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ArticleBiomarkers in cancer2019

Assessment of the Spatial Heterogeneity of Breast Cancers: Associations Between Computed Tomography and Immunohistochemistry.

David K Woolf, Sonia P Li, Simone Detre, Alison Liu, Andrew Gogbashian, Ian C Simcock, James Stirling, Michael Kosmin, Gary J Cook, Muhammad Siddique and 3 more

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Article in Biomarkers in cancer, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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13 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

David K WoolfBreast Cancer Research Unit, Mount Vernon Cancer Centre, Northwood, UK.
Sonia P LiBreast Cancer Research Unit, Mount Vernon Cancer Centre, Northwood, UK.
Simone DetreRalph Lauren Centre for Breast Cancer Research, Royal Marsden Hospital, London, UK.
Alison LiuDivision of Imaging Sciences, King's College London, St Thomas' Hospital, London, UK.
Andrew GogbashianPaul Strickland Scanner Centre, Mount Vernon Cancer Centre, Northwood, UK.
Ian C SimcockPaul Strickland Scanner Centre, Mount Vernon Cancer Centre, Northwood, UK.
James StirlingPaul Strickland Scanner Centre, Mount Vernon Cancer Centre, Northwood, UK.
Michael KosminBreast Cancer Research Unit, Mount Vernon Cancer Centre, Northwood, UK.
Gary J CookDivision of Imaging Sciences, King's College London, St Thomas' Hospital, London, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8732-8134
Muhammad SiddiqueDivision of Imaging Sciences, King's College London, St Thomas' Hospital, London, UK.
Mitch DowsettRalph Lauren Centre for Breast Cancer Research, Royal Marsden Hospital, London, UK.
Andreas MakrisBreast Cancer Research Unit, Mount Vernon Cancer Centre, Northwood, UK.
Vicky GohDivision of Imaging Sciences, King's College London, St Thomas' Hospital, London, UK.
Mount Vernon Cancer Centre · GBSt Thomas' Hospital · GBRoyal Marsden Hospital · GB

Funding

Cancer Research UK 16463Department of Health ICA-CDRF-2017-03-053
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundTumour heterogeneity is considered an important mechanism of treatment failure. Imaging-based assessment of tumour heterogeneity is showing promise but the relationship between these mathematically derived measures and accepted 'gold standards' of tumour biology such as immunohistochemical measures is not established.

methodsA total of 20 women with primary breast cancer underwent a research dynamic contrast-enhanced computed tomography prior to treatment with data being available for 15 of these. Texture analysis was performed of the primary tumours to extract 13 locoregional and global parameters. Immunohistochemical analysis associations were assessed by the Spearman rank correlation.

resultsHypoxia-inducible factor-1α was correlated with first-order kurtosis (

conclusionsThe associations suggest a biological basis for these image-based heterogeneity features and support the use of imaging, already part of standard care, for assessing intratumoural heterogeneity.

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Breast cancercomputed tomographyimmunohistochemistrytexture analysistumour heterogeneity

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PMID31210736
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