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ArticleDiagnostics (Basel, Switzerland)2020

Impact of mRNA-Assessed Molecular Subtype Conversion, Intact and Apoptotic Circulating Tumor Cells on Survival of Metastatic Breast Cancer Patients: Proof of Principle.

Stefan Stefanovic, Thomas M Deutsch, Ralph Wirtz, Andreas Hartkopf, Peter Sinn, Maximilian Kohler, Jan Hofmann, Sanja Bankovic, Katja Vassilev, Marc Sütterlin and 2 more

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Article in Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 48% of its field
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

3 citing papers in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Stefan StefanovicDepartment of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Mannheim University Hospital, University of Heidelberg, Theodor-Kutzer-Ufer 1-3, 68167 Mannheim, Germany.
Thomas M DeutschDepartment of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Heidelberg University Hospital, Im Neuenheimer Feld 440, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
Ralph WirtzStratifyer Molecular Pathology GmbH, Werthmannstr. 1c, 50935 Cologne, Germany.
Andreas HartkopfDepartment of Women's Health, University Hospital Tübingen, Calwerstr. 7, 72076 Tübingen, Germany.
Peter SinnDepartment of Pathology, Heidelberg University Hospital, Im Neuenheimer Feld 224, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-2836-6699
Maximilian KohlerDepartment of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Mannheim University Hospital, University of Heidelberg, Theodor-Kutzer-Ufer 1-3, 68167 Mannheim, Germany.
Jan HofmannDepartment of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Mannheim University Hospital, University of Heidelberg, Theodor-Kutzer-Ufer 1-3, 68167 Mannheim, Germany.
Sanja BankovicDepartment of Hematology and Immunology, Clinical Center of Nis, University of Nis, Bulevar Zorana Djindjica 48, 18000 Nis, Serbia.
Katja VassilevDepartment of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Mannheim University Hospital, University of Heidelberg, Theodor-Kutzer-Ufer 1-3, 68167 Mannheim, Germany.
Marc SütterlinDepartment of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Mannheim University Hospital, University of Heidelberg, Theodor-Kutzer-Ufer 1-3, 68167 Mannheim, Germany.
Andreas SchneeweissNational Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT) Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 460, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
Markus WallwienerDepartment of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Heidelberg University Hospital, Im Neuenheimer Feld 440, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
Heidelberg University · DEGerman Cancer Research Center · DEUniversity Children's Hospital Tübingen · DEUniversity of Nis · RS

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Breast cancers (BC) can mutate, allowing metastatic tumors (MT) to sometimes differ to primary tumors (PT) in gene expression. Despite contemporary metastatic breast cancer (MBC) therapy, subtype conversion seems prognostically disadvantageous. We strived to determine the influence of mRNA-assessed intrinsic subtype stability comparing PT and MT biopsies and circulating tumor cell (CTC)-based liquid biopsies on progression free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS). Additional analyzed prognostic factors were PT subtype, MT subtype and hormone receptor loss. Kaplan-Meier curves and the log rank tests were used to compare PFSs and OSs. The proportions of luminal B and triple negative subtype MTs were increased compared to those observed in PTs. Fifteen patients were found to have tumors that underwent intrinsic subtype conversion and their OS was significantly decreased (

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biomarker conversionbreast cancercirculating tumor cellsintrinsic subtypeRT-qPCRsurvival

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