Gene Expression Profiles Discriminate between Pathological Complete Response and Resistance to Neoadjuvant FEC100 in Breast Cancer
Background: In breast cancer treatment, FEC100 (fluorouracil, epirubicin and cyclophosphamide) chemotherapy delivered in a neoadjuvant setting is still applied empirically to all patients. The aim of this study was to establish a multigene classifier of sensitivity to neoadjuvant FEC100. Materials a...
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Published in | Cancer genomics & proteomics Vol. 3; no. 2; p. 89 |
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Main Authors | , , , , , , , , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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International Institute of Anticancer Research
01.03.2006
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Summary: | Background: In breast cancer treatment, FEC100 (fluorouracil, epirubicin and cyclophosphamide) chemotherapy delivered in a
neoadjuvant setting is still applied empirically to all patients. The aim of this study was to establish a multigene classifier
of sensitivity to neoadjuvant FEC100. Materials and Methods: cDNA nylon microarrays, containing 15,000 genes, were used to
analyze the gene expression profiles of tumour biopsies collected before chemotherapy: 8 were typed as pathological complete
responders and 8 as non-responders according to their histological and clinical responses. Results: A classifier was generated
by means of Linear Discriminant Analysis and was evaluated by leave-one-out cross-validation. The difference of expression
of the NDUFB5 gene (NADH dehydrogenase 1 beta subcomplex, 5), the best discriminating gene, was verified using RT-PCR. Conclusion:
This preliminary work requires further investigations, especially in terms of larger cohorts, before the results can be transferred
to clinical practice. |
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ISSN: | 1109-6535 |