2018
Tailoring Adjuvant Endocrine Therapy for Premenopausal Breast Cancer
Francis PA, Pagani O, Fleming GF, Walley BA, Colleoni M, Láng I, Gómez HL, Tondini C, Ciruelos E, Burstein HJ, Bonnefoi HR, Bellet M, Martino S, Geyer CE, Goetz MP, Stearns V, Pinotti G, Puglisi F, Spazzapan S, Climent MA, Pavesi L, Ruhstaller T, Davidson NE, Coleman R, Debled M, Buchholz S, Ingle JN, Winer EP, Maibach R, Rabaglio-Poretti M, Ruepp B, Di Leo A, Coates AS, Gelber RD, Goldhirsch A, Regan MM. Tailoring Adjuvant Endocrine Therapy for Premenopausal Breast Cancer. New England Journal Of Medicine 2018, 379: 122-137. PMID: 29863451, PMCID: PMC6193457, DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa1803164.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTamoxifen plus ovarian suppressionTamoxifen-alone groupOvarian suppressionPremenopausal womenBreast cancerAdverse eventsOverall survivalDisease-free survival ratesOvarian Function TrialYears of tamoxifenAdjuvant endocrine therapyHigher adverse eventsReceipt of chemotherapyPremenopausal breast cancerLow recurrence rateAromatase inhibitor exemestaneUse of exemestaneSuppression groupExemestane TrialDistant recurrenceEndocrine therapyRecurrence rateGrade 3ExemestaneTamoxifen
2009
Prognostic and predictive value of the 21-gene recurrence score assay in postmenopausal women with node-positive, oestrogen-receptor-positive breast cancer on chemotherapy: a retrospective analysis of a randomised trial
Albain KS, Barlow WE, Shak S, Hortobagyi GN, Livingston RB, Yeh IT, Ravdin P, Bugarini R, Baehner FL, Davidson NE, Sledge GW, Winer EP, Hudis C, Ingle JN, Perez EA, Pritchard KI, Shepherd L, Gralow JR, Yoshizawa C, Allred DC, Osborne CK, Hayes DF, America F. Prognostic and predictive value of the 21-gene recurrence score assay in postmenopausal women with node-positive, oestrogen-receptor-positive breast cancer on chemotherapy: a retrospective analysis of a randomised trial. The Lancet Oncology 2009, 11: 55-65. PMID: 20005174, PMCID: PMC3058239, DOI: 10.1016/s1470-2045(09)70314-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAgedAntineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy ProtocolsBiomarkers, TumorBreast NeoplasmsClinical Trials, Phase III as TopicCyclophosphamideDisease-Free SurvivalDoxorubicinFemaleFluorouracilGene Expression ProfilingGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticGenetic TestingHumansKaplan-Meier EstimateLymphatic MetastasisMiddle AgedPatient SelectionPostmenopausePredictive Value of TestsProportional Hazards ModelsRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicReceptors, EstrogenRecurrenceRetrospective StudiesReverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain ReactionRisk AssessmentTamoxifenTime FactorsTreatment OutcomeUnited StatesConceptsLow recurrence scorePositive breast cancerAnthracycline-based chemotherapyDisease-free survivalHigh recurrence scoreRecurrence scorePositive nodesBreast cancerPostmenopausal womenRetrospective analysisNode-positive breast cancerTamoxifen-alone groupTamoxifen-treated patientsPhase 3 trialNational Cancer InstituteEffect of recurrenceOverall survivalSpecific survivalSurvival benefitCox regressionHigh riskTreatment groupsCancer InstituteChemotherapyPredictive value