Pathways involved in DCIS stem and progenitor signalling are poorly understood yet are critical to understand DCIS biology and to develop new therapies. Notch and ErbB1/2 receptor signalling cross talk has been demonstrated in invasive breast cancer, but their role in DCIS stem and progenitor cells has not been investigated. We have utilised 2 DCIS cell lines, MCF10DCIS.com (ErbB2-normal) and S...

It has been proposed that the grade of malignancy of ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) of the breast can be estimated by the morphology of microcalcifications found on mammography. We correlated microcalcifications and histopathology in a retrospective blinded review. We reviewed all patients who underwent excisional breast biopsy over a 5 1/2-year period. Mammograms and pathology slides of all p...

BACKGROUND It is unclear as to whether the size ratio elastographic technique is useful for assessing ultrasound- detected ductal carcinoma-in-situ (DCIS) masses since they commonly lack a significant desmoplastic reaction. The objectives of this study were to determine the accuracy of this elastographic technique in DCIS and examine if there was any histopathological correlation with the grey-...

Introduction Several studies indicate that ;50% of patients with positive biopsies for DCIS of the breast may develop invasive breast cancer within 1–24 years of diagnosis (1). The biological mechanisms involved in the progression of DCIS to invasive cancer are not fully understood. Although Ki67 labeling indices increased in invasive breast cancer (2, 3), there are limited data on this marker ...

It is well known that comedo necrosis is closely associated with an aggressive phenotype of ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) of human breast, but its molecular mechanisms remain largely unclear. Therefore, in this study, we first examined the gene expression profile of comedo DCIS based on microarray data and identified CYC1 as a gene associated with comedo necrosis. Cytochrome c1 (CYC1) is a su...

conclusion non-mass-like lesions, lesions with focal or segmental distribution, with a “plateau” enhancement curve type were the most frequent findings of dcis lesions on mri. background adequate diagnosis of ductal carcinoma in situ (dcis) could lead to efficacious treatment. due to the fact that dcis lesions can progress to invasive carcinomas and that the sensitivity of the standard examinat...

BACKGROUND Studies have failed to identify characteristics of women who have been diagnosed with ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) and have a high or low risk of subsequent invasive cancer. METHODS We conducted a nested case-control study in a population-based cohort of 1162 women who were diagnosed with DCIS and treated by lumpectomy alone from 1983 to 1994. We collected clinical characteristi...

PURPOSE Increased incidence of ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) associated with mammographic screening for breast cancer has emphasized the challenges of managing this condition. The aim of this study was to identify informative clinical indicators of DCIS biology by molecular profiling. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN Areas of in situ carcinoma, atypical ductal hyperplasia, and benign epithelium were mic...

PURPOSE To gain insight into genomic and transcriptomic subtypes of ductal carcinomas in situ of the breast (DCIS). EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN We did a combined phenotypic and genomic analysis of a series of 57 DCIS integrated with gene expression profile analysis for 26 of the 57 cases. RESULTS Thirty-two DCIS exhibited a luminal phenotype; 21 were ERBB2 positive, and 4 were ERBB2/estrogen recept...

BACKGROUND Ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) represents 20%-30% of breast cancers detected by clinical screening (i.e., mammography). More than 50% of DCIS lesions may be estrogen receptor negative and, therefore, hormone independent. However, the role of estrogen in the natural history of DCIS is unknown. PURPOSE A novel in vivo (i.e., xenograft) model was developed to determine to what degree...