Prognostic markers in triple‐negative breast cancer

EA Rakha, ME El‐Sayed, AR Green, AHS Lee… - Cancer, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND. Triple‐negative breast cancer (estrogen receptor‐negative, progesterone
receptor‐negative, and HER2‐negative) is a high risk breast cancer that lacks the benefit of …

Prognostic significance of Nottingham histologic grade in invasive breast carcinoma

EA Rakha, ME El-Sayed, AHS Lee… - Journal of clinical …, 2008 - ascopubs.org
Purpose The three strongest prognostic determinants in operable breast cancer used in
routine clinical practice are lymph node (LN) stage, primary tumor size, and histologic grade …

Triple-negative breast cancer: distinguishing between basal and nonbasal subtypes

EA Rakha, SE Elsheikh, MA Aleskandarany… - Clinical Cancer …, 2009 - AACR
Abstract Purpose: Triple-negative (TN; estrogen receptor, progesterone receptor, and HER-2
negative) cancer and basal-like breast cancer (BLBC) are associated with poor outcome …

Biologic and clinical characteristics of breast cancer with single hormone receptor–positive phenotype

EA Rakha, ME El-Sayed, AR Green… - Journal of clinical …, 2007 - ascopubs.org
Purpose Response to endocrine therapy in breast cancer correlates with estrogen receptor
(ER) and progesterone receptor (PgR) status. It is usually easier to decide treatment …

Patho-biological aspects of basal-like breast cancer

EA Rakha, ME El-Sayed, J Reis-Filho… - Breast cancer research and …, 2009 - Springer
Breast cancer comprises a remarkably diverse group of diseases in terms of presentation,
morphology, molecular profile and response to therapy. Recent gene expression profiling of …

Invasive lobular carcinoma of the breast: response to hormonal therapy and outcomes

EA Rakha, ME El-Sayed, DG Powe, AR Green… - European journal of …, 2008 - Elsevier
Invasive lobular carcinoma (ILC) comprises approximately 5–15% of breast cancers and
appears to have a distinct biology. It is less common than invasive ductal carcinoma (IDC) …

Expression of BRCA1 protein in breast cancer and its prognostic significance

EA Rakha, SE El-Sheikh, MA Kandil, ME El-Sayed… - Human pathology, 2008 - Elsevier
BRCA1 is a tumor suppressor gene which, when mutated, is associated with the
development of hereditary breast cancers. In sporadic tumors, although inherent gene …

Histologic grading is an independent prognostic factor in invasive lobular carcinoma of the breast

EA Rakha, ME El-Sayed, S Menon, AR Green… - Breast cancer research …, 2008 - Springer
Invasive lobular carcinoma (ILC) comprises approximately 5–15% of breast cancers and
appears to have a distinct biology. As it is less common than invasive ductal carcinoma, few …

The biological and clinical characteristics of breast carcinoma with mixed ductal and lobular morphology

EA Rakha, MS Gill, ME El-Sayed, MM Khan… - Breast cancer research …, 2009 - Springer
Although invasive ductal (IDC) and lobular (ILC) breast carcinomas are well characterised in
the literature, the biological and clinical significance of mixed tumours with both ductal and …

Uranium extraction from gattar sulfate leach liquor using aliquat-336 in a liquid emulsion membrane process

MS El Sayed - Hydrometallurgy, 2003 - Elsevier
A uranyl leach liquor obtained by uranium leaching of a technological sample of Gattar GII
ore was subjected to uranium extraction using the liquid emulsion membrane (LEM) …