Selected inflammatory breast cancer research published in 2011
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Li, J., et al. (2011). Triple-negative subtype predicts poor overall survival and high locoregional relapse in inflammatory breast cancer. Oncologist, 16(12), 1675-83.
BACKGROUND
Numerous studies have demonstrated that expression of estrogen/progesterone receptor (ER/PR) and human epidermal growth factor receptor (HER)-2 is important for predicting overall survival (OS), distant relapse (DR), and locoregional relapse (LRR) in early and advanced breast cancer patients. However, these findings have not been confirmed for inflammatory breast cancer (IBC), which has different biological features than non-IBC.
CONCLUSIONS
TN disease is associated with worse OS, DR, and LRR outcomes in IBC patients, indicating the need for developing new locoregional and systemic treatment strategies for patients with this aggressive subtype.