A comprehensive study of chromosome 16q in invasive ductal and lobular breast carcinoma using array CGH.

Roylance, R; Gorman, P; Papior, T; Wan, Y; Ives, M; Watson, J; Collins, C; Wortham, N; Langford, C; Fiegler, H; Carter, N; Gillett, C; Sasieni, P; Pinder, S; Hanby, A; Tomlinson, I

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A comprehensive study of chromosome 16q in invasive ductal and lobular breast carcinoma using array CGH.

Abstract:: We analysed chromosome 16q in 106 breast cancers using tiling-path array-comparative genomic hybridization (aCGH). About 80% of ductal cancers (IDCs) and all lobular cancers (ILCs) lost at least part of 16q. Grade I (GI) IDCs and ILCs often lost the whole chromosome arm. Grade II (GII) and grade III (GIII) IDCs showed less frequent whole-arm loss, but often had complex changes, typically small regions of gain together with larger regions of loss. The boundaries of gains/losses tended to cluster, common sites being 54.5-55.5 Mb and 57.4-58.8 Mb. Overall, the peak frequency of loss (83% cancers) occurred at 61.9-62.9 Mb. We also found several 'minimal' regions of loss/gain. However, no mutations in candidate genes (TRADD, CDH5, CDH8 and CDH11) were detected. Cluster analysis based on copy number changes identified a large group of cancers that had lost most of 16q, and two smaller groups (one with few changes, one with a tendency to show copy number gain). Although all morphological types occurred in each cluster group, IDCs (especially GII/GIII) were relatively overrepresented in the smaller groups. Cluster groups were not independently associated with survival. Use of tiling-path aCGH prompted re-evaluation of the hypothetical pathways of breast carcinogenesis. ILCs have the simplest changes on 16q and probably diverge from the IDC lineage close to the stage of 16q loss. Higher-grade IDCs probably develop from low-grade lesions in most cases, but there remains evidence that some GII/GIII IDCs arise without a GI precursor.

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Roylance, R., Gorman, P., Papior, T., Wan, Y., Ives, M., Watson, J., Collins, C., Wortham, N., Langford, C., Fiegler, H., Carter, N., Gillett, C., Sasieni, P., Pinder, S., Hanby, A., & Tomlinson, I. (2006). A comprehensive study of chromosome 16q in invasive ductal and lobular breast carcinoma using array CGH. Oncogene, 25(49), 6544–6553.

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Roylance, R, et al. “A Comprehensive Study of Chromosome 16q in Invasive Ductal and Lobular Breast Carcinoma Using Array CGH.” Oncogene, vol. 25, no. 49, 2006, pp. 6544–53.

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Roylance, R, P Gorman, T Papior, et al. 2006. “A Comprehensive Study of Chromosome 16q in Invasive Ductal and Lobular Breast Carcinoma Using Array CGH.” Oncogene 25 (49): 6544–53.
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