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Breast self-examination: defining a cohort still in needLee G Wilke
Duke University, Department of Surgery, Durham, NC, USA
Am J Surg 198:575-9. 2009..The value of breast self-examination (BSE) to detect early breast cancer is controversial...
Adherence to the National Quality Forum (NQF) breast cancer measures within cancer clinical trials: a review from ACOSOG Z0010Lee G Wilke
Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
Ann Surg Oncol 17:1989-94. 2010..We proposed to study the degree of adherence with these measures among participating institutions in a multi-institutional trial...
Rapid noninvasive optical imaging of tissue composition in breast tumor marginsLee G Wilke
Department of Surgery, Duke University Health System, 3116 North Duke St, Durham, NC 27704, USA
Am J Surg 198:566-74. 2009..Our objective is to develop an optically based technology which can differentiate benign from malignant breast tissues intraoperatively through differences in tissue composition factors...
CpG island tumor suppressor promoter methylation in non-BRCA-associated early mammary carcinogenesisShauna N Vasilatos
Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Box 2628, Durham, NC 27710, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 18:901-14. 2009..Only 5% of all breast cancers are the result of BRCA1/2 mutations. Methylation silencing of tumor suppressor genes is well described in sporadic breast cancer; however, its role in familial breast cancer is not known...
Pilot and feasibility study: prospective proteomic profiling of mammary epithelial cells from high-risk women provides evidence of activation of pro-survival pathwaysCatherine Ibarra-Drendall
Division of Medical Oncology, Duke University Medical Center, Box 2628, Durham, NC 27710, USA
Breast Cancer Res Treat 132:487-98. 2012....
Performance metrics of an optical spectral imaging system for intra-operative assessment of breast tumor marginsTorre M Bydlon
Department of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, 136 Hudson Hall, Box 90281, Durham, NC, 27708, USA
Opt Express 18:8058-76. 2010..The manuscript includes a discussion of how the speed of the system can be improved to work within the time constraints of an intra-operative setting...
Sentinel node skills verification and surgeon performance: data from a multicenter clinical trial for early-stage breast cancerKatherine E Posther
Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA
Ann Surg 242:593-9; discussion 599-602. 2005....
Quantitative spectral reflectance imaging device for intraoperative breast tumor margin assessmentNIMMI RAMANUJAM
Biomedical Engineering Dept, Duke University, USA
Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc 2009:6554-6. 2009..Preliminary data from this ongoing clinical study suggest that this technology could significantly reduce the number of unnecessary repeat breast conserving surgeries annually...
Protein microarray analysis of mammary epithelial cells from obese and nonobese women at high risk for breast cancer: feasibility dataPatrick G Pilie
Duke University Medical Center, Box 2628, Durham, NC 27710, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 20:476-82. 2011....
ESR1 promoter hypermethylation does not predict atypia in RPFNA nor persistent atypia after 12 months tamoxifen chemopreventionJoseph C Baker
Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 17:1884-90. 2008..Currently, we lack biomarkers to predict whether high-risk women with mammary atypia will respond to tamoxifen chemoprevention...
Advancing optical imaging for breast margin assessment: an analysis of excisional time, cautery, and patent blue dye on underlying sources of contrastTorre M Bydlon
Department of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
PLoS ONE 7:e51418. 2012....
Impact of axillary ultrasound and core needle biopsy on the utility of intraoperative frozen section analysis and treatment decision making in women with invasive breast cancerHolly Caretta-Weyer
Department of Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53792 7375, USA
Am J Surg 204:308-14. 2012..A secondary aim was to evaluate the impact on the utility of intraoperative sentinel lymph node (SLN) frozen section...
Hypermethylation of the breast cancer-associated gene 1 promoter does not predict cytologic atypia or correlate with surrogate end points of breast cancer riskGregory R Bean
Duke University Medical Center, Box 2628, Durham, NC 27710, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 16:50-6. 2007....
Reproducibility of random periareolar fine needle aspiration in a multi-institutional Cancer and Leukemia Group B (CALGB) cross-sectional studyCatherine Ibarra-Drendall
Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 18:1379-85. 2009..To address these key limitations, the Cancer and Leukemia Group B (CALGB) Prevention Group tested the reproducibility of RPFNA in a multi-institutional cross-sectional study...
Quantitative optical spectroscopy: a robust tool for direct measurement of breast cancer vascular oxygenation and total hemoglobin content in vivoJ Quincy Brown
Department of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
Cancer Res 69:2919-26. 2009..Diffuse reflectance spectroscopy could aid in prognosis and prediction in breast cancer via quantitative assessment of tumor physiology at the time of diagnostic biopsy...
Impact of neoadjuvant chemotherapy on wound complications after breast surgeryMarquita R Decker
Wisconsin Surgical Outcomes Research Program, Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI 53792 7375, USA
Surgery 152:382-8. 2012..Use of neoadjuvant chemotherapy for breast cancer is increasing. The objective was to examine risk of postoperative wound complications in patients receiving neoadjuvant chemotherapy for breast cancer...
Morphologically normal-appearing mammary epithelial cells obtained from high-risk women exhibit methylation silencing of INK4a/ARFGregory R Bean
Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA
Clin Cancer Res 13:6834-41. 2007..These data suggest that cells that lack p16(INK4a) activity would be at high risk for breast cancer development and may exhibit an increased frequency of DNA methylation events in early cancer...
Sentinel lymph node dissection and the current status of American trials on breast lymphatic mappingKatherine E Posther
Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA
Semin Oncol 31:426-36. 2004..Surgeon participation is crucial to the ongoing success of clinical trials in the field of breast cancer surgery...
Early results from a novel quality outcomes program: the American Society Of Breast Surgeons' Mastery of Breast SurgeryEdward J Clifford
Department of Surgery, Baylor Medical Center at Irving, TX, USA
Ann Surg Oncol 17:233-41. 2010..In 2008, the American Society for Breast Surgeons launched its Mastery in Breast Surgery Pilot Program to demonstrate feasibility of a Web-based tool for breast surgeons to document and monitor quality outcomes...
Risk of invasive breast cancer and ductal carcinoma in situ in women with atypical papillary lesions of the breastKyle C Cuneo
Department of Radiation Oncology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA
Breast J 18:475-8. 2012..Patients with a papillary lesion with atypia were more likely to develop invasive or in situ breast cancer with a 5 year risk of 13.0% versus 4.6% in patients with no atypia (p = 0.03)...
Retinoic acid receptor-beta2 promoter methylation in random periareolar fine needle aspirationGregory R Bean
Division of Medical Oncology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 14:790-8. 2005..Results from this study indicate that the RARbeta2 P2 promoter is frequently methylated (69%) in primary breast cancers and shows a positive association with increasing cytologic abnormality in RPFNA...
Sentinel lymph node biopsy in patients with early-stage breast cancer: status of the National Clinical TrialsLee G Wilke
Department of Surgery, Duke University Health System, Durham, NC, USA
Surg Clin North Am 83:901-10. 2003..In keeping with past successes, the continued participation of surgeons in clinical trials contributes to the advancement of evidence-based therapeutic strategies for patients diagnosed with breast cancer...
