The effect of menopause and hysterectomy on systemic vascular endothelial growth factor in women undergoing surgery for breast cancerAoife J Lowery
Department of Surgery, Clinical Science Institute, University College Hospital Galway, Galway, Ireland
BMC Cancer 8:279. 2008
..The aims of this study were to investigate circulating VEGF levels in breast cancer patients and assess the effect of menopause or hysterectomy on systemic VEGF...
MicroRNA signatures predict oestrogen receptor, progesterone receptor and HER2/neu receptor status in breast cancerAoife J Lowery
Department of Surgery, Clinical Science Institute, University Hospital National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland
Breast Cancer Res 11:R27. 2009
....
Identification of suitable endogenous control genes for microRNA gene expression analysis in human breast cancerPamela A Davoren
Department of Surgery, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland
BMC Mol Biol 9:76. 2008
..This is the first study to identify reliable ECs for analysis of miRNA by RQ-PCR in human breast tissue...
MicroRNAs as prognostic indicators and therapeutic targets: potential effect on breast cancer managementAoife J Lowery
Department of Surgery, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland
Clin Cancer Res 14:360-5. 2008
..Finally, we comment on the potential role of miRNAs in breast cancer management, particularly in improving current prognostic tools and achieving the goal of individualized cancer treatment...
Circulating microRNAs as novel minimally invasive biomarkers for breast cancerHelen M Heneghan
Department of Surgery, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland
Ann Surg 251:499-505. 2010
..The objective of this study was to investigate the potential of circulating microRNAs as novel breast cancer biomarkers...
Dysregulated miR-183 inhibits migration in breast cancer cellsAoife J Lowery
Department of Surgery, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland
BMC Cancer 10:502. 2010
..MiR-183 is located on chromosome 7q32 and is part of a miRNA family which are dysregulated in numerous cancers. The aims of this study were to further examine the expression and functional role of miR-183 in breast cancer...
Locoregional recurrence after breast cancer surgery: a systematic review by receptor phenotypeAoife J Lowery
Surgery, School of Medicine, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland
Breast Cancer Res Treat 133:831-41. 2012
..Breast cancer subtype should be taken into account when considering local control and identifies those at increased risk of LRR, who may benefit from more aggressive local treatment...
Laryngeal cancer: quantitative and qualitative assessment of research output, 1945-2010Ronan W Glynn
Academic Department of Otorhinolaryngology, National University of Ireland Galway and Galway University Hospitals, Galway, Ireland
Laryngoscope 122:1967-73. 2012
..To provide an in-depth evaluation of research yield in laryngeal cancer from 1945 to 2010, using large-scale data analysis, employment of bibliometric indicators of production and quality, and density equalizing mapping...
Estrogen induces repression of the breast cancer and salivary gland expression gene in an estrogen receptor alpha-dependent mannerNancy Bretschneider
European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany
Cancer Res 68:106-14. 2008
..Additionally, we provide information on BASE expression in human breast tumor samples...