2024
Prevalence and dynamics of circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) among patients (pts) with HER2+ breast cancer (BC) receiving neoadjuvant paclitaxel/trastuzumab/pertuzumab (THP) in the DAPHNe trial.
Waks A, Tarantino P, Li T, Ogayo E, Rahman T, DiLullo M, El-Refai S, Abbott C, Boyle S, Chen R, Desai N, Spring L, Tung N, King T, Krop I, Tayob N, Mittendorf E, Tolaney S, Winer E, Parsons H. Prevalence and dynamics of circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) among patients (pts) with HER2+ breast cancer (BC) receiving neoadjuvant paclitaxel/trastuzumab/pertuzumab (THP) in the DAPHNe trial. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2024, 42: 588-588. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2024.42.16_suppl.588.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMinimal residual diseaseResidual cancer burdenBreast cancerResidual diseaseDynamics of circulating tumor DNAMinimal residual disease dataRCB 0RCB IIResidual cancer burden-IDetect minimal residual diseaseQuantify minimal residual diseaseResidual cancer burden scoreHER2+ breast cancerAdjuvant systemic therapyClinical stage IINode-negative tumorsHER2 + BCMedian follow-upPlasma samplesBreast cancer recurrenceImmediately post-operativelyLong-term outcomesAssociated with elevated riskCtDNA-positiveT3/T4 tumors
2023
Immunological and clinicopathological features predict HER2-positive breast cancer prognosis in the neoadjuvant NeoALTTO and CALGB 40601 randomized trials
Rediti M, Fernandez-Martinez A, Venet D, Rothé F, Hoadley K, Parker J, Singh B, Campbell J, Ballman K, Hillman D, Winer E, El-Abed S, Piccart M, Di Cosimo S, Symmans W, Krop I, Salgado R, Loi S, Pusztai L, Perou C, Carey L, Sotiriou C. Immunological and clinicopathological features predict HER2-positive breast cancer prognosis in the neoadjuvant NeoALTTO and CALGB 40601 randomized trials. Nature Communications 2023, 14: 7053. PMID: 37923752, PMCID: PMC10624889, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-42635-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEvent-free survivalHER2-positive breast cancerPathological complete responseCALGB 40601Breast cancerBreast pathological complete responseStromal tumor-infiltrating lymphocytesHormone receptor statusPhase III trialsClinical nodal statusIndependent prognostic factorTumor-infiltrating lymphocytesIdentification of patientsBreast cancer prognosisT cell receptorNeoadjuvant paclitaxelNeoadjuvant therapyIII trialsNodal statusComplete responsePrognostic factorsPrognostic scoreReceptor statusClinicopathological featuresResidual disease
2022
CALGB 40603 (Alliance): Long-Term Outcomes and Genomic Correlates of Response and Survival After Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy With or Without Carboplatin and Bevacizumab in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer
Shepherd JH, Ballman K, Polley MC, Campbell JD, Fan C, Selitsky S, Fernandez-Martinez A, Parker JS, Hoadley KA, Hu Z, Li Y, Soloway MG, Spears PA, Singh B, Tolaney SM, Somlo G, Port ER, Ma C, Kuzma C, Mamounas E, Golshan M, Bellon JR, Collyar D, Hahn OM, Hudis CA, Winer EP, Partridge A, Hyslop T, Carey LA, Perou CM, Sikov WM. CALGB 40603 (Alliance): Long-Term Outcomes and Genomic Correlates of Response and Survival After Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy With or Without Carboplatin and Bevacizumab in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2022, 40: 1323-1334. PMID: 35044810, PMCID: PMC9015203, DOI: 10.1200/jco.21.01506.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLong-term outcomesEvent-free survivalTriple-negative breast cancerResidual cancer burdenResidual diseaseImmune activationBreast cancerPathologic complete response rateRandomized phase II trialEnd pointSuperior long-term outcomesCox proportional hazards modelComplete response rateSecondary end pointsPhase II trialPretreatment tumor biopsiesKaplan-Meier methodOverall survival rateTumor-infiltrating lymphocytesLog-rank testPretreatment tumor samplesMinimal residual diseaseProportional hazards modelWeekly paclitaxelII trial
2020
Sensitive Detection of Minimal Residual Disease in Patients Treated for Early-Stage Breast Cancer
Parsons HA, Rhoades J, Reed SC, Gydush G, Ram P, Exman P, Xiong K, Lo CC, Li T, Fleharty M, Kirkner GJ, Rotem D, Cohen O, Yu F, Fitarelli-Kiehl M, Leong KW, Hughes ME, Rosenberg SM, Collins LC, Miller KD, Blumenstiel B, Trippa L, Cibulskis C, Neuberg DS, DeFelice M, Freeman SS, Lennon NJ, Wagle N, Ha G, Stover DG, Choudhury AD, Getz G, Winer EP, Meyerson M, Lin NU, Krop I, Love JC, Makrigiorgos GM, Partridge AH, Mayer EL, Golub TR, Adalsteinsson VA. Sensitive Detection of Minimal Residual Disease in Patients Treated for Early-Stage Breast Cancer. Clinical Cancer Research 2020, 26: 2556-2564. PMID: 32170028, PMCID: PMC7654718, DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-19-3005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMinimal residual diseaseMetastatic breast cancerDigital droplet PCRBreast cancerTumor mutationsResidual diseaseMRD detectionEarly-stage breast cancerCurative-intent treatmentCohort of patientsEarly-stage diseaseMedian lead timeClinical data collectionWhole-exome sequencingMRD testFirst positive sampleDistant recurrenceMost patientsMetastatic diagnosisStage 0PatientsPlasma samplingClinical sensitivityPatient-specific mutationsCfDNA samples
2019
The Immune Microenvironment in Hormone Receptor–Positive Breast Cancer Before and After Preoperative Chemotherapy
Waks AG, Stover DG, Guerriero JL, Dillon D, Barry WT, Gjini E, Hartl C, Lo W, Savoie J, Brock J, Wesolowski R, Li Z, Damicis A, Philips AV, Wu Y, Yang F, Sullivan A, Danaher P, Brauer HA, Osmani W, Lipschitz M, Hoadley KA, Goldberg M, Perou CM, Rodig S, Winer EP, Krop IE, Mittendorf EA, Tolaney SM. The Immune Microenvironment in Hormone Receptor–Positive Breast Cancer Before and After Preoperative Chemotherapy. Clinical Cancer Research 2019, 25: 4644-4655. PMID: 31061067, PMCID: PMC6677598, DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-19-0173.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsStromal tumor-infiltrating lymphocytesImmune microenvironmentNeoadjuvant chemotherapyPD-L1Breast cancerHormone receptor-positive breast cancerBreast tumorsHormone receptor-positive/HER2-negative breast cancerHER2-negative breast cancerDistant metastasis-free survivalReceptor-positive breast cancerImmunotherapy-based approachesPAM50 intrinsic subtypesCheckpoint inhibitor therapyPD-L1 stainingTumor-infiltrating lymphocytesMetastasis-free survivalMacrophage-targeted therapiesRole of macrophagesPreoperative chemotherapyStandard chemotherapyInhibitor therapyResidual diseaseMyeloid signaturePoor responseCALGB (Alliance) 40603: Long-term outcomes (LTOs) after neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NACT) +/- carboplatin (Cb) and bevacizumab (Bev) in triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC).
Sikov W, Polley M, Twohy E, Perou C, Singh B, Berry D, Tolaney S, Somlo G, Port E, Ma C, Kuzma C, Mamounas E, Golshan M, Bellon J, Collyar D, Hahn O, Hudis C, Winer E, Partridge A, Carey L. CALGB (Alliance) 40603: Long-term outcomes (LTOs) after neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NACT) +/- carboplatin (Cb) and bevacizumab (Bev) in triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC). Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2019, 37: 591-591. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2019.37.15_suppl.591.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTriple-negative breast cancerLong-term outcomesNeoadjuvant chemotherapyPoor outcomeResidual diseaseUntreated triple-negative breast cancerBetter long-term outcomesClinical stage IIDose-dense ACPretreatment clinical stageWeeks of paclitaxelPathologic complete responseResidual cancer burdenStandard neoadjuvant chemotherapyClinical trial informationBreast/axillaBetter EFSPrimary endpointStandard chemotherapyComplete responseTreatment armsCancer burdenChemotherapy dosesClinical stageTrial arms
2013
Clinical and translational results of CALGB 40601: A neoadjuvant phase III trial of weekly paclitaxel and trastuzumab with or without lapatinib for HER2-positive breast cancer.
Carey L, Berry D, Ollila D, Harris L, Krop I, Weckstein D, Henry N, Anders C, Cirrincione C, Winer E, Perou C, Hudis C. Clinical and translational results of CALGB 40601: A neoadjuvant phase III trial of weekly paclitaxel and trastuzumab with or without lapatinib for HER2-positive breast cancer. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2013, 31: 500-500. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2013.31.15_suppl.500.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHER2-positive breast cancerBreast pCR ratePathological complete responsePCR rateCALGB 40601Weekly paclitaxelResidual diseaseBreast cancerStage IIClinical stage IIDose-dense ACPhase III trialsProgression-free survivalHER2-targeted agentsBiomarkers of sensitivityGene copy number abnormalitiesTissue-based studiesEligible patientsNeoadjuvant settingNeoadjuvant studiesTH armPrimary endpointIII trialsMetastatic diseaseComplete response