2022
The mutational profile of ER-, PR+, HER2- metastatic breast cancer.
Fischbach N, Huang R, Lustberg M, Pelletier M, Pusztai L, Sivakumar S, Sokol E, Ross J, Levy M. The mutational profile of ER-, PR+, HER2- metastatic breast cancer. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2022, 40: 1025-1025. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2022.40.16_suppl.1025.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTriple-negative breast cancerComprehensive genomic profilingMetastatic breast cancerBreast cancerClinical trialsPathology reportsMutational profileHER2- metastatic breast cancerConsecutive breast cancersAnti-estrogen therapyNegative breast cancerPD-L1 IHCPotential therapeutic implicationsHigh rateEndocrine therapyEstrogen therapyPatient ageFoundation MedicineKRAS alterationsRare subtypeHER2 expressionClinical behaviorReceptor phenotypeBreast carcinomaTreatment strategies
2016
Deciphering and Targeting Oncogenic Mutations and Pathways in Breast Cancer
Santarpia L, Bottai G, Kelly CM, Győrffy B, Székely B, Pusztai L. Deciphering and Targeting Oncogenic Mutations and Pathways in Breast Cancer. The Oncologist 2016, 21: 1063-1078. PMID: 27384237, PMCID: PMC5016060, DOI: 10.1634/theoncologist.2015-0369.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBreast cancerCancer-causing genesCopy number variationsRNA speciesRNA editingGenomic variationNext-generation sequencingRNA sequencingGenomic complexityGenomic portraitGreater genomic complexityOncogenic mutationsOncogenic eventsTarget profilingRare mutationsMutationsRecurrent mutationsSomatic variantsGenetic aberrationsFormal clinical trialsPotential therapeutic implicationsDriver mutationsSequencingGermline variantsMolecular abnormalities
2006
Is histology (His) relevant in adjuvant (Adj)/neoadjuvant (NA) therapy of breast cancer (BC)?
Katz A, Saad E, Pusztai L. Is histology (His) relevant in adjuvant (Adj)/neoadjuvant (NA) therapy of breast cancer (BC)? Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2006, 24: 10541-10541. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2006.24.18_suppl.10541.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchInvasive lobular carcinomaHormone therapyILC patientsRandomized trialsInvasive ductal carcinomaNA chemotherapyBreast cancerNA therapyPCR rateRetrospective seriesEstrogen receptorPhase III randomized trialsPathologic response rateRole of chemotherapyIndependent predictive factorsOngoing randomized trialsEarly breast cancerFuture randomized trialsInvasive breast cancerDistinct clinical behaviorPotential therapeutic implicationsAdjuvant trialsCT regimensPossible overtreatmentIDC patients