Molecular Characterization of Basal-like and Non-Basal-like Triple-Negative Breast Cancers

ABSTRACT: Triple-negative (TN) and Basal-like (BL) breast cancer definitions have been used interchangeably to identify breast cancers that lack expression of the hormonal receptors (HR) and overexpression and/or amplification of HER2. However, both classifications when compared to each other, show substantial discordance rates. Here, we molecularly characterize TN tumors, and Basal-like tumors, and compare and contrast the results in terms of common patterns and distinct patterns for each. In total, when testing 412 TN and 473 Basal-like tumors, 21.4% and 31.5% were identified as non-Basal-like and non-TN, respectively. TN tumors identified as Luminal or HER2-enriched showed undistinguishable overall gene expression profiles when compared versus Luminal or HER2-enriched tumors that were not TN. Si

ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens

SUBMITTER: Charles Perou 

PROVIDER: E-GEOD-41119 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress