2021
Factors Associated with Nodal Pathologic Complete Response Among Breast Cancer Patients Treated with Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy: Results of CALGB 40601 (HER2+) and 40603 (Triple-Negative) (Alliance)
Weiss A, Campbell J, Ballman KV, Sikov WM, Carey LA, Hwang ES, Poppe MM, Partridge AH, Ollila DW, Golshan M. Factors Associated with Nodal Pathologic Complete Response Among Breast Cancer Patients Treated with Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy: Results of CALGB 40601 (HER2+) and 40603 (Triple-Negative) (Alliance). Annals Of Surgical Oncology 2021, 28: 5960-5971. PMID: 33821344, PMCID: PMC8532250, DOI: 10.1245/s10434-021-09897-w.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBreast pathologic complete responsePathologic complete responseResidual breast diseaseTriple-negative breast cancerNodal pathologic complete responsePretreatment nodal statusClinical nodal statusNeoadjuvant chemotherapyNodal statusAxillary surgeryComplete responseCALGB 40601YpN0 rateAxillary nodal involvementResidual nodal diseaseProportion of patientsCareful patient selectionBreast cancer patientsNAC regimensYpN0 diseaseYpN0 statusCN0 patientsNodal diseaseNodal involvementMultivariable analysis
2020
Omission of Surgical Axillary Lymph Node Staging in Patients with Tubular Breast Cancer
Özkurt E, Wong S, Rhei E, Golshan M, Brock J, Barbie TU. Omission of Surgical Axillary Lymph Node Staging in Patients with Tubular Breast Cancer. Annals Of Surgical Oncology 2020, 28: 2589-2598. PMID: 33078312, DOI: 10.1245/s10434-020-09223-w.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInvasive ductal carcinomaER-positive invasive ductal carcinomasSurgical axillary stagingNational Cancer DatabaseTubular carcinomaLN involvementAxillary stagingOverall survivalDuctal carcinomaGrade IBreast cancerPositive invasive ductal carcinomaAxillary lymph node stagingKaplan-Meier survival curvesAxillary LN involvementFavorable breast cancerLN-positive diseasePropensity-matched analysisKaplan-Meier methodLymph node metastasisLymph node stagingTubular breast cancerLN diseaseNCDB cohortNodal involvement