Tumor biopsy

The purpose of this study is to identify and confirm new blood and tissue markers for prognosis and tumor hypoxia. Tumor hypoxia, or the condition of low oxygen in the tumor, has been shown to increase the risk of tumor spread and enhance tumor resistance to the standard treatment of radiation and chemotherapy in head and neck and lung cancers. We have recently identified several proteins or markers in the blood and in tumors (including osteopontin, lysyl oxidase, macrophage inhibiting factor and proteomic technology) in the laboratory that may be able to identify tumors with low oxygen levels or more aggressive behaving tumors.

This trial is a translational, open-label, monocentric and prospective cohort study of participants with breast cancer aiming to create a combined ESPRESSO (= organelle properties) phenotype and spatial proteomics data collection encompassing four cohorts: * TN eBC = cohort A, * HER2+ eBC = cohort B, * Luminal eBC = cohort C, * dnMBC = cohort D. In total 1050 participants will be enrolled in the study. Laboratory analysis (including ESPRESSO technique) will be conducted on the biological specimen collected during this study. The primary objective is to describe the amount of fatty acids accumulated in lipid droplets, within the four cohorts. As a secondary objective, the analysis will expand to other organelles like lysosomal acidity and nuclear organization. The study is due to last 9 years (4 years of recruitment and 5 years of study participation)