Nature Communications (Dec 2020)

The molecular landscape of Asian breast cancers reveals clinically relevant population-specific differences

  • Jia-Wern Pan,
  • Muhammad Mamduh Ahmad Zabidi,
  • Pei-Sze Ng,
  • Mei-Yee Meng,
  • Siti Norhidayu Hasan,
  • Bethan Sandey,
  • Stephen-John Sammut,
  • Cheng-Har Yip,
  • Pathmanathan Rajadurai,
  • Oscar M. Rueda,
  • Carlos Caldas,
  • Suet-Feung Chin,
  • Soo-Hwang Teo

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-20173-5
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Molecular profiling of breast cancer in non-Caucasian populations remains underexplored. Here the authors report a high prevalence of HER2-subtypes and enriched immune score with improved survival and higher rates of TP53 somatic mutations with poorer survival in ER+ tumours in a Malaysian cohort.