Search Results - "Evans, Dean B."
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Intratumoral Estrogens and Estrogen Receptors in Human Non–Small Cell Lung Carcinoma
Published in Clinical cancer research (15-07-2008)“…Purpose: The possible involvement of gender-dependent factors has been suggested in human non-small cell lung carcinomas (NSCLC), but their precise roles…”
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Dual Inhibition of mTOR and Estrogen Receptor Signaling In vitro Induces Cell Death in Models of Breast Cancer
Published in Clinical cancer research (15-07-2005)“…Purpose: RAD001 (everolimus), a mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) pathway inhibitor in phase II clinical trials in oncology, exerts potent…”
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De Novo Synthesis of Estrogen in Pregnant Uterus Is Critical for Stromal Decidualization and Angiogenesis
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (28-07-2009)“…Implantation is initiated when the embryo attaches to the uterine luminal epithelium during early pregnancy. Following this event uterine stromal cells undergo…”
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Letrozole is Superior to Anastrozole in Suppressing Breast Cancer Tissue and Plasma Estrogen Levels
Published in Clinical cancer research (01-10-2008)“…Purpose: To evaluate the influence of the third-generation aromatase inhibitor letrozole (Femara) on breast cancer tissue levels of estrone (E 1 ), estradiol…”
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Development of Steroid Signaling Pathways during Primordial Follicle Formation in the Human Fetal Ovary
Published in The journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism (01-06-2011)“…The second trimester human fetal ovary possesses the machinery to synthesize and detect key members of the steroid signaling pathway, especially estrogenic…”
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In vivo antitumor activity of NVP-AEW541—A novel, potent, and selective inhibitor of the IGF-IR kinase
Published in Cancer cell (01-03-2004)“…IGF-IR-mediated signaling promotes survival, anchorage-independent growth, and oncogenic transformation, as well as tumor growth and metastasis formation in…”
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Gene Expression Profiles Differentiating Between Breast Cancers Clinically Responsive or Resistant to Letrozole
Published in Journal of clinical oncology (20-03-2009)“…Endocrine agents, such as letrozole, are established in the treatment of hormone-dependent breast cancer. However, response rates are only 50% to 70% in the…”
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Phosphatidyl-inositol-3-kinase alpha catalytic subunit mutation and response to neoadjuvant endocrine therapy for estrogen receptor positive breast cancer
Published in Breast cancer research and treatment (01-01-2010)“…Mutations in the alpha catalytic subunit of phosphoinositol-3-kinase (PIK3CA) occur in ~30% of ER positive breast cancers. We therefore sought to determine the…”
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Letrozole Is More Effective Neoadjuvant Endocrine Therapy Than Tamoxifen for ErbB-1– and/or ErbB-2–Positive, Estrogen Receptor–Positive Primary Breast Cancer: Evidence From a Phase III Randomized Trial
Published in Journal of clinical oncology (15-09-2001)“…Expression of ErbB-1 and ErbB-2 (epidermal growth factor receptor and HER2/neu) in breast cancer may cause tamoxifen resistance, but not all studies concur…”
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Aromatase localization in human breast cancer tissues : Possible interactions between intratumoral stromal and parenchymal cells
Published in Cancer research (Chicago, Ill.) (15-04-2007)“…Aromatase is a key enzyme in intratumoral estrogen production required for the production of estrogens through the conversion of serum androgens in…”
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Estrogen-Independent Proliferation Is Present in Estrogen-Receptor HER2-Positive Primary Breast Cancer After Neoadjuvant Letrozole
Published in Journal of clinical oncology (01-07-2006)“…To investigate the impact of human epidermal growth factor receptor (HER) 1 and HER2 gene amplification on endocrine therapy responsiveness, a fluorescence in…”
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Intratumoral Localization of Aromatase and Interaction between Stromal and Parenchymal Cells in the Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinoma Microenvironment
Published in Cancer research (Chicago, Ill.) (15-08-2010)“…Estrogens produced as a result of intratumoral aromatization has been recently shown to play important roles in proliferation of human non-small cell lung…”
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Molecular response to aromatase inhibitor treatment in primary breast cancer
Published in Breast cancer research : BCR (01-01-2007)“…Aromatase inhibitors such as anastrozole and letrozole are highly effective suppressants of estrogen synthesis in postmenopausal women and are the most…”
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Steroid Sulfatase and Estrogen Sulfotransferase in Colon Carcinoma: Regulators of Intratumoral Estrogen Concentrations and Potent Prognostic Factors
Published in Cancer research (Chicago, Ill.) (01-02-2009)“…Previous epidemiologic and in vitro studies have indicated a potential involvement of estrogens in the pathogenesis of human colon carcinoma, but the precise…”
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Epitope characterization of an aromatase monoclonal antibody suitable for the assessment of intratumoral aromatase activity
Published in PloS one (30-11-2009)“…Immunohistochemistry is one of the most suitable methods for the detection of intratumoral aromatase in order to identify patients who may respond to aromatase…”
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The aromatase inhibitor letrozole and inhibitors of insulin-like growth factor I receptor synergistically induce apoptosis in in vitro models of estrogen-dependent breast cancer
Published in Breast cancer research : BCR (01-01-2008)“…Endocrine-dependent, estrogen receptor positive breast cancer cells proliferate in response to estrogens, synthesized by the cytochrome p450 aromatase enzyme…”
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Intratumoral concentration of sex steroids and expression of sex steroid-producing enzymes in ductal carcinoma in situ of human breast
Published in Endocrine-related cancer (01-03-2008)“…It is well known that sex steroids play important roles in the development of invasive ductal carcinoma (IDC) of the human breast. However, biological…”
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Aromatase expression and outcomes in the P024 neoadjuvant endocrine therapy trial
Published in Breast cancer research and treatment (01-07-2009)“…Background Expression of aromatase by malignant breast epithelial cells and/or the surrounding stroma implies local estrogen production that could influence…”
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Serum TIMP-1 and Response to the Aromatase Inhibitor Letrozole Versus Tamoxifen in Metastatic Breast Cancer
Published in Journal of clinical oncology (01-06-2008)“…To determine the effect of elevated serum TIMP-1 on the response of patients with metastatic breast cancer to an aromatase inhibitor versus tamoxifen. Five…”
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Aromatase is phosphorylated in situ at serine-118
Published in The Journal of steroid biochemistry and molecular biology (01-11-2008)“…Phosphorylation of the cytochrome P450 aromatase has been proposed as a switch to rapidly modulate enzymatic activity and estrogen biosynthesis. Herein, we…”
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