Association of Immunophenotype With Pathologic Complete Response to Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy for Triple-Negative Breast Cancer
Filho OM, Stover DG, Asad S, Ansell PJ, Watson M, Loibl S, Geyer CE, Bae J, Collier K, Cherian M, O’Shaughnessy J, Untch M, Rugo HS, Huober JB, Golshan M, Sikov WM, von Minckwitz G, Rastogi P, Maag D, Wolmark N, Denkert C, Symmans WF. Association of Immunophenotype With Pathologic Complete Response to Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy for Triple-Negative Breast Cancer. JAMA Oncology 2021, 7: 603-608. PMID: 33599688, PMCID: PMC7893540, DOI: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2020.7310.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTriple-negative breast cancerPathologic complete responseNeoadjuvant chemotherapyGene expression-based molecular subtypesComplete responseMolecular subtypesBreast cancerClinical trialsSecondary analysisStage IIEnd pointAddition of carboplatinClinical stage IIDe-escalate therapyHigh pCR ratePrespecified end pointPrespecified secondary analysisSecondary end pointsStandard neoadjuvant chemotherapySimilar baseline characteristicsSubset of patientsT cell infiltrationRandomized clinical trialsTumor cell proliferationWhole transcriptome RNA sequencing