2024
Predicting peripheral neuropathy following neoadjuvant therapy in patients with breast cancer.
Feiger B, Biancalana M, Shelton A, Blenman K, Lustberg M. Predicting peripheral neuropathy following neoadjuvant therapy in patients with breast cancer. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2024, 42: e12639-e12639. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2024.42.16_suppl.e12639.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBreast cancer patientsNeoadjuvant chemotherapyPeripheral neuropathyNeoadjuvant therapyBreast cancerCancer patientsAdministration of neoadjuvant chemotherapyCohort of breast cancer patientsLikelihood of breast-conserving surgeryContrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imagingQuality of lifeDynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imagingBreast-conserving surgeryReduced tumor burdenTreatment-induced neuropathyOccurrence of neuropathyInduce peripheral neuropathyDensity of blood vesselsPatients' quality of lifeMagnetic resonance imagingAmeliorate neuropathyDCE-MRI dataTumor burdenCumulative toxic effectsIntratumoral vascularityImage‐based multiplex immune profiling of cancer tissues: translational implications. A report of the International Immuno‐oncology Biomarker Working Group on Breast Cancer
Jahangir C, Page D, Broeckx G, Gonzalez C, Burke C, Murphy C, Reis‐Filho J, Ly A, Harms P, Gupta R, Vieth M, Hida A, Kahila M, Kos Z, van Diest P, Verbandt S, Thagaard J, Khiroya R, Abduljabbar K, Haab G, Acs B, Adams S, Almeida J, Alvarado‐Cabrero I, Azmoudeh‐Ardalan F, Badve S, Baharun N, Bellolio E, Bheemaraju V, Blenman K, Fujimoto L, Burgues O, Chardas A, Cheang M, Ciompi F, Cooper L, Coosemans A, Corredor G, Portela F, Deman F, Demaria S, Dudgeon S, Elghazawy M, Fernandez‐Martín C, Fineberg S, Fox S, Giltnane J, Gnjatic S, Gonzalez‐Ericsson P, Grigoriadis A, Halama N, Hanna M, Harbhajanka A, Hart S, Hartman J, Hewitt S, Horlings H, Husain Z, Irshad S, Janssen E, Kataoka T, Kawaguchi K, Khramtsov A, Kiraz U, Kirtani P, Kodach L, Korski K, Akturk G, Scott E, Kovács A, Lænkholm A, Lang‐Schwarz C, Larsimont D, Lennerz J, Lerousseau M, Li X, Madabhushi A, Maley S, Narasimhamurthy V, Marks D, McDonald E, Mehrotra R, Michiels S, Kharidehal D, Minhas F, Mittal S, Moore D, Mushtaq S, Nighat H, Papathomas T, Penault‐Llorca F, Perera R, Pinard C, Pinto‐Cardenas J, Pruneri G, Pusztai L, Rajpoot N, Rapoport B, Rau T, Ribeiro J, Rimm D, Vincent‐Salomon A, Saltz J, Sayed S, Hytopoulos E, Mahon S, Siziopikou K, Sotiriou C, Stenzinger A, Sughayer M, Sur D, Symmans F, Tanaka S, Taxter T, Tejpar S, Teuwen J, Thompson E, Tramm T, Tran W, van der Laak J, Verghese G, Viale G, Wahab N, Walter T, Waumans Y, Wen H, Yang W, Yuan Y, Bartlett J, Loibl S, Denkert C, Savas P, Loi S, Stovgaard E, Salgado R, Gallagher W, Rahman A. Image‐based multiplex immune profiling of cancer tissues: translational implications. A report of the International Immuno‐oncology Biomarker Working Group on Breast Cancer. The Journal Of Pathology 2024, 262: 271-288. PMID: 38230434, PMCID: PMC11288342, DOI: 10.1002/path.6238.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsImmune profileInternational Immuno-Oncology Biomarker Working GroupIdentification of clinically relevant biomarkersField of immuno-oncologyBiomarker Working GroupManagement of cancer patientsImmune profiling of tumorsClinical trial perspectiveTranslational implicationsProfiling of tumorsIndividual tumor cellsPredicting disease prognosisClinically relevant biomarkersSubtypes of cancerImmuno-oncologyTumor microenvironmentMultiplex immunohistochemistryTreatment responseTumor cellsBreast cancerTumor samplesCancer patientsTreatment choiceDisease prognosisRelevant biomarkers
2022
Leveraging the Dynamic Immune Environment Triad in Patients with Breast Cancer: Tumour, Lymph Node, and Peripheral Blood
Wall I, Boulat V, Shah A, Blenman KRM, Wu Y, Alberts E, Calado DP, Salgado R, Grigoriadis A. Leveraging the Dynamic Immune Environment Triad in Patients with Breast Cancer: Tumour, Lymph Node, and Peripheral Blood. Cancers 2022, 14: 4505. PMID: 36139665, PMCID: PMC9496983, DOI: 10.3390/cancers14184505.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBreast cancerPeripheral bloodImmune responseAnti-tumor responseSystemic immune responsesBreast cancer patientsPatient selection parametersEnvironment triadImmune profileLymph nodesImmunological featuresCancer patientsPrimary tumorDisease progressionImmune sitesSurvival rateCancerPatientsTumorsOverall responseBloodFuture studiesTreatmentSignificant overall responseMultiple sitesTumor immune microenvironment of self-identified African American and non-African American triple negative breast cancer
Marczyk M, Qing T, O’Meara T, Yagahoobi V, Pelekanou V, Bai Y, Reisenbichler E, Cole KS, Li X, Gunasekharan V, Ibrahim E, Fanucci K, Wei W, Rimm DL, Pusztai L, Blenman KRM. Tumor immune microenvironment of self-identified African American and non-African American triple negative breast cancer. Npj Breast Cancer 2022, 8: 88. PMID: 35869114, PMCID: PMC9307813, DOI: 10.1038/s41523-022-00449-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTumor immune microenvironmentImmune microenvironmentTriple-negative breast cancer tissuesTriple-negative breast cancerAfrican AmericansImmune checkpoint inhibitorsTumor mutation burdenNegative breast cancerBreast cancer tissuesImmune-related pathwaysStromal TILsCheckpoint inhibitorsImmune exclusionClinical outcomesPD-L1Self-identified African AmericansCancer patientsImmune infiltrationBreast cancerMutation burdenCancer tissuesPredictive signatureMRNA expressionTherapeutic agentsPatients
2018
Sentinel lymph node B cells can predict disease-free survival in breast cancer patients
Blenman KRM, He TF, Frankel PH, Ruel NH, Schwartz EJ, Krag DN, Tan LK, Yim JH, Mortimer JE, Yuan Y, Lee PP. Sentinel lymph node B cells can predict disease-free survival in breast cancer patients. Npj Breast Cancer 2018, 4: 28. PMID: 30155518, PMCID: PMC6107630, DOI: 10.1038/s41523-018-0081-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSentinel lymph nodesTriple-negative breast cancerBreast cancer patientsB cellsLymph nodesCancer patientsImmune cellsBreast cancerNegative triple negative breast cancerTumor-negative patientsTumor-positive nodesDisease-free survivalAdditional prognostic informationTNM staging systemTumor invasion statusPositive nodesNegative patientsSentinel lymphDendritic cellsStaging systemPrognostic informationUnivariate analysisT cellsDiscovery cohortSeparate cohort
2017
Correlation of sentinel lymph node immune cells with disease-free survival and metastasis in breast cancer patients using 4-color chromogen-based immunohistochemistry and quantitative imaging microscopy
Blenman K. Correlation of sentinel lymph node immune cells with disease-free survival and metastasis in breast cancer patients using 4-color chromogen-based immunohistochemistry and quantitative imaging microscopy. The Journal Of Immunology 2017, 198: 197.7-197.7. DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.198.supp.197.7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDisease-free survivalShorter disease-free survivalOnly immune cellsBreast cancer patientsT cellsCancer cell invasionImmune cellsB cellsDistant metastasisCancer patientsDendritic cellsLocal metastasisCell invasionOdds of metastasisT cell reductionCancer cellsBreast cancer cohortSentinel lymphUnivariate analysisCancer cohortPatientsMetastasisLogistic regressionCell reductionSurvival
2014
Immune correlates of talactoferrin alfa in biopsied tumor of relapsed/refractory metastatic non-small cell lung cancer patients
Riess JW, Bhattacharya N, Blenman KR, Neal JW, Hwang G, Pultar P, Salcedo M, Engleman E, Lee PP, Malik R, Wakelee HA. Immune correlates of talactoferrin alfa in biopsied tumor of relapsed/refractory metastatic non-small cell lung cancer patients. Immunopharmacology And Immunotoxicology 2014, 36: 182-186. PMID: 24494587, PMCID: PMC6464638, DOI: 10.3109/08923973.2013.864671.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMetastatic non-small cell lung cancer patientsNon-small cell lung cancer patientsCell lung cancer patientsTalactoferrin alfaLung cancer patientsImmune correlatesCancer patientsQuantitative immunohistochemistryNegative phase III trialsPhase II trial resultsImmune cell parametersTotal immune cellsTreatment tumor biopsiesPhase III trialsPre-treatment biopsiesInfiltration of tumorsDendritic cell maturationImmune cell populationsUnique recombinant formsMetastatic NSCLCIII trialsNSCLC patientsSystemic treatmentTrial closureCytokine release