2023
Randomized Trial of Exercise and Nutrition on Chemotherapy Completion and Pathologic Complete Response in Women With Breast Cancer: The Lifestyle, Exercise, and Nutrition Early After Diagnosis Study
Sanft T, Harrigan M, McGowan C, Cartmel B, Zupa M, Li F, Ferrucci L, Puklin L, Cao A, Nguyen T, Neuhouser M, Hershman D, Basen-Engquist K, Jones B, Knobf T, Chagpar A, Silber A, Tanasijevic A, Ligibel J, Irwin M. Randomized Trial of Exercise and Nutrition on Chemotherapy Completion and Pathologic Complete Response in Women With Breast Cancer: The Lifestyle, Exercise, and Nutrition Early After Diagnosis Study. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2023, 41: 5285-5295. PMID: 37656930, PMCID: PMC10691793, DOI: 10.1200/jco.23.00871.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRelative dose intensityPathologic complete responseProportion of patientsBreast cancerNeoadjuvant chemotherapyChemotherapy completionComplete responseNutrition interventionsHigher pathologic complete responseHuman epidermal growth factor receptor 2Epidermal growth factor receptor 2Triple-negative breast cancerChemotherapy dose adjustmentsHome-based exerciseGrowth factor receptor 2Breast cancer outcomesEffects of exerciseFactor receptor 2Electronic medical recordsChi-square testUsual careDose intensityExercise interventionDose adjustmentRandomized trialsDoes Preoperative MRI Reduce Positive Margins after Breast-Conserving Surgery?
Cairns A, Chagpar A, Dupont E, Levine E, Gass J, Chiba A, Ollila D, Howard-McNatt M. Does Preoperative MRI Reduce Positive Margins after Breast-Conserving Surgery? Annals Of Surgical Oncology 2023, 30: 6053-6058. PMID: 37505353, DOI: 10.1245/s10434-023-13884-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPreoperative magnetic resonance imagingMagnetic resonance imagingExtensive intraductal componentMargin statusPositive marginsTumor sizeTumor factorsMedian tumor sizeBreast conserving surgeryBreast cancer managementInvasive lobular histologyNeoadjuvant chemotherapyLobular histologyIntraductal componentMedian ageMulticenter trialPatient agePalpable tumorsPatient factorsShave marginsNegative marginsResultsA totalAssociated FactorsBreast cancerUS Centers
2022
The Effect of Black Cohosh on Ki67 expression and Tumor Volume: A Pilot Study of Ductal Carcinoma in Situ Patients
Trant A, Chagpar A, Wei W, Neumeister V, Rimm D, Stavris K, Lurie B, Frederick C, Andrejeva L, Raghu M, Killelea B, Horowitz N, Lannin D, Knill-Selby E, Sturrock T, Hofstatter E. The Effect of Black Cohosh on Ki67 expression and Tumor Volume: A Pilot Study of Ductal Carcinoma in Situ Patients. Integrative Cancer Therapies 2022, 21: 15347354221137290. PMID: 36444764, PMCID: PMC9716631, DOI: 10.1177/15347354221137290.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTumor volumeBlack cohoshSitu patientsDuctal carcinomaAnti-inflammatory effectsTumor cellular proliferationBreast cancer treatmentCellular proliferationWilcoxon signed-rank testDCIS patientsAdverse eventsEligible subjectsWindow trialsCore biopsyInvasive diseaseKi67 expressionSigned-rank testBreast cancerGrade 3Hormone changesPatientsQuantitative immunofluorescenceBC extractSignificant toxicityCancer treatment
2017
Intratumor Heterogeneity of Homologous Recombination Deficiency in Primary Breast Cancer
von Wahlde MK, Timms KM, Chagpar A, Wali VB, Jiang T, Bossuyt V, Saglam O, Reid J, Gutin A, Neff C, Lanchbury JS, Hatzis C, Hofstatter E, Pusztai L. Intratumor Heterogeneity of Homologous Recombination Deficiency in Primary Breast Cancer. Clinical Cancer Research 2017, 23: 1193-1199. PMID: 27601588, DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-16-0889.Peer-Reviewed Original Research