PGR expression

P2, N=60, Recruiting, MedSIR | Trial primary completion date: Apr 2024 --> Dec 2025

Tumor location is a significant factor for ALNM in PMBC. Outer side location is more easily for ALNM. With the bigger size and/or Ki-67 higher expression status, the lymphatic metastasis seems more likely to present.

Critically, the PD-L1 inhibitor exhibited a synergistic effect in enhancing the antitumor response in PGRN-/- mice. In summary, our findings highlight the significance of PGRN as a novel target for boosting CD8+ T cells antitumor immunity and its potential to overcome the resistance in ICB therapy.

The abundance of mast cells is significantly higher in intact males compared to neutered males, suggesting that hormone signalling may impact mast cell recruitment. In this study, we demonstrate the utility of the male ovine mammary gland as a model for furthering our knowledge of postnatal male mammary biology.

These findings emphasize the importance of tailored treatment strategies, highlighting the role of PR expression, metastatic burden, and therapeutic adjustments in optimizing patient outcomes in real-world breast cancer management.

Moreover, patients with triple-negative cancer presented with grades 2 and 3 at a lower percentage compared to patients without a triple-negative phenotype (p=0.001). The study provided valuable insights into the histopathological and immuno-histochemical characteristics involved in the development and progression of breast cancer.

It can identify a subgroup of patients at high risk of recurrence. A more aggressive treatment approach is recommended for these patients.

Perigestational MCN are associated to increased cyst diameter, and in the subset of patients affected by MCN during gestation a high rate of growth was observed. Patients with a MCN and pregnancy desire should undergo multidisciplinary counselling.

Retrospective cohort study collected data for patients with AEH or EMCA who had an endometrial sample after receiving conservative therapy utilizing either Megestrol acetate or Levonorgestrel Intrauterine device (IUD). Immunohistochemistry (IHC) was performed on pre- and post- treatment biopsy samples to assess androgen receptor (AR), estrogen receptor (ER), and progesterone receptor (PR) expression...Patients who successfully responded to the treatment demonstrated a significantly greater decrease in IHC scores after the treatment compared to those who did not respond (p = 0.009). Steroid receptor expression could be used as a possible biomarker for response to progestin therapy in patients undergoing conservative management for AEH and EMCA.

P2, N=34, Active, not recruiting, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center | Trial completion date: Apr 2024 --> Apr 2025 | Trial primary completion date: Apr 2024 --> Apr 2025

Therefore, the results of these statistical analyses can be neither applied for individual cases nor able to provide the bases for screening patients, i.e., whether they need for OncotypeDX testing or not. OncotypeDX still provides a personalised approach in BC.

In summary, PGRN promotes macrophage M2 polarization through binding to TNFR2 in both pro- and anti-inflammatory periodontal microenvironments.

We conducted a migration assay, invasion assay, and MTT assay using dienogest and medroxyprogestrone acetate. Our results suggest that KRAS mutation and PIK3CA mutation in endometriotic cells may not be associated with progesterone resistance in terms of aggressiveness. However, KRAS mutations may be associated with progesterone resistance in the context of pain.

Interestingly, FOLH1 expression was associated with relapse-free and distant metastasis-free survival in patients with BLBC. The BLBC subtype exhibited frequent amplification and overexpression of PSMA, supporting the exploration of PSMA-targeting radiopharmaceuticals in this aggressive breast cancer subtype.

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TRPS1 IHC has high utility for the identification of cancers of breast (or salivary gland) origin, especially in combination with GATA3. The virtual absence of TRPS1 positivity in urothelial neoplasms is useful for the distinction of GATA3-positive urothelial carcinoma from breast cancer.

Clinicopathologic features including patient age, race, clinical T category, grade, Ki67, ER/PR expression, and tumor location are associated with nodal positivity in women 50-69 years of age with cT1N0, ER+HER2- breast cancer. The 21-gene RS is not associated with nodal positivity. This predictive model is able to identify women at high risk for nodal metastasis and may help multidisciplinary teams as they look to consider de-escalating SLN surgery in breast cancer.

Thus, targeting dysregulated miRNAs could be a plausible way for better treatment of TNBC. Here, we present the updated knowledge of miRNAs associated with chemoresistance in TNBC, which may be helpful for the early diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of this life-threatening disease.

The data from this study provide multi-institutional benchmark data to assist laboratories performing periodic comparisons as part of a quality management program. Overall expression rates were generally similar to those of other published reports, with the exception of the ER-negative and HER2-positive rates, both of which were somewhat lower.

P2; Trial completion date: Nov 2024 --> May 2024 | Trial primary completion date: Dec 2023 --> Apr 2024

Bilateral SOMs are usually found in female patients and are strongly associated with hormone replacement therapy. Early surgical management with gross-total resection is the most effective treatment in terms of recurrence and improves visual acuity. Given the slow progressive nature of bSOMs and their time to recurrence, which can be up to 10 years, long-term follow-up of patients is essential.

P2; Trial completion date: Apr 2027 --> Apr 2029 | Trial primary completion date: Apr 2024 --> Apr 2026

MBC was found to be triple negative in most cases, but a significant percentage were HR (ER/PR) positive. Moreover, we found an association between HR status and various clinicopathological features, indicating that HR status is a significant predictor of MBC prognosis.

HER2-positive breast cancer exhibited three distinct HR-specific subtypes with varying clinical manifestations and treatment responses. These findings suggest personalized treatment strategies considering ER and PR expression patterns, emphasizing the need for further investigations to unravel molecular traits underlying HER2-positive breast cancer with distinct HR expression patterns.

In this review, we analyze the biology of HR-positive/HER2-positive breast cancer and summarize the evidence concerning the standard of care options both in neoadjuvant/adjuvant settings and in advanced disease. Additionally, we focus on new trials and drugs for HR-positive/HER2-positive breast cancer and the new entity: HER2-low breast cancer.

Synergies between MELK inhibition with 4OH-tamoxifen (Tam) and ALK inhibition with HER2 inhibitors revealed potential therapeutic avenues for ERα-positive/PR-positive/HER2-negative and ERα-positive/PR-negative/HER2-positive tumors, respectively. Our findings propose MELK as a promising target for ERα-positive/PR-positive/HER2-negative BC and highlight ALK as a potential focus for ERα-positive/PR-negative/HER2-positive BC. The synergistic anti-proliferative effects of MELK with Tam and ALK with HER2 inhibitors underscore kinase inhibitors' potential for selective treatment in diverse BC subtypes, paving the way for personalized and effective therapeutic strategies in BC management.

The first aim of this study is to demonstrate the clinical efficacy and reliability of two different neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) protocols consisting of doxorubicin/cyclophosphamide (AC) and paclitaxel in dogs with clinical stages II-IV canine malignant mammary tumours (CMTs). Alterations in Ki-67, HER2, ER, and PgR expressions after chemotherapy were not statistically significant (p > .05). As a result, we have shown that these neoadjuvant chemotherapy protocols are effective and safe alternative treatment options for CMTs.

P3, N=27, Active, not recruiting, Spanish Breast Cancer Research Group | Recruiting --> Active, not recruiting | N=300 --> 27 | Trial completion date: Sep 2026 --> Nov 2024 | Trial primary completion date: Jun 2026 --> Nov 2024

TINs have better prognostic value to predict neoadjuvant treatment than TILs. High TIMs are associated with increased overall survival. The inclusion of TINs in NAC response and TIMs in overall survival in pathology reports and treatment planning is promising in breast carcinomas as they are simple to use and reproducible markers.

Tumors from parous women with HGSC expressed PR more often than tumors from nulliparous women, indicating that pregnancies might possibly have a long-lasting impact on ovarian cancer development.

These findings suggest that inhibition of PGRN may act as a potential immune-therapeutic strategy by recovering infiltration of CD8+T cell in BCa tissue and thereby enhancing the response to anti-PD-1 therapy.

The lead compound was found to have a significant effect on the signaling pathways in parental and 4-hydroxytamoxifen-resistant cells...Accumulation of cleaved poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase in cells treated with compound 2f indicated induction of apoptosis. The selectivity analysis showed that lead compound 2f produces no significant effects on cytochromes P450, CYP19A1, CYP21A2, and CYP7B1.

Adjuvant chemotherapy may benefit certain elderly male breast cancer patients, specifically those with positive lymph node status, poorly/undifferentiated grade, and PR-positive in stage III, as well as PR-negative expression in stage II/III. Given favorable physical tolerance, it is advisable not to hastily dismiss chemotherapy for these elderly male breast cancer patients.

Women who responded to tamoxifen with a density decrease had on average 17% higher baseline density and a 2.2-fold higher PR expression compared to non-responders. Our results indicate that features in the normal breast tissue before tamoxifen exposure influences the tamoxifen-associated density decrease, and that the age-associated difference in density change may be related to age-dependant differences in expression of Ki67 and PR.

Female sex and spinal location predominance were statistically significant in PMs. NF2 mutation was an independent predictor for worse PFS of PMs. Of note, NF2 mutation was detected in all SPMs but in only 38.46% of CPMs, revealing a significant difference.

In vitro expression analysis using real-time PCR and western blot further confirmed the connecting link between PGRMC1 and WNT5A compared to other WNT member genes (WNT1 and WNT11) in LUAD. The computational and experimental analyses agreed with one another.

Using WSI to assess prognostic and predictive factors, including histological grade and biomarker expression in breast cancer, is acceptable. Furthermore, incorporating DIA to assess biomarker expression shows promise for substantially enhancing scoring reproducibility.

The results of this study significantly singled out the luminal A subtype, and among them classic ILC, as the subtype with the most favorable expression ratio of the investigated predictive/prognostic immunohistochemical markers.

CD82/KAI1 expression showed a significant time-dependent increase in cultured stromal cells after 24 and 48 h of progesterone (P4) and estrogen (E2) treatment...Meanwhile, there was an attenuated expression of CD82/KAI1 due to an adenovirus siRNA knockdown, whereas cyclin D3 and PR expressions were not affected. Our findings suggest a potential role of CD82/KAI1 in regulating the process of decidualization, providing insights into stromal cell differentiation.

P3, N=441, Completed, Jiangsu HengRui Medicine Co., Ltd. | Recruiting --> Completed

P2, N=33, Recruiting, University of Washington | Trial completion date: Apr 2024 --> Dec 2025 | Trial primary completion date: Apr 2024 --> Apr 2025

P2, N=1008, Recruiting, Fudan University | Not yet recruiting --> Recruiting