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Genetically abnormal clones in histologically normal breast tissue

P S Larson1, A de las Morenas, L A Cupples

  • 1Cancer Research Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Massachusetts 02118, USA.

The American Journal of Pathology
|June 17, 1998
PubMed
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Genetic abnormalities, critical for breast cancer, can be detected in histologically normal breast tissue before any visible signs appear. This suggests early genetic changes occur long before high-risk lesions develop.

Area of Science:

  • Oncology
  • Genetics
  • Molecular Biology

Background:

  • Breast cancer development involves accumulating genetic abnormalities.
  • Early steps in breast cancer progression remain unclear.
  • Benign proliferative breast lesions can harbor clonal genetic abnormalities.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the presence of clonal genetic abnormalities in histologically normal breast tissue.
  • To determine if genetic changes precede phenotypic abnormalities in breast cancer development.

Main Methods:

  • Examined DNA from 95 normal-appearing breast tissue samples from 20 women across different risk groups.
  • Utilized nine microsatellite markers to detect genetic instability and allelic imbalance (loss of heterozygosity).

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Main Results:

  • Genetically abnormal clones were found in 22% of normal-appearing samples (50% of women).
  • Abnormalities were more prevalent in women under 50 with increased cancer risk.
  • Genetic alterations were frequently located at known or suspected tumor suppressor gene sites.

Conclusions:

  • Critical genetic abnormalities for breast tumorigenesis accumulate before pathological detection of high-risk lesions.
  • These early genetic changes are detectable in histologically normal breast tissue.