Association of Cell-Free DNA Tumor Fraction and Somatic Copy Number Alterations With Survival in Metastatic Triple-Negative Breast Cancer
Stover DG, Parsons HA, Ha G, Freeman SS, Barry WT, Guo H, Choudhury AD, Gydush G, Reed SC, Rhoades J, Rotem D, Hughes ME, Dillon DA, Partridge AH, Wagle N, Krop IE, Getz G, Golub TR, Love JC, Winer EP, Tolaney SM, Lin NU, Adalsteinsson VA. Association of Cell-Free DNA Tumor Fraction and Somatic Copy Number Alterations With Survival in Metastatic Triple-Negative Breast Cancer. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2018, 36: jco.2017.76.003. PMID: 29298117, PMCID: PMC5815405, DOI: 10.1200/jco.2017.76.0033.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMetastatic triple-negative breast cancerTriple-negative breast cancerPrimary triple-negative breast cancerTumor fractionSomatic copy number alterationsCell-free DNABreast cancerSingle tertiary care institutionCopy number alterationsRetrospective cohort studySpecific somatic copy number alterationsTertiary care institutionNovel therapeutic approachesNumber alterationsCfDNA tumor fractionMetastatic survivalPrior chemotherapyTNBC cohortMetastatic settingCohort studyOverall survivalCancer Genome AtlasClinicopathologic factorsWorse survivalPrimary tumor