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ReviewMolecular oncology2013

Progression from ductal carcinoma in situ to invasive breast cancer: revisited.

Catherine F Cowell, Britta Weigelt, Rita A Sakr, Charlotte K Y Ng, James Hicks, Tari A King, Jorge S Reis-Filho

Registry-linked trialOpen access · bronzeAbstract readReview
In one paragraph

Review in Molecular oncology, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07439432 (Stereotactic Guided Biopsy and Cryoablation of Breast Cancer), which is not on this map. Cited by 135 papers.

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135citing papers in PubMed
5.9field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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NCT07439432 nawithdrawnnot on this mapstarted 2025, after this paper: background citation

Stereotactic Guided Biopsy and Cryoablation of Breast Cancer

TypeinterventionalSponsorMontefiore Medical CenterRan2025 to 2027Enrolled0ConditionsBreast CancerArmsStereotactic Guided Biopsy and Cryoablation
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

135 citing papers in PubMed, 252 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Prognostic significance of ductal carcinomaMolecular and clinical oncology · 2026
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  15. Molecular Basis of Breast Tumor Heterogeneity.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Catherine F CowellDepartment of Pathology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Avenue, New York, NY 10065, USA.
Britta Weigelt
Rita A Sakr
Charlotte K Y Ng
James Hicks
Tari A King
Jorge S Reis-Filho
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center · USCold Spring Harbor Laboratory · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) is an intraductal neoplastic proliferation of epithelial cells that is separated from the breast stroma by an intact layer of basement membrane and myoepithelial cells. DCIS is a non-obligate precursor of invasive breast cancer, and up to 40% of these lesions progress to invasive disease if untreated. Currently, it is not possible to predict accurately which DCIS would be more likely to progress to invasive breast cancer as neither the significant drivers of the invasive transition have been identified, nor has the clinical utility of tests predicting the likelihood of progression been demonstrated. Although molecular studies have shown that qualitatively, synchronous DCIS and invasive breast cancers are remarkably similar, there is burgeoning evidence to demonstrate that intra-tumor genetic heterogeneity is observed in a subset of DCIS, and that the process of progression to invasive disease may constitute an 'evolutionary bottleneck', resulting in the selection of subsets of tumor cells with specific genetic and/or epigenetic aberrations. Here we review the clinical challenge posed by DCIS, the contribution of the microenvironment and genetic aberrations to the progression from in situ to invasive breast cancer, the emerging evidence of the impact of intra-tumor genetic heterogeneity on this process, and strategies to combat this heterogeneity.

Indexed as

Biological EvolutionBreast NeoplasmsCarcinoma, Intraductal, NoninfiltratingDisease ProgressionFemaleGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHumansMaleBreast cancerDarwinian evolutionGenomicsIntraductalIntra-tumor genetic heterogeneity

Identifiers

PMID23890733
PMCPMC5528459
OpenAlexW1966934872

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