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- Klintman, Marie, et al.
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The prognostic value of Ki67 is dependent on estrogen receptor status and histological grade in premenopausal patients with node-negative breast cancer.
- 2010
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Ingår i: Modern Pathology : an official journal of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, Inc. - : Elsevier BV. - 1530-0285. ; 23, s. 251-259
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The aim of this study was to evaluate the prognostic value of Ki67 in relation to established prognostic factors in lymph node-negative breast cancer, and furthermore, whether the prognostic impact was dependent on estrogen receptor (ER) status and histological grade. In 200 premenopausal patients, with 5 years of follow-up, Ki67 was determined on tissue microarrays. In univariate analysis, Ki67 (20%) was a prognostic factor for distant disease-free survival (hazard ratio: 2.7, 95% confidence interval: 1.3-5.4, P=0.005) and overall survival (hazard ratio: 4.9, 95% confidence interval: 1.7-14, P=0.003). When stratifying for ER status and histological grade, Ki67 was a significant prognostic factor for distant disease-free survival and overall survival only in the ER-positive group, and only in patients with histological grade 2, respectively. In multivariate analysis, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 and age were independent prognostic factors for distant disease-free survival, whereas Ki67, histological grade, and tumor size were not. Ki67 was, however, an independent prognostic factor in the 87% of the patients who had not received adjuvant medical treatment. Agreement between the three readers was very good (kappa-values: 0.83-0.88). Furthermore, Ki67 was a significant prognostic factor for all three investigators (hazard ratio: 2.7-3.2). This study shows that Ki67 is a prognostic factor in node-negative breast cancer. It is noteworthy that the prognostic information of Ki67 is restricted to ER-positive patients, and to patients with histological grade 2. Taken together, Ki67, as an easily assessed and reproducible proliferation factor, may be an alternative or complement to histological grade as a prognostic tool and for selection of adjuvant treatment.Modern Pathology advance online publication, 20 November 2009; doi:10.1038/modpathol.2009.167.
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- Hudson, Christine, 1950-
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The gender-equal city?
- 2008
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Ingår i: 10th International Interdisciplinary Congress of Women's Worlds 2008, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain, 3-9 July.
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- Nagel, G., et al.
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Dietary beta-carotene, vitamin C and E intake and breast cancer risk in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC)
- 2010
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Ingår i: Breast Cancer Research and Treatment. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 1573-7217 .- 0167-6806. ; 119:3, s. 753-765
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- So far, studies on dietary antioxidant intake, including beta-carotene, vitamin C and vitamin E, and breast cancer risk are inconclusive. Thus, we addressed this question in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition. During a median follow-up time of 8.8 years, 7,502 primary invasive breast cancer cases were identified. Cox proportional hazard models were used to estimate hazard ratios (HR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI). All analyses were run stratified by menopausal status at recruitment and, additionally, by smoking status, alcohol intake, use of exogenous hormones and use of dietary supplements. In the multivariate analyses, dietary intake of beta-carotene, vitamin C and E was not associated with breast cancer risk in premenopausal [highest vs. lowest quintile: HR, 1.04 (95% CI, 0.85-1.27), 1.12 (0.92-1.36) and 1.11 (0.84-1.46), respectively] and postmenopausal women [0.93 (0.82-1.04), 0.98 (0.87-1.11) and 0.92 (0.77-1.11), respectively]. However, in postmenopausal women using exogenous hormones, high intake of beta-carotene [highest vs. lowest quintile; HR 0.79 (95% CI, 0.66-0.96), P (trend) 0.06] and vitamin C [0.88 (0.72-1.07), P (trend) 0.05] was associated with reduced breast cancer risk. In addition, dietary beta-carotene was associated with a decreased risk in postmenopausal women with high alcohol intake. Overall, dietary intake of beta-carotene, vitamin C and E was not related to breast cancer risk in neither pre- nor postmenopausal women. However, in subgroups of postmenopausal women, a weak protective effect between beta-carotene and vitamin E from food and breast cancer risk cannot be excluded.
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- Mahabal, Manasi S., et al.
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Sensing Characteristics of Phosphorene Monolayers toward PH3 and AsH3 Gases upon the Introduction of Vacancy Defects
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Ingår i: The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. - : American Chemical Society (ACS). - 1932-7447 .- 1932-7455. ; 120:36, s. 20428-20436
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Motivated by the exceptional interest of researchers in two-dimensional nanostructures, the current study deals with the structural, electronic, optical, and gas sensing properties of recently synthesized monolayer phosphorene. Van der Waals induced first-principles calculations were performed to study the binding mechanism of pristine and defected phosphorene towards the toxic gases PH3 and AsH3. The preferential sites and orientations of these molecules on the phosphorene sheet were determined, and a detailed analysis of the adsorption energetics was performed. Both of the gas molecules interact weakly with the phosphorene sheet, with AsH3 the binding was slightly stronger than PH3. The creation of defects such as monovacancies and divacancies in the phosphorene sheet was found to significantly enhance the adsorption mechanism. The adsorption energies of both PH3 and AsH3 improved by factors of four and three, respectively, as compared to their values on pristine phosphorene. The adsorption mechanism was further investigated by plotting the band structure and density of states. We also studied the optical properties and the static dielectric matrices of these nanostructures using density functional perturbation theory. Our findings showed that defected phosphorene with vacancies can be considered as an efficient sensor for toxic gases.
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- Aad, G., et al.
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- 2012
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Ingår i: Physical Review D (Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology). - 1550-2368 .- 1550-7998. ; 86:7
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