Nature Communications (Apr 2018)

A serum microRNA signature predicts trastuzumab benefit in HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer patients

  • Huiping Li,
  • Jiang Liu,
  • Jianing Chen,
  • Huiyun Wang,
  • Linbin Yang,
  • Fei Chen,
  • Siting Fan,
  • Jing Wang,
  • Bin Shao,
  • Dong Yin,
  • Musheng Zeng,
  • Mengfeng Li,
  • Jun Li,
  • Fengxi Su,
  • Qiang Liu,
  • Herui Yao,
  • Shicheng Su,
  • Erwei Song

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03537-w
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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Resistance to therapy is a significant issue for patients with metastatic breast cancer (MBC). Here the authors analyze total miRNA from serum samples of 386 MBC patients before treatment with a follow up of 31 months and define a four miRNA signature that predicts the therapeutic benefit of trastuzumab.