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ArticleCancers2024

HER2-Low Luminal Breast Carcinoma Is Not a Homogenous Clinicopathological and Molecular Entity.

Céline André, Aurélie Bertaut, Sylvain Ladoire, Isabelle Desmoulins, Clémentine Jankowski, Françoise Beltjens, Céline Charon-Barra, Anthony Bergeron, Corentin Richard, Romain Boidot and 1 more

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Article in Cancers, 2024. 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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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Redefining breast cancer: therapeutic opportunities in HER2-low and emerging molecular subtypes.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Céline AndréUnit of Pathology, Department of Tumor Biology and Pathology, Georges-François Leclerc Cancer Center, 21000 Dijon, France.ORCID 0009-0000-7687-380X
Aurélie BertautUnit of Methodology and Biostatistics, Georges-François Leclerc Cancer Center, 21000 Dijon, France.
Sylvain LadoireDepartment of Medical Oncology, Georges-François Leclerc Cancer Center, 21000 Dijon, France.
Isabelle DesmoulinsDepartment of Medical Oncology, Georges-François Leclerc Cancer Center, 21000 Dijon, France.
Clémentine JankowskiDepartment of Surgery, Georges-François Leclerc Cancer Center, 21000 Dijon, France.
Françoise BeltjensUnit of Pathology, Department of Tumor Biology and Pathology, Georges-François Leclerc Cancer Center, 21000 Dijon, France.
Céline Charon-BarraUnit of Pathology, Department of Tumor Biology and Pathology, Georges-François Leclerc Cancer Center, 21000 Dijon, France.
Anthony BergeronUnit of Pathology, Department of Tumor Biology and Pathology, Georges-François Leclerc Cancer Center, 21000 Dijon, France.
Corentin RichardUnit of Molecular Pathology, Department of Tumor Biology and Pathology, Georges-François Leclerc Cancer Center, 21000 Dijon, France.
Romain BoidotUnit of Molecular Pathology, Department of Tumor Biology and Pathology, Georges-François Leclerc Cancer Center, 21000 Dijon, France.
Laurent ArnouldUnit of Pathology, Department of Tumor Biology and Pathology, Georges-François Leclerc Cancer Center, 21000 Dijon, France.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundWith the development of some new antibody-drug conjugates, the HER2 classification of breast carcinomas now includes the HER2-low (H2L) category: IHC 1+, 2+ non-amplified by ISH, and double-equivocal carcinomas, mostly luminal, expressing hormone receptors (HR+).

methodsWe analyzed mutational status and transcriptomic activities of three HER2 effector pathways: PI3K-AKT, MAPK, and JAK-STAT, in association with clinicopathologic features, in 62 H2L carcinomas compared to 43 HER2-positive and 20 HER2-negative carcinomas, all HR+.

resultsH2L carcinomas had significantly lower histoprognostic grades and mitotic and Ki67 proliferation indexes than HER2-positive carcinomas. Their

conclusion

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breast carcinomasHER2-lowPIK3CA mutation

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PMID38893129
PMCPMC11171142

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