An assessment of neuronal calcium sensor-1 and response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy in breast cancer patients

Lauren M. Moore, Rachel Wilkinson, Mehmet Altan, Maria Toki, Daniel E. Carvajal-Hausdorf, John McGuire, Barbara E. Ehrlich, David L. Rimm

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Abstract

Neuronal calcium sensor-1 (NCS-1) has been identified as a binding partner of the taxane, paclitaxel. Our previous study showed that overexpression of NCS-1 increased the efficacy of paclitaxel in vitro, but was associated with poor clinical outcome. Here, we determine if NCS-1 expression is associated with pathological complete response (pCR) to taxane-based neoadjuvant chemotherapy in 105 pre-treatment breast cancer biopsies. Elevated expression of NCS-1 was found to be positively associated with pCR. These results suggest that NCS-1 may be a predictive biomarker for response to taxane-based neoadjuvant chemotherapy in breast cancer.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number6
Journalnpj Breast Cancer
Volume4
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 1 2018

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Oncology
  • Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging
  • Pharmacology (medical)

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