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- Zhou, Wenjing, et al.
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A Comparison of Tumor Biology in Primary Ductal Carcinoma In Situ Recurring as Invasive Carcinoma versus a New In Situ
- 2013
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Ingår i: International Journal of Breast Cancer. - : Hindawi Publishing Corporation. - 2090-3170 .- 2090-3189. ; 2013
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Introduction. About half of all new ipsilateral events after a primary ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) are invasive carcinoma. We studied tumor markers in the primary DCIS in relation to type of event (invasive versus in situ).Methods. Two hundred and sixty-six women with a primary DCIS from two source populations, all with a known ipsilateral event, were included. All new events were regarded as recurrences. Patient and primary tumor characteristics (estrogen receptor (ER), progesterone receptor (PR), HER2, EGFR, and Ki67) were evaluated. Logistic regression was used to calculate odd ratios and 95% confidence intervals in univariate and multivariate analyses.Results. One hundred and thirty-six of the recurrences were invasive carcinoma and 130 were in situ. The recurrence was more often invasive if the primary DCIS was ER+ (OR 2.5, 95% CI 1.2–5.1). Primary DCIS being HER2+ (OR 0.5, 95% CI 0.3–0.9), EGFR+ (OR 0.4, 95% CI 0.2–0.9), and ER95−/HER2+ (OR 0.2, 95% CI 0.1–0.6) had a lower risk of a recurrence being invasive.Conclusions. In this study, comparing type of recurrence after a DCIS showed that the ER−/HER2+ tumors were related to a recurrence being a new DCIS. And surprisingly, tumors being ER+, HER2−, and EGFR− were related to a recurrence being invasive cancer.
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- Zhou, Wenjing, 1979-
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Aspects of Progression in Breast Carcinoma : from ductal carcinoma in situ to invasive cancer
- 2012
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Doktorsavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- In the past decades our knowledge concerning breast cancer progression from ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) to invasive cancer has grown rapidly. However, molecular factors driving the progression are still largely unknown.In the first study, we investigated tumor evolution in breast cancer by analyzing TP53 mutation status in tumors from various stages of the disease. Presence of the same TP53 mutations in both DCIS and invasive components from the same tumor indicates same cellular origin. The role of mutant TP53 in the progression of breast cancer is less clear and may vary between subtypes.In the second study, we studied the prognosis of basal-like DCIS in a large population-based cohort. Basal-like DCIS was associated with about doubled but not statistically significant risk for local recurrence compared with the other molecular subtypes. Molecular subtype was a better prognostic parameter than histopathological grade.In the third study, we studied markers in primary DCIS in relation to type of recurrence. Interestingly, recurrences after an ER-/HER2+, ER negative or EGFR positive primary DCIS were more often of the in situ type. The molecular subtype ER+/HER2+, FOXA1 positivity and FOXC1 positivity were risk factors for any recurrence.In the fourth study, we proposed a histological classification system for a new entity: neoductgenesis. We also evaluated histologic criteria for neoductgenesis. According to our criteria, good agreements among pathologists were achieved. Neoductgenesis was related to more aggressive tumor biology and to mammographic features. The result indicates potential benefits for women earlier considered having pure DCIS but later diagnosed as breast carcinoma with neoductgenesis, suggesting a need to develop appropriate treatment regiments. Our findings have to be repeated and the relation to prognosis warrants further studies.
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- Zhou, Wenjing, et al.
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Breast cancer with neoductgenesis : histopathological criteria and its correlation with mammographic and tumour features
- 2014
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Ingår i: International Journal of Breast Cancer. - : Hindawi Limited. - 2090-3170 .- 2090-3189. ; 2014
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Introduction. Breast cancer with mammographic casting type calcifications, high grade DCIS with an abnormal number of ducts, periductal desmoplastic reaction, lymphocyte infiltration, and tenascin-C (TN-C) overexpression has been proposed to represent a more aggressive form of breast cancer and has been denominated as breast cancer with neoductgenesis. We developed histopathological criteria for neoductgenesis in order to study reproducibility and correlation with other tumour markers.Methods. 74 cases of grades 2 and 3 DCIS, with or without an invasive component, were selected. A combined score of the degree(s) of concentration of ducts, lymphocyte infiltration, and periductal fibrosis was used to classify cases as showing neoductgenesis, or not. Diagnostic reproducibility, correlation with tumour markers, and mammographic features were studied.Results. Twenty-three of 74 cases were diagnosed with neoductgenesis. The kappa value between pathologists showed moderate reproducibility (0.50) (95% CI; 0.41-0.60). Neoductgenesis correlated significantly with malignant type microcalcifications and TN-C expression (P = 0.008 and 0.04) and with ER, PR, and HER2 status (P < 0.00001 for all three markers).Conclusions. We developed histological criteria for breast cancer with neoductgenesis. Neoductgenesis, by our applied histopathological definition was related to more aggressive tumour biology and malignant mammographic calcifications.
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- Zhou, Wenjing, 1979-, et al.
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Breast carcinoma with neoductgenesis : a new subgroup of breast cancer
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Annan publikation (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Background: A new subgroup of breast cancer has been proposed: breast carcinoma with neoductgenesis. Cases presenting with casting type calcifications on the mammogram, histologically high grade DCIS with an abnormal number of ducts, periductal desmoplastic reaction and lymphocyte infiltration has been suggested to represent a more aggressive form of breast cancer. Treatment decision based on traditional histopathology showing DCIS might be challenged if neoductgenesis is diagnosed. We evaluated a histological classification system proposed for neoductgenesis and studied tumor biology in cases with and without neoductgenesis. Material and Method: Seventy-four tumors with DCIS grade 2-3, with or without an invasive component, were blocked in TMAs. A classification system based on a pathological evaluation and Tenascin-C (Tn-C) expression was used to categorize tumors as showing neoductgenesis or not. Immunohistochemical staining for known tumor markers and correlation with mammographic features was performed. Logistic regression model was use to evaluate the correlation between breast carcinoma with neoductgenesis and molecular- and mammographic features. Results: Four pathologists could categorize cases as “possible neoductgenesis” with an overall correlation of 72% and a kappa value of 0.44. Adding Tn-C staining resulted in a group with neoductgenesis (n=37) and one without (n=31). Neoductgenesis correlated significantly with mammographic casting- and crushed stone microcalcifications and estrogen receptor status (p-values 0.04 and 0.03, respectively). High nuclear grade, HER2 positivity, progesterone receptor negativity and high proliferation were also more often seen in the group with neoductgenesis, but this was not statistically significant (0.10, 0.07, 0.20 and 0.29). Discussion: We developed reproducible histologic criteria for a new entity: breast carcinoma with neoductgenesis. The system seemed to be useful in receiving reproducibility between pathologists making the diagnosis. Neoductgenesis was related to more aggressive tumor biology and to the mammographic features. Our findings have to be repeated and the relation to prognosis further studied. However, we can already predict a potential benefit for women earlier considered having a pure DCIS but now diagnosed as breast carcinoma with neoductgenesis and a need to develop appropriate treatment regiments.
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- Zhou, Wenjing, et al.
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Ductal Breast Carcinoma In Situ : Mammographic Features and Its Relation to Prognosis and Tumour Biology in a Population Based Cohort
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Ingår i: International Journal of Breast Cancer. - : Hindawi Publishing Corporation. - 2090-3170 .- 2090-3189.
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Casting-type calcifications and a histopathological picture with cancer-filled duct-like structures have been presented as breast cancer with neoductgenesis. We correlated mammographic features and histopathological neoductgenesis with prognosis in a DCIS cohort with long follow-up. Mammographic features were classified into seven groups according to Tabar. Histopathological neoductgenesis was defined by concentration of ducts, lymphocyte infiltration, and periductal fibrosis. Endpoints were ipsilateral (IBE) in situ and invasive events. Casting-type calcifications and neoductgenesis were both related to high nuclear grade, ER-and PR-negativity, and HER2 overexpression but not to each other. Casting-type calcifications and neoductgenesis were both related to a nonsignificant lower risk of invasive IBE, HR 0.38 (0.13-1.08) and 0.82 (0.29-2.27), respectively, and the HR of an in situ IBE was 0.90 (0.41-1.95) and 1.60 (0.75-3.39), respectively. Casting-type calcifications could not be related to a worse prognosis in DCIS. We cannot explain why a more aggressive phenotype of DCIS did not correspond to a worse prognosis. Further studies on how the progression from in situ to invasive carcinoma is driven are needed.
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- Zhou, Wenjing, et al.
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Full sequencing of TP53 identifies identical mutations within in situ and invasive components in breast cancer suggesting clonal evolution
- 2009
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Ingår i: Molecular Oncology. - : Wiley. - 1574-7891. ; 3:3, s. 214-219
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- In breast cancer, previous studies have suggested that somatic TP53 mutations are likely to be an early event. However, there are controversies regarding the cellular origin and linear course of breast cancer. The purpose of this study was to investigate tumor evolution in breast cancer by analyzing TP53 mutation status in tumors from various stages of the disease. The entire coding sequence of TP53 was sequenced in a cohort of pure ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), pure invasive cancer (
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- Zhou, Wenjing, et al.
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Long-term survival of women with basal-like ductal carcinoma in situ of the breast : a population-based cohort study
- 2010
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Ingår i: BMC Cancer. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 1471-2407. ; 10, s. 653-
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Background: Microarray gene-profiling of invasive breast cancer has identified different subtypes including luminal A, luminal B, HER2-overexpressing and basal-like groups. Basal-like invasive breast cancer is associated with a worse prognosis. However, the prognosis of basal-like ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) is still unknown. Our aim was to study the prognosis of basal-like DCIS in a large population-based cohort. Methods: All 458 women with a primary DCIS diagnosed between 1986 and 2004, in Uppland and Vastmanland, Sweden were included. TMA blocks were constructed. To classify the DCIS tumors, we used immunohistochemical (IHC) markers (estrogen-, progesterone-, HER2, cytokeratin 5/6 and epidermal growth factor receptor) as a surrogate for the gene expression profiling. The association with prognosis was examined for basal-like DCIS and other subtypes using Kaplan-Meier survival analyses and Cox proportional hazards regression models. Results: IHC data were complete for 392 women. Thirty-two were basal-like (8.2%), 351 were luminal or HER2-positive (89.5%) and 9 unclassified (2.3%). Seventy-six women had a local recurrence of which 34 were invasive. Another 3 women had general metastases as first event. Basal-like DCIS showed a higher risk of local recurrence and invasive recurrence 1.8 (Confidence interval (CI) 95%, 0.8-4.2) and 1.9 (0.7-5.1), respectively. However, the difference was not statistically significant. Also, no statistically significant increased risk was seen for triple-negative or high grade DCIS. Conclusions: Basal-like DCIS showed about a doubled, however not statistically significant risk for local recurrence and developing invasive cancer compared with the other molecular subtypes. Molecular subtyping was a better prognostic parameter than histopathological grade.
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- Zhou, Wenjing, et al.
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Molecular subtypes in ductal carcinoma in situ of the breast and their relation to prognosis : a population-based cohort study
- 2013
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Ingår i: BMC Cancer. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 1471-2407. ; 13, s. 512-
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- BACKGROUND: Different molecular subtypes of breast cancer have been identified based on gene expression profiling. Treatment suggestions based on an approximation of these subtypes by immunohistochemical criteria have been published by the St Gallen international expert consensus panel. Ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) can be classified into the same molecular subtypes. Our aim was to study the relation between these newly defined subtypes and prognosis in DCIS.METHODS: TMA including 458 women from a population-based cohort with DCIS diagnosed 1986-2004 was used. Stainings for ER, PR, HER2 and Ki67 were used to classify the surrogate molecular subtypes according to the St Gallen criteria from 2011. The associations with prognosis were examined using Kaplan-Meier analyses and Cox proportional hazards regression models.RESULTS: Surrogate molecular subtyping could be done in 381 cases. Mean follow up was 164 months. Of the classified DCIS 186 were Luminal A (48.8%), 33 Luminal B/HER2- (8.7%), 74 Luminal B/HER2+ (17.4%), 61 HER2+/ER- (16.0%) and 27 Triple Negative (7.1%). One hundred and two women had a local recurrence of which 58 were invasive. Twenty-two women had generalised disease, 8 without a prior local recurrence. We could not find a prognostic significance of the molecular subtypes other than a higher risk of developing breast cancer after more than 10 years of follow-up among women with a Triple Negative DCIS (OR 3.2; 95% CI 1.1-9.8).CONCLUSIONS: The results from this large population-based cohort, with long-term follow up failed to demonstrate a prognostic value for the surrogate molecular subtyping of DCIS using the St Gallen criteria up to ten years after diagnosis. More than ten years after diagnosis Triple Negative DCIS had an elevated risk of recurrence.
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- Zhou, Yinhua, et al.
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Inverted and transparent polymer solar cells prepared with vacuum-free processing
- 2009
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Ingår i: SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS. - : Elsevier BV. - 0927-0248. ; 93:4, s. 497-500
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Inverted transparent polymer solar cells were fabricated by sequentially depositing several organic layers from fluids, on ITO/glass substrates. ITO was used as a cathode to collect electrons. The photovoltage of these diodes can be increased by up to 400 mV by inserting a buffer layer of polyethylene oxide between ITO and the active layers, which results in 4-fold enhancement of power conversion efficiency under the illumination of 100 mW/cm(2) simulated AM1.5 solar light. The enhancement of V., is consistent with the work function change between ITO and ITO/PEO measured by photoelectron spectroscopy. Solar cell production without vacuum processing may lower production costs.
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