PMID- 34677245 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20211027 LR - 20211027 IS - 1718-7729 (Electronic) IS - 1198-0052 (Print) IS - 1198-0052 (Linking) VI - 28 IP - 5 DP - 2021 Sep 30 TI - Expression of Senescence and Apoptosis Biomarkers in Synchronous Bilateral Breast Cancer: A Case Report. PG - 3836-3845 LID - 10.3390/curroncol28050327 [doi] AB - BACKGROUND: Synchronous bilateral breast cancer (SBBC) provides a special condition where two independent breast tumors are exposed to cancer pharmacotherapy within a uniform pharmacokinetic milieu. Both senescence and apoptosis are established responses to therapy; however, they have potentially variable contributions to the overall outcome of treatment, which are yet to be determined. METHODS: In this report, we describe the clinicopathological picture of two SBBC cases that received standard anticancer treatment and assess their expression profile of several molecular hallmarks of senescence and apoptosis. RESULTS: Our analysis identified that synchronous tumors have variable expression profiles of both senescence- and apoptosis-associated biomarkers, despite comparable pathological responses to neoadjuvant chemotherapy and current survival rates. CONCLUSIONS: Our results highlight the variable expression of senescence- and apoptosis-associated markers in breast tumors (despite the shared somatic genetic background) and invites a large-scale assessment of both senescence and apoptosis in breast cancer tissue in vivo and their contribution to the pathological response and overall survival. FAU - Saleh, Tareq AU - Saleh T AD - Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, The Hashemite University, Zarqa 13133, Jordan. FAU - El-Sadoni, Mohammed AU - El-Sadoni M AD - Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Forensic Medicine, School of Medicine, The University of Jordan, Amman 11942, Jordan. FAU - Alhesa, Ahmad AU - Alhesa A AD - Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Forensic Medicine, School of Medicine, The University of Jordan, Amman 11942, Jordan. FAU - Awad, Heyam AU - Awad H AD - Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Forensic Medicine, School of Medicine, The University of Jordan, Amman 11942, Jordan. FAU - Jaradat, Mahmoud AU - Jaradat M AD - Department of General Surgery, Jordanian Royal Medical Services, Amman 11942, Jordan. FAU - Al-Hazaimeh, Mohammad AU - Al-Hazaimeh M AD - Department of General Surgery, Jordanian Royal Medical Services, Amman 11942, Jordan. FAU - Dawoud, Rand AU - Dawoud R AD - Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, The Hashemite University, Zarqa 13133, Jordan. FAU - Mryyian, Amel AU - Mryyian A AD - Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, The Hashemite University, Zarqa 13133, Jordan. FAU - Azab, Bilal AU - Azab B AD - Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Forensic Medicine, School of Medicine, The University of Jordan, Amman 11942, Jordan. AD - Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, USA. LA - eng PT - Case Reports PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20210930 PL - Switzerland TA - Curr Oncol JT - Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) JID - 9502503 RN - 0 (Biomarkers) SB - IM MH - Apoptosis/genetics MH - Biomarkers MH - *Breast Neoplasms/drug therapy/genetics MH - Female MH - Humans MH - *Neoplasms, Multiple Primary PMC - PMC8535022 OTO - NOTNLM OT - BCL-2 OT - apoptosis OT - bilateral OT - breast cancer OT - chemotherapy OT - p16INK4a OT - senescence OT - synchronous COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest. The funders had no role in the design of the study; in the collection, analyses, or interpretation of data; in the writing of the manuscript, or in the decision to publish the results. EDAT- 2021/10/23 06:00 MHDA- 2021/10/28 06:00 PMCR- 2021/09/30 CRDT- 2021/10/22 12:17 PHST- 2021/08/31 00:00 [received] PHST- 2021/09/28 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2021/10/22 12:17 [entrez] PHST- 2021/10/23 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/10/28 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2021/09/30 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - curroncol28050327 [pii] AID - curroncol-28-00327 [pii] AID - 10.3390/curroncol28050327 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Curr Oncol. 2021 Sep 30;28(5):3836-3845. doi: 10.3390/curroncol28050327.