Gene expression profiling in breast cancer. A link between biology and clinical decision making

Thesis

Omslag

Title page

Contents

1: Introduction

2: Molecular markers for response to chemotherapy in breast cancer

3: Changes in gene expression associated with response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy in breast cancer

4: Exploration of various gene expression classifiers predicting response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy in breast cancer

5: Molecular sybtypes of breast cancer and amplification of topoisomerase IIa: predictive role in dose intensive adjuvant chemotherapy

6: Classification of ductal carcinoma in situ by gene expression profiling

7: Association of inactivation of E-cadherin or HER2/neu in vitro with the gene expression profiles in human breast cancer

8: Summary

9: Samenvatting (summary in Dutch)

Bibliography

Acknowledgements

Curriculum vitae