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Cancer stem cells in breast tumors were first discovered in 2003. [6] There are different theories exist on the origins of these cells. There are findings that indicates that normal cells undergo mutations which result in their transformation into BCSCs, [7] while there are also studies which concluded that these cells come from the misplacement of somatic stem cells de novo.
Scientists study the behaviour of isolated cells grown in the laboratory for insights into how cells function in the body in health and disease. Experiments using cell culture are used for developing new diagnostic tests and new treatments for diseases. This is a list of major breast cancer cell lines that are primarily used in breast cancer ...
By irradiating batches of cells with different doses and types of radiation, a relationship between dose and the fraction of cells that die can be found, and then used to find the doses corresponding to some common survival rate. The ratio of these doses is the RBE of R.
The American Cancer Society reports 5-year relative survival rates of over 70% for women with stage 0-III breast cancer with a 5-year relative survival rate close to 100% for women with stage 0 or stage I breast cancer. The 5-year relative survival rate drops to 22% for women with stage IV breast cancer. [3]
Most telling perhaps is that 70-80% of breast cancer patients receiving chemotherapy based on traditional predictors would have survived without it. [3] [4] Of note, similar gene expression patterns associated with metastatic behaviour of breast cancer tumor cells have also been found in breast cancer of dog, the most common tumor of the female ...
There are two generally accepted models that show significance towards cell-survival curves: the multi-hit (target theory) model and the repair model. [2] The first mammalian cell radiation survival curve was developed by Puck and Marcus in 1956 examining the actions of x-rays on mammalian cells using HeLa cells. [3]
Nuclear grade describes how closely the nuclei of cancer cells look like the nuclei of normal breast cells; the higher the nuclear grade, the more abnormal appearing the nuclei are and the more aggressive the tumor cells tend to be.) PDCIS has an excellent prognosis with long-term survival rates similar to those for EPC. [2]
Staging breast cancer is the initial step to help physicians determine the most appropriate course of treatment. As of 2016, guidelines incorporated biologic factors, such as tumor grade, cellular proliferation rate, estrogen and progesterone receptor expression, human epidermal growth factor 2 (HER2) expression, and gene expression profiling into the staging system.