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ArticleCancer research2019

A Multigene Assay Determines Risk of Recurrence in Patients with Triple-Negative Breast Cancer.

Rachel L Stewart, Katherine L Updike, Rachel E Factor, N Lynn Henry, Kenneth M Boucher, Philip S Bernard, Katherine E Varley

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Article in Cancer research, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 32 papers.

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32citing papers in PubMed
2.4field-weighted citation impact, top 10% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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32 citing papers in PubMed, 48 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Rachel L StewartDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and the Markey Cancer Center, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, Kentucky.
Katherine L UpdikeDepartment of Oncological Sciences, Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah.
Rachel E FactorDepartment of Pathology, University of Utah/Huntsman Cancer Institute, Salt Lake City, Utah.
N Lynn HenryDepartment of Internal Medicine, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah.ORCID 0000-0002-4771-5930
Kenneth M BoucherStudy Design and Biostatistics Center, School of Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah.ORCID 0000-0003-2833-0127
Philip S BernardDepartment of Pathology, University of Utah/Huntsman Cancer Institute, Salt Lake City, Utah.
Katherine E VarleyDepartment of Oncological Sciences, Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah. kt.varley@hci.utah.edu.
Huntsman Cancer Institute · USUniversity of Utah · USMarkey Cancer Center · US

Funding

UTAH REGIONAL CANCER CENTERP30CA042014 · NCI · UTAH STATE HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM--UNIVERSITY OF UTAH · PI Jared P Rutter · 1986 to 2026
$72.6M
University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center Support Grant ECIA SupplementP30CA177558 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY · PI KATHLEEN L. O'CONNOR · 2013 to 2026
$38.3M
Institutional Career Development CoreKL2TR001996 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY · PI BUSH, MATTHEW LEE, KELLY, THOMAS H. · 2016 to 2025
$7.1M
NCATS NIH HHS KL2 TR001996NCI NIH HHS P30 CA042014NCI NIH HHS P30 CA177558
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Approximately 40% of patients with stage I-III triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) recur after standard treatment, whereas the remaining 60% experience long-term disease-free survival (DFS). There are currently no clinical tests to assess the risk of recurrence in TNBC patients. We previously determined that TNBC patients with MHC class II (MHCII) pathway expression in their tumors experienced significantly longer DFS. To translate this discovery into a clinical test, we developed an MHCII Immune Activation assay, which measures expression of 36 genes using NanoString technology. Preanalytical testing confirmed that the assay is accurate and reproducible in formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tumor specimens. The assay measurements were concordant with RNA-seq, MHCII protein expression, and tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte counts. In a training set of 44 primary TNBC tumors, the MHCII Immune Activation Score was significantly associated with longer DFS (HR = 0.17;

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AdultAgedBiomarkers, TumorCohort StudiesFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHistocompatibility Antigens Class IIHumansLymphocytes, Tumor-InfiltratingMiddle AgedNeoplasm Recurrence, LocalPrognosisRisk FactorsSurvival RateTriple Negative Breast NeoplasmsBiomarkers, TumorHistocompatibility Antigens Class II

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PMID31048497
PMCPMC6629024
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