• Association of the CHEK2 c.1100delC variant, radiotherapy, and systemic treatment with contralateral breast cancer risk and breast cancer-specific survival 

      Morra, Anna; Schreurs, Maartje A. C.; Andrulis, Irene L.; Anton-Culver, Hoda; Augustinsson, Annelie; Beckmann, Matthias W.; Behrens, Sabine; Bojesen, Stig E.; Bolla, Manjeet K.; Brauch, Hiltrud; Broeks, Annegien; Buys, Saundra S.; Camp, Nicola J.; Castelao, Jose E.; Cessna, Melissa H.; Chang-Claude, Jenny; Chung, Wendy K.; Sahlberg, Guro Kristine Kleivi; Børresen-Dale, Anne-Lise; Gram, Inger Torhild; Olsen, Karina Standahl; Engebråten, Olav; Naume, Bjørn; Geisler, Jürgen; Grenaker, Grethe Irene; Colonna, Sarah V.; Couch, Fergus J.; Cox, Angela; Cross, Simon S.; Czene, Kamila; Daly, Mary B.; Dennis, Joe; Devilee, Peter; Dörk, Thilo; Dunning, Alison M.; Dwek, Miriam; Easton, Douglas F.; Eccles, Diana M.; Eriksson, Mikael; Evans, D. Gareth; Fasching, Peter A.; Fehm, Tanja N.; Figueroa, Jonine D.; Flyger, Henrik; Gabrielson, Marike; Gago-Dominguez, Manuela; García-Closas, Montserrat; García-Sáenz, José A.; Genkinger, Jeanine; Grassmann, Felix; Gündert, Melanie; Hahnen, Eric; Haiman, Christopher A.; Hamann, Ute; Harrington, Patricia A.; Hartikainen, Jaana M.; Hoppe, Reiner; Hopper, John L.; Houlston, Richard S.; Howell, Anthony; Jakubowska, Anna; Janni, Wolfgang; Jernström, Helena; John, Esther M.; Johnson, Nichola; Jones, Michael E.; Kristensen, Vessela N.; Kurian, Allison W.; Lambrechts, Diether; Le Marchand, Loic; Lindblom, Annika; Lubiński, Jan; Lux, Michael P.; Mannermaa, Arto; Mavroudis, Dimitrios; Mulligan, Anna Marie; Muranen, Taru A.; Nevanlinna, Heli; Nevelsteen, Ines; Neven, Patrick; Newman, William G.; Obi, Nadia; Offit, Kenneth; Olshan, Andrew F.; Park-Simon, Tjoung-Won; Patel, Alpa V.; Peterlongo, Paolo; Phillips, Kelly-Anne; Plaseska-Karanfilska, Dijana; Polley, Eric C.; Presneau, Nadege; Pylkäs, Katri; Rack, Brigitte; Radice, Paolo; Rashid, Muhammad U.; Rhenius, Valerie; Robson, Mark; Romero, Atocha; Saloustros, Emmanouil; Sawyer, Elinor J.; Schmutzler, Rita K.; Schuetze, Sabine; Scott, Christopher; Shah, Mitul; Smichkoska, Snezhana; Southey, Melissa C.; Tapper, William J.; Teras, Lauren R.; Tollenaar, Rob A. E. M.; Tomczyk, Katarzyna; Tomlinson, Ian; Troester, Melissa A.; Vachon, Celine M.; van Veen, Elke M.; Wang, Qin; Wendt, Camilla; Wildiers, Hans; Winqvist, Robert; Ziogas, Argyrios; Hall, Per; Pharoah, Paul D. P.; Adank, Muriel A.; Hollestelle, Antoinette; Schmidt, Marjanka K.; Hooning, Maartje J. (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-07-03)
      Background - Breast cancer (BC) patients with a germline CHEK2 c.1100delC variant have an increased risk of contralateral BC (CBC) and worse BC-specific survival (BCSS) compared to non-carriers.<p> <p>Aim - To assessed the associations of CHEK2 c.1100delC, radiotherapy, and systemic treatment with CBC risk and BCSS.<p> <p>Methods - Analyses were based on 82,701 women diagnosed with a first ...
    • Basal‐like breast cancer engages tumor‐supportive macrophages via secreted factors induced by extracellular S100A4 

      Prasmickaite, Lina; Tenstad, Ellen; Pettersen, Solveig; Jabeen, Shakila; Egeland, Eivind Valen; Nord, Silje; Pandya, Abhilash D.; Haugen, Mads Haugland; Kristensen, Vessela N.; Børresen-Dale, Anne-Lise; Engebråten, Olav; Mælandsmo, Gunhild Mari (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2018-05-09)
      The tumor microenvironment (TME) may influence both cancer progression and therapeutic response. In breast cancer, particularly in the aggressive triple‐negative/basal‐like subgroup, patient outcome is strongly associated with the tumor's inflammatory profile. Tumor‐associated macrophages (TAMs) are among the most abundant immune cells in the TME, shown to be linked to poor prognosis and therapeutic ...
    • Deciphering Normal Blood Gene Expression Variation-The NOWAC Postgenome Study 

      Dumeaux, vanessa; Nuel, G; Børresen-Dale, Anne-Lise; Olsen, Karina Standahl; Paulssen, Ruth H; Lund, Eiliv (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2010)
    • Gene expression analyses in breast cancer epidemiology: the Norwegian Women and Cancer postgenome cohort study 

      Dumeaux, Vanessa; Børresen-Dale, Anne-Lise; Kristensen, Vessela N.; Frantzen, Jan-Ole; Kumle, Merethe; Lund, Eiliv (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2008-02-13)
      Introduction: The introduction of high-throughput technologies, also called -omics technologies, into epidemiology has raised the need for high-quality observational studies to reduce several sources of error and bias. Methods: The Norwegian Women and Cancer (NOWAC) postgenome cohort study consists of approximately 50,000 women born between 1943 and 1957 who gave blood samples between 2003 ...
    • The impact of coding germline variants on contralateral breast cancer risk and survival 

      Morra, Anna; Mavaddat, Nasim; Muranen, Taru A.; Ahearn, Thomas U.; Allen, Jamie; Andrulis, Irene L.; Auvinen, Päivi; Becher, Heiko; Behrens, Sabine; Blomqvist, Carl; Bojesen, Stig E.; Bolla, Manjeet K.; Brauch, Hiltrud; Camp, Nicola J.; Carvalho, Sara; Castelao, Jose E.; Cessna, Melissa H.; Chang-Claude, Jenny; Chenevix-Trench, Georgia; Sahlberg, Guro Kristine Kleivi; Børresen-Dale, Anne-Lise; Gram, Inger Torhild; Olsen, Karina Standahl; Engebråten, Olav; Naume, Bjørn; Geisler, Jürgen; Grenaker, Grethe Irene; Czene, Kamila; Decker, Brennan; Dennis, Joe; Dörk, Thilo; Dorling, Leila; Dunning, Alison M.; Ekici, Arif B.; Eriksson, Mikael; Evans, D. Gareth; Fasching, Peter A.; Figueroa, Jonine D.; Flyger, Henrik; Gago-Dominguez, Manuela; García-Closas, Montserrat; Geurts-Giele, Willemina R.R.; Giles, Graham G.; Guénel, Pascal; Gündert, Melanie; Hahnen, Eric; Hall, Per; Hamann, Ute; Harrington, Patricia A.; He, Wei; Heikkilä, Päivi; Hooning, Maartje J.; Hoppe, Reiner; Howell, Anthony; Humphreys, Keith; Kristensen, Vessela N.; Mannermaa, Arto; Manoochehri, Mehdi; Manoukian, Siranoush; Margolin, Sara; Mavroudis, Dimitrios; Milne, Roger L.; Mulligan, Anna Marie; Newman, William G.; Park-Simon, Tjoung-Won; Peterlongo, Paolo; Pharoah, Paul D.P.; Rhenius, Valerie; Saloustros, Emmanouil; Sawyer, Elinor J.; Schmutzler, Rita K.; Shah, Mitul; Spurdle, Amanda B.; Tomlinson, Ian; Truong, Thérèse; van Veen, Elke M.; Vreeswijk, Maaike P.G.; Wang, Qin; Wendt, Camilla; Yang, Xiaohong R.; Nevanlinna, Heli; Devilee, Peter; Easton, Douglas F.; Schmidt, Marjanka K. (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-02-23)
      Evidence linking coding germline variants in breast cancer (BC)-susceptibility genes other than BRCA1, BRCA2, and CHEK2 with contralateral breast cancer (CBC) risk and breast cancer-specific survival (BCSS) is scarce. The aim of this study was to assess the association of protein-truncating variants (PTVs) and rare missense variants (MSVs) in nine known (ATM, BARD1, BRCA1, BRCA2, CHEK2, PALB2, RAD51C, ...
    • Interplay of choline metabolites and genes in patient-derived breast cancer xenografts 

      Grinde, Maria Tunset; Skrbo, Nirma; Moestue, Siver Andreas; Rødland, Einar Andreas; Borgan, Eldrid; Kristian, Alexandr; Sitter, Beathe; Bathen, Tone; Børresen-Dale, Anne-Lise; Mælandsmo, Gunhild; Sørlie, Therese; Marangoni, Elisabetta; Gribbestad, Ingrid S (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2014-01-21)
      Introduction: Dysregulated choline metabolism is a well-known feature of breast cancer, but the underlying mechanisms are not fully understood. In this study, the metabolomic and transcriptomic characteristics of a large panel of human breast cancer xenograft models were mapped, with focus on choline metabolism. <br> Methods: Tumor specimens from 34 patient-derived xenograft models were collected ...
    • LIMT is a novel metastasis inhibiting lncRNA suppressed by EGF and downregulated in aggressive breast cancer 

      Sas-Chen, Aldema; Aure, Miriam Ragle; Leibovich, Limor; Carvalho, Silvia; Enuka, Yehoshua; Körner, Cindy; Polycarpou-Schwarz, Maria; Lavi, Sara; Nevo, Nava; Kuznetsov, Yuri; Yuan, Justin; Azuaje, Francisco; Ulitsky, Igor; Diederichs, Sven; Wiemann, Stefan; Yakhini, Zohar; Kristensen, Vessela N.; Børresen-Dale, Anne-Lise; Yarden, Yosef; Sauer, Torill; Geisler, Jürgen; Hofvind, Solveig; Bathen, Tone Frost; Borgen, Elin; Engebråten, Olav; Fodstad, Øystein; Garred, Øystein; Geitvik, Gry; Kåresen, Rolf; Naume, Bjørn; Mælandsmo, Gunhild; Russnes, Hege Elisabeth Giercksky; Schlichting, Ellen; Sørlie, Therese; Lingjærde, Ole Christian; Sahlberg, Kristine Kleivi; Skjerven, Helle; Fritzman, Britt (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2016-09-01)
      Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) are emerging as regulators of gene expression in pathogenesis, including cancer. Recently, lncRNAs have been implicated in progression of specific subtypes of breast cancer. One aggressive, basal-like subtype associates with increased EGFR signaling, while another, the HER2-enriched subtype, engages a kin of EGFR Based on the premise that EGFR-regulated lncRNAs might ...
    • Molecular signatures reflecting microenvironmental metabolism and chemotherapy-induced immunogenic cell death in colorectal liver metastases 

      Østrup, Olga; Dagenborg, Vegar Johansen; Rødland, Einar Andreas; Skarpeteig, Veronica; Silwal-Pandit, Laxmi; Grzyb, Krzysztof; Berstad, Audun Elnæs; Fretland, Åsmund Avdem; Mælandsmo, Gunhild; Børresen-Dale, Anne-Lise; Ree, Anne Hansen; Edwin, Bjørn; Nygaard, Vigdis; Flatmark, Kjersti (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2017-07-18)
      Background: Metastatic colorectal cancer (CRC) is associated with highly variable clinical outcome and response to therapy. The recently identified consensus molecular subtypes (CMS1-4) have prognostic and therapeutic implications in primary CRC, but whether these subtypes are valid for metastatic disease is unclear. We performed multi-level analyses of resectable CRC liver metastases (CLM) to ...
    • Molecularly matched therapy in the context of sensitivity, resistance, and safety; patient outcomes in end-stage cancer - the MetAction study 

      Ree, Anne Hansen; Nygaard, Vigdis; Pedersen, Kjetil Boye; Heinrich, Daniel; Dueland, Svein; Bergheim, Inger Riise; Johansen, Christin; Beiske, Klaus; Negård, Anne; Lund-Iversen, Marius; Nygaard, Vegard; Hovig, Eivind; Nakken, Sigve; Nasser, Salah; Julsrud, Lars; Reisse, Claudius; Ruud, Espen Asak; Kristensen, Vessela N.; Flørenes, Vivi Ann; Geitvik, Gry; Lingjærde, Ole Christian; Børresen-Dale, Anne-Lise; Russnes, Hege Elisabeth Giercksky; Mælandsmo, Gunhild Mari; Flatmark, Kjersti (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-03-25)
      <i>Background</i>: In precision cancer medicine, the challenge is to prioritize DNA driver events, account for resistance markers, and procure sufficient information for treatment that maintains patient safety. The MetAction project, exploring how tumor molecular vulnerabilities predict therapy response, first established the required workflow for DNA sequencing and data interpretation (2014–2015). ...
    • Protein signature predicts response to neoadjuvant treatment with chemotherapy and bevacizumab in HER2-negative breast cancers 

      Haugen, Mads Haugland; Lingjærde, Ole Christian; Hedenfalk, Ingrid; Garred, Øystein; Borgen, Elin; Loman, Niklas; Hatschek, Thomas; Børresen-Dale, Anne-Lise; Naume, Bjørn; Mills, Gordon B.; Mælandsmo, Gunhild Mari; Engebråten, Olav (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-01-28)
      <p>PURPOSE: Antiangiogenic therapy using bevacizumab has proven effective for a number of cancers; however, in breast cancer (BC), there is an unmet need to identify patients who benefit from such treatment. <p>PATIENTS AND METHODS: In the NeoAva phase II clinical trial, patients (N = 132) with large (≥ 25 mm) human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-negative primary tumors were randomly ...
    • Responsiveness to PD-1 Blockade in End-Stage Colon Cancer with Gene Locus 9p24.1 Copy-Number Gain 

      Ree, Anne Hansen; Nygaard, Vigdis; Russnes, Hege Elisabeth Giercksky; Heinrich, Daniel; Nygaard, Vegard; Johansen, Christin; Bergheim, Inger Riise; Hovig, Eivind; Beiske, Klaus; Negård, Anne; Børresen-Dale, Anne-Lise; Flatmark, Kjersti; Mælandsmo, Gunhild Mari (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2019-02-25)
      Most patients whose large bowel cancer has spread to other organs do not respond to immune therapy. We detected a rare gene mutation, termed 9p24.1 copy-number gain (CNG), in an otherwise incurable colorectal cancer that provoked an immune therapy response. We identified this gene mutation by gene-panel sequencing of DNA from a liver metastasis biopsy from a patient who had disease refractory to ...
    • Subtype-specific response to bevacizumab is reflected in the metabolome and transcriptome of breast cancer xenografts 

      Borgan, Eldrid; Lindholm, Evita Maria; Moestue, Siver Andreas; Mælandsmo, Gunhild; Lingjærde, Ole Christian; Gribbestad, Ingrid S; Børresen-Dale, Anne-Lise; Engebråten, Olav; Sørlie, Therese (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2012-10-23)
      <p>Antiangiogenic therapy with bevacizumab has shown varying results in breast cancer clinical trials. Identifying robust biomarkers for selecting patients who may benefit from such treatment and for monitoring response is important for the future use of bevacizumab.</p> <p>Two established xenograft models representing basal‐like and luminal‐like breast cancer were used to study bevacizumab ...