title: Array-based comparative genomic hybridization of ductal carcinoma in situ and synchronous invasive lobular cancer.
abstract: It has been increasingly recognized that ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), lobular carcinoma in situ (LCIS) and invasive cancer of the breast are often closely associated with one another. However, the genomic relationship between these histologically distinct entities has not been well characterized. Refinements in high-resolution comparative genomic hybridization (CGH) techniques allow for a detailed comparison of genomic alterations in synchronously occurring tumors. The following case illustrates how array CGH may be used to better understand whether synchronous neoplasms share a common origin.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of California San Francisco, 94115, USA.
authors.forename: Sarah J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Nyante
authors.forename: Sandy
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Devries
authors.forename: Yunn Yi
authors.initials: YY
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: E Shelley
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Hwang
mesh_terms: D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D015820:Cadherins / Q000096:biosynthesis; D002285:Carcinoma, Intraductal, Noninfiltrating / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D018275:Carcinoma, Lobular / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D042282:Microdissection; D008875:Middle Aged; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D020411:Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis
chemical_list: D015820:Cadherins