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ArticleCancer growth and metastasis2015

Molecular Heterogeneity in Primary Breast Carcinomas and Axillary Lymph Node Metastases Assessed by Genomic Fingerprinting Analysis.

Rachel E Ellsworth, Allyson L Toro, Heather L Blackburn, Alisha Decewicz, Brenda Deyarmin, Kimberly A Mamula, Nicholas S Costantino, Jeffrey A Hooke, Craig D Shriver, Darrell L Ellsworth

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Article in Cancer growth and metastasis, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Rachel E EllsworthClinical Breast Care Project, Murtha Cancer Center, Windber, PA, USA.
Allyson L ToroClinical Breast Care Project, Windber Research Institute, Windber, PA, USA.
Heather L BlackburnClinical Breast Care Project, Windber Research Institute, Windber, PA, USA.
Alisha DecewiczClinical Breast Care Project, Windber Research Institute, Windber, PA, USA.
Brenda DeyarminClinical Breast Care Project, Windber Research Institute, Windber, PA, USA.
Kimberly A MamulaClinical Breast Care Project, Windber Research Institute, Windber, PA, USA.
Nicholas S CostantinoClinical Breast Care Project, Windber Research Institute, Windber, PA, USA.
Jeffrey A HookeClinical Breast Care Project, Murtha Cancer Center, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Craig D ShriverClinical Breast Care Project, Murtha Cancer Center, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Darrell L EllsworthClinical Breast Care Project, Windber Research Institute, Windber, PA, USA.
Windber Research Institute · USWalter Reed National Military Medical Center · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Molecular heterogeneity within primary breast carcinomas and among axillary lymph node (LN) metastases may impact diagnosis and confound treatment. In this study, we used short tandem repeated sequences to assess genomic heterogeneity and to determine hereditary relationships among primary tumor areas and regional metastases from 30 breast cancer patients. We found that primary carcinomas were genetically heterogeneous and sampling multiple areas was necessary to adequately assess genomic variability. LN metastases appeared to originate at different time periods during disease progression from different sites of the primary tumor and the extent of genomic divergence among regional metastases was associated with a less favorable patient outcome (P = 0.009). In conclusion, metastasis is a complex process influenced by primary tumor heterogeneity and variability in the timing of dissemination. Genomic variation in primary breast tumors and regional metastases may negatively impact clinical diagnostics and contribute to therapeutic resistance.

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allelic imbalanceaxillary lymph nodesbreast cancerintratumor heterogeneitymetastasis

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PMID26279627
PMCPMC4511091
OpenAlexW1959773377

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