S Kusuhara, T Kogawa, M Shimokawa, C Funasaka, C Kondoh, K Harano, N Matsubara, Y Naito, A Hosono, K Satomi, M Yoshida, S Fujii, T Onishi, A Suto, K Yonemori, K Koyama, R Nakamura, N Maeda, Y Narita, T Mukohara
{"title":"Expression of HER2, HER3, and TROP2 in primary tumors and brain metastases of breast cancer.","authors":"S Kusuhara, T Kogawa, M Shimokawa, C Funasaka, C Kondoh, K Harano, N Matsubara, Y Naito, A Hosono, K Satomi, M Yoshida, S Fujii, T Onishi, A Suto, K Yonemori, K Koyama, R Nakamura, N Maeda, Y Narita, T Mukohara","doi":"10.1007/s12282-026-01841-8","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s12282-026-01841-8","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":520574,"journal":{"name":"Breast cancer (Tokyo, Japan)","volume":" ","pages":"644-652"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2026-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147461477","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Changes in re-excision rates after publication of guidelines defining positive margins for breast-conserving surgery: a collaborative study of the Japanese breast cancer society.","authors":"Takehiko Sakai, Yuri Kimura, Makoto Ishitobi, Atsushi Yoshida, Yasuaki Sagara, Yuka Ono, Koji Takada, Yuko Takahashi, Takahiro Tsukioki, Mao Kimoto, Tomo Osako","doi":"10.1007/s12282-026-01853-4","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s12282-026-01853-4","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":520574,"journal":{"name":"Breast cancer (Tokyo, Japan)","volume":" ","pages":"761-769"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2026-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147635486","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Solamargin-functionalized gold nanoparticles codelivering photothermal-immunotherapy for triple-negative breast cancer.","authors":"Zhengwei Gui, Lu Zhao, Shiyang Liu, Lin Zhang","doi":"10.1007/s12282-026-01849-0","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s12282-026-01849-0","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":520574,"journal":{"name":"Breast cancer (Tokyo, Japan)","volume":" ","pages":"705-721"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2026-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13124798/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147597358","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"PIK3CA mutation in ER-negative and HER2-positive breast cancer with apocrine differentiation.","authors":"Fumi Nozaki, Yoko Nakanishi, Yukari Hirotani, Hiroko Kobayashi, Tomoyuki Tanino, Haruna Nishimaki-Watanabe, Sumie Ohni, Xiaoyan Tang, Shinobu Masuda","doi":"10.1007/s12282-026-01837-4","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s12282-026-01837-4","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Targeted therapies for PIK3CA-mutated breast cancer are currently limited to the hormone receptor (HR)-positive and HER2-negative subtype. Carcinoma with apocrine differentiation (apocrine ca.) is typically characterized as ER-negative and HER2-positive/negative. Consequently, patients with apocrine ca. are generally excluded from PIK3CA genotyping and targeted therapies, even when mutations are present. Here, we investigated the prevalence and functional significance of PIK3CA mutations in apocrine ca., particularly in ER-negative (HER2-subtypes and triple-negative) subtypes.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We analyzed hotspot PIK3CA mutations in apocrine ca. and invasive breast carcinoma of no special type (IBC-NST) (20 and 70 samples, respectively). PIK3CA knockdown was performed to compare the proliferation of breast cancer cell lines representing two types of apocrine ca. with PIK3CA mutations (MDA-MB-453: ER-/HER2+/AR + and MFM223: ER-/HER2-/AR+) and one without PIK3CA mutations (HCC1428: ER+/HER2-/AR-).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>PIK3CA mutations occurred in apocrine ca. (3/20, 15.0%) and IBC-NST (2/70, 2.9%) cases (P = 0.071). Within the ER-negative and HER2-positive subtypes, PIK3CA mutations were present in 25% of apocrine ca. (2/8) cases, whereas no mutations were observed in positive IBC-NST (0/18) (P = 0.086). siRNA-mediated PIK3CA knockdown reduced the proliferation of MDA-MB-453 (P < 0.01) and MFM223 (P = 0.01) cells, whereas no effect was observed in HCC1428 cells (P = 0.674), relative to the non-targeting siRNA control.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>PIK3CA mutations are present in ER-negative and HER2-positive apocrine ca., and these mutations drive PIK3CA-dependent proliferation in vitro. These results suggest that patients with apocrine ca. may benefit from PIK3CA mutation testing and subsequent targeted therapy.</p>","PeriodicalId":520574,"journal":{"name":"Breast cancer (Tokyo, Japan)","volume":" ","pages":"625-633"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2026-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147274271","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Impact of sentinel lymph node biopsy versus axillary lymph node dissection on shoulder range of motion in early rehabilitation after breast cancer surgery.","authors":"Honami Hieda, Yasunori Umemoto, Aoi Aasaumi, Naoki Hashimoto, Makoto Yamagishi, Kai Ushio, Akimitsu Yamada, Takeshi Nakamura","doi":"10.1007/s12282-026-01827-6","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s12282-026-01827-6","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":520574,"journal":{"name":"Breast cancer (Tokyo, Japan)","volume":" ","pages":"593-600"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2026-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147438896","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Factors associated with central venous port implantation during breast cancer perioperative chemotherapy: a Japanese database study.","authors":"Mari Abe, Kojiro Morita, Takaaki Konishi, Katsuhiko Nara, Yuya Kimura, Kiyohide Fushimi, Hideo Yasunaga, Gojiro Nakagami","doi":"10.1007/s12282-026-01850-7","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s12282-026-01850-7","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":520574,"journal":{"name":"Breast cancer (Tokyo, Japan)","volume":" ","pages":"736-743"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2026-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13124893/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147629742","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}