2017
Survival benefit needed to undergo chemotherapy: Patient and physician preferences
Vaz‐Luis I, O'Neill A, Sepucha K, Miller KD, Baker E, Dang CT, Northfelt DW, Winer EP, Sledge GW, Schneider B, Partridge AH. Survival benefit needed to undergo chemotherapy: Patient and physician preferences. Cancer 2017, 123: 2821-2828. PMID: 28323331, PMCID: PMC5517352, DOI: 10.1002/cncr.30671.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAgedAntineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy ProtocolsAttitude of Health PersonnelAttitude to HealthBevacizumabBreast NeoplasmsChemotherapy, AdjuvantClinical Trials, Phase III as TopicCyclophosphamideDoxorubicinFemaleHumansMastectomyMastectomy, SegmentalMiddle AgedPaclitaxelPatient PreferencePhysiciansQuality of LifeRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicRisk AssessmentSurveys and QuestionnairesSurvival RateTumor BurdenConceptsMonths of chemotherapyModest survival benefitSurvival benefitAdjuvant chemotherapyEarly-stage breast cancerContemporary adjuvant chemotherapyPhase 3 trialBreast cancer patientsStage breast cancerQuality of lifeMonths of benefitsAdjuvant cyclophosphamideAdjuvant doxorubicinChemotherapy regimenMost patientsUndergoing ChemotherapyCancer patientsPatient preferencesBreast cancerModest benefitOld regimenChemotherapyPatientsPhysician's choiceSerial surveys
2014
Patterns of chemotherapy, toxicity, and short-term outcomes for older women receiving adjuvant trastuzumab-based therapy
Freedman RA, Vaz-Luis I, Barry WT, Lii H, Lin NU, Winer EP, Keating NL. Patterns of chemotherapy, toxicity, and short-term outcomes for older women receiving adjuvant trastuzumab-based therapy. Breast Cancer Research And Treatment 2014, 145: 491-501. PMID: 24756187, DOI: 10.1007/s10549-014-2968-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNon-standard chemotherapyTrastuzumab-based therapyAdjuvant trastuzumab-based therapyOlder womenChemotherapy receiptHazard ratioBreast cancerHER2-positive breast cancerPattern of chemotherapyPropensity-weighted cohortsToxicity-related hospitalizationAdjusted hazard ratioTreatment-related toxicityMonths of chemotherapyShort-term outcomesMultivariable logistic regressionPopulation-based cohortPropensity score adjustmentAssociation of ageShort-term survivalComorbidity scoreOlder patientsTreatment toxicityWorse survivalHospital events
1998
Quality of life and preferences for treatment following systemic adjuvant therapy for early-stage breast cancer.
Lindley C, Vasa S, Sawyer WT, Winer EP. Quality of life and preferences for treatment following systemic adjuvant therapy for early-stage breast cancer. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 1998, 16: 1380-7. PMID: 9552041, DOI: 10.1200/jco.1998.16.4.1380.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFunctional Living Index-CancerQuality of lifeEarly-stage breast cancerSystemic adjuvant therapyMonths of chemotherapySymptom Distress ScaleAdjuvant therapySexual functionBreast cancerSevere symptomsMedical Outcomes Study Short Form-36Self-rated QOLThird of patientsMajority of patientsShort Form-36Breast cancer patientsPatient's physical symptomsSite of surgeryModest potential benefitAdjuvant cytotoxicAdjuvant treatmentHormonal therapyIndex cancerForm-36Local numbness