2017
Does lymph node status influence adjuvant therapy decision-making in women 70 years of age or older with clinically node negative hormone receptor positive breast cancer?
Chagpar AB, Horowitz N, Sanft T, Wilson LD, Silber A, Killelea B, Moran MS, DiGiovanna MP, Hofstatter E, Chung G, Pusztai L, Lannin DR. Does lymph node status influence adjuvant therapy decision-making in women 70 years of age or older with clinically node negative hormone receptor positive breast cancer? The American Journal Of Surgery 2017, 214: 1082-1088. PMID: 28939252, DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2017.07.036.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHormone receptor-positive breast cancerReceptor-positive breast cancerPositive breast cancerLymph nodesRadiation therapyBreast cancerPost-lumpectomy radiation therapyPost-mastectomy radiation therapyNational Cancer DatabaseSentinel LN biopsyBreast cancer patientsWomen 70 yearsAdjuvant chemotherapyAdjuvant therapyHormonal therapyLN biopsyLN evaluationLN statusCancer patientsCancer DatabasePatientsTherapyCancerChemotherapyHr
2015
Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy for Breast Cancer Increases the Rate of Breast Conservation: Results from the National Cancer Database
Killelea BK, Yang VQ, Mougalian S, Horowitz NR, Pusztai L, Chagpar AB, Lannin DR. Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy for Breast Cancer Increases the Rate of Breast Conservation: Results from the National Cancer Database. Journal Of The American College Of Surgeons 2015, 220: 1063-1069. PMID: 25868410, DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2015.02.011.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNational Cancer DatabaseNeoadjuvant chemotherapyBreast preservationBreast conservationTumor sizeCancer DatabaseDefinitive breast surgerySmall institutional seriesBreast cancer increasesAdvanced nodal diseaseInvasive breast cancerYounger patient ageBreast tumor sizeLarger tumor sizeMultivariate logistic regressionHigh tumor gradeAmerican Cancer SocietyAdjuvant chemotherapyNodal diseasePrimary surgeryT4 tumorsInstitutional seriesPatient ageRetrospective reviewDistant metastasis