Breast cancer is a heterogeneous disease, and can be classified according to histological subtypes based on cellular morphology. Invasive ductal carcinoma (IDC) and invasive lobular carcinoma (ILC) are the most common histological subtypes, accounting for approximately 80% and 12% of cases respectively. ILC exhibits a number of distinct clinico-pathological features in comparison with IDC, and is understudied as a breast cancer subtype. ILC tumours are typically oestrogen receptor positive, HER2 negative, and frequently demonstrate early loss of Ecadherin expression, which is a hallmark of the lobular phenotype. ILC is presently treated in a similar manner to IDC, with treatment generally directed against hormone receptors. Upon acquisition of hormone resistance, limited secondary options are available; patients are rarely candidates for agents targeting HER2, and are recognised to be poorly responsive to chemotherapeutics. We therefore need to advance our understanding of lobular tumour biology, in order to identify suitable biomarkers that will guide the development of targeted therapies for ILC patients. As protein expression levels determine cellular phenotype, a protein-based approach has the potential to provide biologically relevant insight into the mechanisms driving ILC. A range of protein analysis platforms, including reverse phase protein array, label-free mass spectrometry and immunohistochemistry, were therefore used to elucidate biological mechanisms active in the ILC subtype. Such experiments led to the identification of activated PI3K-Akt signalling in mouse and human ILC, suggesting that inhibition of this pathway may be an effective treatment strategy in lobular breast cancer. Preliminary evidence of differences in cytoskeletal and extracellular matrix (ECM) proteins was also acquired, providing an interesting basis for future research. A further major strand of this project was the development of in vitro and in vivo tools, to facilitate further interrogation of lobular biology. This included determination of a representative mouse model of ILC, and generation of primary cancer cells and cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) from patient-derived material. Analysis of CAFS showed differential expression of ECM-associated genes, consistent with proteomic analyses. In addition, a tissue micro-array (TMA) comprising primary ILC and IDC tumours, with associated clinical data, was developed. Immunohistochemical staining of the TMA identified a potential role for IGF-1 pathway signalling in ILC, with increased expression of IGF-1 ligand associating with increased tumour size and metastasis in ILC patients. Taken together, the generation and validation of a range of useful tools in the course of this work has provided useful insight into the unique biology of ILC.

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Made available in DSpace on 2015-06-17T19:33:57Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2014-08-27. Added 1 bitstream(s) on 2015-06-18T12:47:47Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 000830951.pdf: 1671352 bytes, checksum: e150ad97472df641fe9aede1e51165a5 (MD5) / INTRODUÇÃO: O valor prognóstico da classificação molecular do carcinoma de mama recentemente proposta tem sido validado por numerosos estudos. Entretanto, a maioria destes trabalhos estudou o tipo histológico mais comum denominado carcinoma ductal invasivo usual (CDI), uma entidade reconhecidamente heterogênea. Poucos estudos concentraram-se especificamente em outros tipos histológicos como o carcinoma lobular invasivo (CLI) que é o tipo especial mais frequente. O CLI apresenta-se com características clínico-patológicas e história natural bastante distintas do CDI sendo claramente entidades biológicas diferentes. Além disso, é uma doença relativamente frequente com aumento de sua incidência no mundo. OBJETIVO: Estudar comparativamente os subtipos moleculares luminais A e B de dois grupos de pacientes com CLI e CDI da mama, bem como determinar o valor prognóstico independente da classificação molecular nestes tumores correlacionando os subtipos moleculares com a sobrevida específica por carcinoma de mama (BCSS) e a sobrevida global (OS). SUJEITOS E MÉTODOS: Estudo do tipo transversal analítico. Foram selecionados blocos de parafina de mulheres com diagnóstico histopatológico de CLI e CDI no Laboratório de Patologia do Hospital Amaral Carvalho (HAC), Jaú, São Paulo, Brasil. Os respectivos prontuários médicos e o Registro Hospital de Câncer (RHC) do HAC foram consultados para a pesquisa das informações clínicas e de seguimento destas mulheres (média de 121,77 e 131,27 meses para o CLI e CDI, respectivamente), totalizando 186 casos. Dos blocos doadores, foram extraídas duas amostras de 2 mm de diâmetro e depositadas nos blocos de parafina receptores usando Tissue Microarray Builder ab1802 (Abcam®, Cambridge, UK). Nestes cortes foi feita a pesquisa dos seguintes marcadores imunoistoquímicos: receptor de estrógeno α (RE), receptor de progesterona (RP), HER2 e Ki67. Os subtipos moleculares (luminal A, luminal ... / INTRODUCTION: The prognostic value of the molecular classification of breast cancer recently proposed has been validated by many studies. However, the great majority of these studies has focused on invasive ductal carcinoma no special type (IDC), a widely recognized heterogeneous entity. Few papers have studied other special types of breast cancer such as invasive lobular carcinoma (ILC) the most common special type. ILC shows clinico-pathological features and natural history quite distinctive from IDC being clearly separate biologic entities. Moreover, ILC is relatively frequent and has been increasing in incidence over the recent years. OBJECTIVE: to study comparatively the luminal molecular subtypes A e B of two groups of patients with ILC and IDC and to determine the prognostic independent value of the molecular classification in ILC patients by correlating the molecular subtypes with clinical outcomes such as breast cancer specific survival (BCSS) and overall survival (OS). MATERIALS AND METHODS: archival paraffin blocks from women diagnosed with ILC and IDC at the Pathology Laboratory of Hospital Amaral Carvalho, Jau, Sao Paulo, Brazil, were retrieved. Patient's charts and the Hospital Amaral Carvalho Cancer Registry were consulted for obtaining the staging and follow-up information (median 121.77 and 131.27 months for ILC and IDC, respectively) and 186 patients were selected. Two samples from each paraffin block were extracted to mount tissue microarray (TMA) blocks by using a Tissue Microarray Builder ab1802 (Abcam®, Cambridge, UK). The following immunohistochemical markers were performed in the TMA blocks: estrogen receptor α, progesterone receptor, HER2 and Ki67 protein. The intrinsic molecular subtypes (luminal A, luminal B, HER2 and triple negative) were determined based on the immunohistochemical profile of each tumor. Prognostic clinico-pathological features were analysed in absolute (n) and relative frequency (%). The ...

Orientador: Rozany Mucha Dufloth / Coorientador: Fernando Carlos de Lander Schmitt / Banca: Mariângela Esther Alencar Marques / Banca: Luis Otávio Zanatta Sarian / Resumo: INTRODUÇÃO: O valor prognóstico da classificação molecular do carcinoma de mama recentemente proposta tem sido validado por numerosos estudos. Entretanto, a maioria destes trabalhos estudou o tipo histológico mais comum denominado carcinoma ductal invasivo usual (CDI), uma entidade reconhecidamente heterogênea. Poucos estudos concentraram-se especificamente em outros tipos histológicos como o carcinoma lobular invasivo (CLI) que é o tipo especial mais frequente. O CLI apresenta-se com características clínico-patológicas e história natural bastante distintas do CDI sendo claramente entidades biológicas diferentes. Além disso, é uma doença relativamente frequente com aumento de sua incidência no mundo. OBJETIVO: Estudar comparativamente os subtipos moleculares luminais A e B de dois grupos de pacientes com CLI e CDI da mama, bem como determinar o valor prognóstico independente da classificação molecular nestes tumores correlacionando os subtipos moleculares com a sobrevida específica por carcinoma de mama (BCSS) e a sobrevida global (OS). SUJEITOS E MÉTODOS: Estudo do tipo transversal analítico. Foram selecionados blocos de parafina de mulheres com diagnóstico histopatológico de CLI e CDI no Laboratório de Patologia do Hospital Amaral Carvalho (HAC), Jaú, São Paulo, Brasil. Os respectivos prontuários médicos e o Registro Hospital de Câncer (RHC) do HAC foram consultados para a pesquisa das informações clínicas e de seguimento destas mulheres (média de 121,77 e 131,27 meses para o CLI e CDI, respectivamente), totalizando 186 casos. Dos blocos doadores, foram extraídas duas amostras de 2 mm de diâmetro e depositadas nos blocos de parafina receptores usando Tissue Microarray Builder ab1802 (Abcam®, Cambridge, UK). Nestes cortes foi feita a pesquisa dos seguintes marcadores imunoistoquímicos: receptor de estrógeno α (RE), receptor de progesterona (RP), HER2 e Ki67. Os subtipos moleculares (luminal A, luminal ... / Abstract: INTRODUCTION: The prognostic value of the molecular classification of breast cancer recently proposed has been validated by many studies. However, the great majority of these studies has focused on invasive ductal carcinoma no special type (IDC), a widely recognized heterogeneous entity. Few papers have studied other special types of breast cancer such as invasive lobular carcinoma (ILC) the most common special type. ILC shows clinico-pathological features and natural history quite distinctive from IDC being clearly separate biologic entities. Moreover, ILC is relatively frequent and has been increasing in incidence over the recent years. OBJECTIVE: to study comparatively the luminal molecular subtypes A e B of two groups of patients with ILC and IDC and to determine the prognostic independent value of the molecular classification in ILC patients by correlating the molecular subtypes with clinical outcomes such as breast cancer specific survival (BCSS) and overall survival (OS). MATERIALS AND METHODS: archival paraffin blocks from women diagnosed with ILC and IDC at the Pathology Laboratory of Hospital Amaral Carvalho, Jau, Sao Paulo, Brazil, were retrieved. Patient's charts and the Hospital Amaral Carvalho Cancer Registry were consulted for obtaining the staging and follow-up information (median 121.77 and 131.27 months for ILC and IDC, respectively) and 186 patients were selected. Two samples from each paraffin block were extracted to mount tissue microarray (TMA) blocks by using a Tissue Microarray Builder ab1802 (Abcam®, Cambridge, UK). The following immunohistochemical markers were performed in the TMA blocks: estrogen receptor α, progesterone receptor, HER2 and Ki67 protein. The intrinsic molecular subtypes (luminal A, luminal B, HER2 and triple negative) were determined based on the immunohistochemical profile of each tumor. Prognostic clinico-pathological features were analysed in absolute (n) and relative frequency (%). The ... / Mestre

Invasive lobular carcinoma (ILC) is the second most common form of breast cancer. ILC presents at later stages with many challenges, therefore improved diagnostic and therapeutic targets are needed. A microRNA (miRNA) genome analysis identified miR-23c and miR-23b-3p as possible regulators of ILC invasion due to their significantly increased expression in invasive compared to minimally invasive ILC cell lines. By decreasing the levels of miR-23c and miR-23b-3p using hairpin inhibitors, the invasive MDA-MB-330 cell line had significantly reduced invasion, while overexpressing these miRNAs using mimics in the minimally invasive MDA-MB-134VI cell line increased invasion. During the course of this study, it became apparent that limited tools exist for studying invasive ILC. Therefore, two more invasive ILC cell line models were created by isolating and expanding MDA-MB-134VI cells that had invaded through Matrigel® coated invasion chambers. This thesis has thus created new models of invasive ILC as well as identified miR-23c and miR-23b-3p as regulators of MDA-MB-330 and MDA-MB-134VI cell line invasion.

Background. For years, the treatment for invasive lobular carcinoma (ILC) has been mastectomy secondary to the lack of studies investigating the efficacy of breast conservation therapy on patients afflicted with ILC and due to the lack of long-term follow up investigating locoregional recurrence in this patient population. In this article we report the clinical course of a patient diagnosed with ILC. Case report. We describe the case of a 50-year-old woman with stage IIB (T2N1M0) ER/PR positive right breast ILC who underwent a right modified radical mastectomy, postoperative chemotherapy, a prophylactic left simple mastectomy with bilateral breast reconstruction and tamoxifen. Approximately 12 years later, she presented with a deflated breast implant and recurrent breast cancer with metastatic spread. She received palliative radiotherapy then palliative chemotherapy. Unfortunately, she succumbed to the cancer less than a year after being diagnosed with metastatic disease. Conclusions. This may be the first case report of a ruptured breast implant presenting at the same time as the diagnosis of recurrent breast cancer.

Skeletal muscle metastasis from breast carcinoma is a relatively rare clinical entity. We report two cases of breast cancer metastatic to the skeletal muscle, diagnosed by ultrasound guided fine needle aspiration (US-FNA) biopsy done by interventional cytopathologists at an outpatient cytopathology center. Our two patients presented with lower anterior neck firmness and chest wall mass, respectively. Ultrasound evaluation of our first case demonstrated hypo-echoic thickened anterior strap muscles while in the second case there was significant distortion of the anatomy from previous surgeries. It was necessary to proceed with FNA biopsy even when their ultrasound findings were equivocal, to establish a definite rapid diagnosis. The immediate onsite evaluation findings were suggestive of malignancy in both cases with subsequent core biopsy confirming the diagnosis of metastatic breast carcinoma. In cytopathology, point-of-care (POC) ultrasound is used as an adjunct tool that offers visual guidance during FNA of nonpalpable masses and enables sampling of lesional “hot” spots to ensure specimen adequacy. Studies have demonstrated a reduction in FNA nondiagnostic rates with the use of ultrasound-guidance consequently reducing health care costs associated with nondiagnostic FNAs. US-FNA also provides adequate samples for cell block preparations. Metastatic lobular carcinoma of the breast has a wide range of clinical presentations and a high level of suspicion is advised. Cytopathologists-performed US-FNA is a proven, less-invasive, cost-effective tool that provides timely cytologic diagnosis.

<p>The incidence of breast cancer is rising steadily in Sweden and the proportion of carcinoma in situ (CIS) has increased appreciably, most likely due to mammography screening. The aim of this study was twofold: (1) to examine risk factors for subsequent invasive breast carcinoma and breast cancer death after primary ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) and (2) to study the biology in the progress between in situ and invasive carcinoma.</p><p> In a cohort-study based on 3,398 women with a primary CIS reported to the Swedish Cancer Registry (SCR) 1980-1992, women diagnosed in 1989-1992 ran a relative risk of 0.1 (CI 95%, 0.0-0.9) from dying of breast cancer as compared with women diagnosed in 1980-1982. Women in counties with mammography screening ran a relative risk of 0.2 (CI 95%, 0.0-2.1) for breast cancer death in comparison with women in non-screening counties.</p><p> In a case-control study derived from all 4,661 women with primary CIS reported to the SCR 1960-1992, we investigated risk factors for subsequent invasive breast carcinoma (n=118) and breast cancer death (n=39). Large size and multifocality were found to increase the risk for breast cancer death. Postoperative radiotherapy and mastectomy lowered the risk for ipsilateral invasive cancer.</p><p> The standardised incidence rates (SIR) for invasive breast cancer were estimated in the cohort from 1980-1992. The SIR after primary DCIS and primary lobular carcinoma in situ (LCIS) was 4.5 (CI 95%, 3.7-5.5) and 4.0 (CI 95%, 2.1-7.5), respectively.</p><p> New histopathological classification systems for DCIS were evaluated in 195 women consecutively diagnosed with primary DCIS between 1986-1994. One group with highly differentiated lesions was defined with the EORTC classification system and had an excellent prognosis.</p><p> Histopathological grade and expression of p53, c-erbB-2, Ki 67, hormone receptors, Bcl-2 and angiogenesis were compared in 626 women with either a pure DCIS, a small invasive carcinoma or a lesion with both an invasive and in situ component. When grade was taken into account, no change in tumour markers could be detected that signalled the progression from an in situ stage to invasiveness. All tumour markers correlated to grade and their distribution was very similar in the two components of mixed lesions.</p>

The incidence of breast cancer is rising steadily in Sweden and the proportion of carcinoma in situ (CIS) has increased appreciably, most likely due to mammography screening. The aim of this study was twofold: (1) to examine risk factors for subsequent invasive breast carcinoma and breast cancer death after primary ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) and (2) to study the biology in the progress between in situ and invasive carcinoma. In a cohort-study based on 3,398 women with a primary CIS reported to the Swedish Cancer Registry (SCR) 1980-1992, women diagnosed in 1989-1992 ran a relative risk of 0.1 (CI 95%, 0.0-0.9) from dying of breast cancer as compared with women diagnosed in 1980-1982. Women in counties with mammography screening ran a relative risk of 0.2 (CI 95%, 0.0-2.1) for breast cancer death in comparison with women in non-screening counties. In a case-control study derived from all 4,661 women with primary CIS reported to the SCR 1960-1992, we investigated risk factors for subsequent invasive breast carcinoma (n=118) and breast cancer death (n=39). Large size and multifocality were found to increase the risk for breast cancer death. Postoperative radiotherapy and mastectomy lowered the risk for ipsilateral invasive cancer. The standardised incidence rates (SIR) for invasive breast cancer were estimated in the cohort from 1980-1992. The SIR after primary DCIS and primary lobular carcinoma in situ (LCIS) was 4.5 (CI 95%, 3.7-5.5) and 4.0 (CI 95%, 2.1-7.5), respectively. New histopathological classification systems for DCIS were evaluated in 195 women consecutively diagnosed with primary DCIS between 1986-1994. One group with highly differentiated lesions was defined with the EORTC classification system and had an excellent prognosis. Histopathological grade and expression of p53, c-erbB-2, Ki 67, hormone receptors, Bcl-2 and angiogenesis were compared in 626 women with either a pure DCIS, a small invasive carcinoma or a lesion with both an invasive and in situ component. When grade was taken into account, no change in tumour markers could be detected that signalled the progression from an in situ stage to invasiveness. All tumour markers correlated to grade and their distribution was very similar in the two components of mixed lesions.

Le traitement systémique adjuvant du cancer du sein infiltrant repose sur la chimiothérapie et l’hormonothérapie. Certains facteurs sont connus pour être pronostiques (âge, taille tumorale, statut ganglionnaire, grade tumoral, emboles vasculaires, statut des récepteurs hormonaux (RH) et de HER2) ou prédictifs de réponse aux traitements (RH et HER2) et influent sur nos décisions thérapeutiques. Cependant, certaines patientes récidivent malgré un traitement complet alors que d’autres vont recevoir un traitement qui aurait pu être évité de par leur bon pronostic « intrinsèque ». Nous avons cherché à identifier dans ce travail d’autres facteurs pronostiques et / ou prédictifs dans le cancer du sein infiltrant en situation néoadjuvante / adjuvante. Premièrement, nous montrons que le type histologique lobulaire, réputé pour être une histologie de cancer du sein de bon pronostic et peu chimiosensible, ne doit pas être un facteur décisionnel quant aux traitements systémiques. En situation adjuvante et concernant la chimiothérapie, la validité et l’utilité cliniques des tests génomiques nécessitent d’être évaluées spécifiquement dans ce sous-groupe. Ensuite, nous avons étudié la validité analytique, la validité clinique et l’utilité clinique de 2 classifications moléculaires des cancers du sein selon PAM50 et l’analyse immunohistochimique de biomarqueurs : récepteur œstrogène, HER2 et Ki67 avec un cut-off à 14%. Selon nos conclusions, il n’y a actuellement pas de données suffisamment robustes pour que ces 2 classifications modifient les décisions de traitement systémique. Nous avons mis en évidence un sous-groupe de tumeurs triples négatives exprimant le récepteur androgène et FOXA1 et se comportant comme des tumeurs luminales. Enfin, nous avons montré sur une large série néoadjuvante que la réponse histologique complète est un critère substitutif de survie pour les tumeurs RH négatifs / The adjuvant systemic treatment of invasive breast cancer is based on chemotherapy and endocrine therapy. Several prognostic factors (age, tumoral size, nodal status, tumoral grade, vascular embols, hormonal receptors (HR), HER2) and predictive factors of response to treatment (HR and HER2) are described and have an impact on our therapeutic decisions. However, recurrences are frequent after a complete treatment and patients could avoid such treatment because of the good “intrinsic” prognosis. In this work, we aimed to identify other prognostic and / or predictive factors for the invasive breast cancer in the neoadjuvant / adjuvant settings. Firstly, we showed that the lobular histology, considered as histology of good prognosis and low chemo sensitive, should not be a decisive factor regarding systemic therapy. In the adjuvant setting, regarding chemotherapy, clinical validity and utility of the genomic tests need to be specifically evaluated in this subgroup. Then, we studied analytical validity, clinical validity and clinical utility of 2 molecular classification of breast cancer: PAM50 and a panel of 3 biomarkers in immunohistochemistry (estrogen receptor, HER2 and Ki-67 with a cut-off of 14%). We concluded that the data were not strong enough and that the therapeutic decisions should not be influenced by these classifications. We identified a subgroup of triple negative breast cancer that express androgen receptor and FOXA1 and which behave like luminal tumors. At last, we showed in a large neoadjuvant population, that the pathological complete response is a surrogate marker of survival in RH negative tumors