Association between SPARC mRNA Expression, Prognosis and Response to Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy in Early Breast Cancer: A Pooled in-silico Analysis

Hatem A. Azim Jr; Sandeep Singhal; Michail Ignatiadis; Christine Desmedt; Debora Fumagalli; Isabelle Veys; Denis Larsimont; Martine Piccart; Stefan Michiels; Christos Sotiriou

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0062451

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Association between SPARC mRNA Expression, Prognosis and Response to Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy in Early Breast Cancer: A Pooled in-silico Analysis

Hatem A. Azim Jr ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Hatem A. Azim Jr, Sandeep Singhal

Affiliation Breast Cancer Translational Research Laboratory, J.C. Heuson, Institut Jules Bordet, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
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Sandeep Singhal ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Hatem A. Azim Jr, Sandeep Singhal

Affiliation Breast Cancer Translational Research Laboratory, J.C. Heuson, Institut Jules Bordet, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
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Michail Ignatiadis,

Affiliations Breast Cancer Translational Research Laboratory, J.C. Heuson, Institut Jules Bordet, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium, Department of Medical Oncology, Institut Jules Bordet, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
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Christine Desmedt,

Affiliation Breast Cancer Translational Research Laboratory, J.C. Heuson, Institut Jules Bordet, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
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Debora Fumagalli,

Affiliation Breast Cancer Translational Research Laboratory, J.C. Heuson, Institut Jules Bordet, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
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Isabelle Veys,

Affiliation Department of Breast and Gynecological Surgery, Institut Jules Bordet, Brussels, Belgium
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Denis Larsimont,

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Institut Jules Bordet, Brussels, Belgium
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Martine Piccart,

Affiliation Department of Medical Oncology, Institut Jules Bordet, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
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Stefan Michiels,

Affiliation Breast Cancer Translational Research Laboratory, J.C. Heuson, Institut Jules Bordet, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
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Christos Sotiriou

* E-mail: christos.sotiriou@bordet.be

Affiliations Breast Cancer Translational Research Laboratory, J.C. Heuson, Institut Jules Bordet, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium, Department of Medical Oncology, Institut Jules Bordet, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
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Association between SPARC mRNA Expression, Prognosis and Response to Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy in Early Breast Cancer: A Pooled in-silico Analysis

Hatem A. Azim Jr,
Sandeep Singhal,
Michail Ignatiadis,
Christine Desmedt,
Debora Fumagalli,
Isabelle Veys,
Denis Larsimont,
Martine Piccart,
Stefan Michiels,
Christos Sotiriou

Published: April 26, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0062451

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