge.

Indexed as

Breast NeoplasmsCell Transformation, NeoplasticDisease ProgressionEpigenesis, GeneticFemaleHumansMammary Glands, HumanNeoplasm MetastasisStem Cells

Identifiers

PMID17975657
PMCPMC2045618

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