2023
Assessment of the HER2DX Assay in Patients With ERBB2-Positive Breast Cancer Treated With Neoadjuvant Paclitaxel, Trastuzumab, and Pertuzumab
Waks A, Ogayo E, Paré L, Marín-Aguilera M, Brasó-Maristany F, Galván P, Castillo O, Martínez-Sáez O, Vivancos A, Villagrasa P, Villacampa G, Tarantino P, Desai N, Guerriero J, Metzger O, Tung N, Krop I, Parker J, Perou C, Prat A, Winer E, Tolaney S, Mittendorf E. Assessment of the HER2DX Assay in Patients With ERBB2-Positive Breast Cancer Treated With Neoadjuvant Paclitaxel, Trastuzumab, and Pertuzumab. JAMA Oncology 2023, 9: 835-840. PMID: 37103927, PMCID: PMC10141272, DOI: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2023.0181.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPathologic complete responseNeoadjuvant therapyPCR scoresNeoadjuvant paclitaxelBreast cancerPrognostic studiesRisk scoreLikelihood of pCRPretreatment tumor biopsy samplesErbB2-positive breast cancerBaseline tumor samplesLimited clinical featuresFavorable survival outcomesHormone receptor statusPositive breast cancerPrognostic risk scoreTumor biopsy samplesPaclitaxel weeklyComplete responsePCR rateReceptor statusClinical featuresMean ageSurvival outcomesRecurrence events
2019
Aggressive Subsets of Metastatic Triple Negative Breast Cancer
Singh J, Asad S, Zhang Y, Nock W, Adams E, Damicis A, Ramaswamy B, Williams N, Parsons HA, Adalsteinsson VA, Winer EP, Lin NU, Partridge AH, Overmoyer B, Stover DG. Aggressive Subsets of Metastatic Triple Negative Breast Cancer. Clinical Breast Cancer 2019, 20: e20-e26. PMID: 31631016, DOI: 10.1016/j.clbc.2019.06.012.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMetastatic triple-negative breast cancerInflammatory breast cancerTriple-negative breast cancerWorse overall survivalYounger patientsOverall survivalBreast cancerIBC groupMetastatic breast cancer subtypesYounger groupFrequent lung metastasisMedian overall survivalSite of metastasisSingle-institution cohortNegative breast cancerBreast cancer subtypesClinicopathologic characteristicsMetastatic diagnosisMetastatic sitesWorse prognosisLung metastasesPoor prognosisSurvival outcomesPrimary diagnosisAggressive subset
2014
Outcomes by Tumor Subtype and Treatment Pattern in Women With Small, Node-Negative Breast Cancer: A Multi-Institutional Study
Vaz-Luis I, Ottesen RA, Hughes ME, Mamet R, Burstein HJ, Edge SB, Gonzalez-Angulo AM, Moy B, Rugo HS, Theriault RL, Weeks JC, Winer EP, Lin NU. Outcomes by Tumor Subtype and Treatment Pattern in Women With Small, Node-Negative Breast Cancer: A Multi-Institutional Study. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2014, 32: 2142-2150. PMID: 24888816, PMCID: PMC4076026, DOI: 10.1200/jco.2013.53.1608.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAgedAntibodies, Monoclonal, HumanizedAntineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy ProtocolsBiomarkers, TumorBreast NeoplasmsChemotherapy, AdjuvantDisease-Free SurvivalFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansMastectomy, SegmentalMiddle AgedNeoplasm StagingPrognosisProspective StudiesReceptor, ErbB-2Receptors, EstrogenReceptors, ProgesteroneTrastuzumabTreatment OutcomeTriple Negative Breast NeoplasmsUnited StatesConceptsDistant relapse-free survivalBN0M0 breast cancerHER2-negative tumorsBreast cancerT1a tumorsCohort studyT1b tumorsSurvival outcomesHR-positive/HER2-negative tumorsTumor subtypesNational Comprehensive Cancer Network databaseHuman epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) statusEpidermal growth factor receptor 2 statusHER2-negative breast cancerNode-negative breast cancerHormone receptorsConsideration of chemotherapyHER2-negative diseasePercent of patientsReceipt of chemotherapyNonrandomized cohort studyProspective cohort studyRelapse-free survivalRate of recurrenceMulti-institutional study
2012
Human epidermal growth factor receptor-2-positive breast cancer: does estrogen receptor status define two distinct subtypes?
Vaz-Luis I, Winer EP, Lin NU. Human epidermal growth factor receptor-2-positive breast cancer: does estrogen receptor status define two distinct subtypes? Annals Of Oncology 2012, 24: 283-291. PMID: 23022997, PMCID: PMC3551479, DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mds286.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHER2-positive breast cancerHER2-positive diseaseEstrogen receptor statusBreast cancerReceptor statusClinical outcomesEpidermal growth factor receptor 2 overexpressionHuman epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) overexpressionDistinct subtypesFuture clinical trialsEfficacy of therapyMetastatic settingNeoadjuvant therapyMetastatic diseaseER statusSurvival outcomesClinical trialsPatterns of disseminationTherapyCancerDiseaseSubstantial minorityOutcomesSubtypesHeterogeneous entityComorbidity, chemotherapy toxicity, and outcomes among older women receiving adjuvant chemotherapy for breast cancer (BC).
Klepin H, Pitcher B, Ballman K, Kimmick G, Kornblith A, Cohen H, Hurria A, Winer E, Hudis C, Muss H. Comorbidity, chemotherapy toxicity, and outcomes among older women receiving adjuvant chemotherapy for breast cancer (BC). Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2012, 30: 6015-6015. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2012.30.15_suppl.6015.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAdjuvant chemotherapyBreast cancerOverall survivalBurden scoreOlder womenShorter OSEarly-stage breast cancerAdditional comorbid conditionsLeukemia Group BStandard adjuvant chemotherapyBetter functional statusStage breast cancerHazard of deathProportional hazards modelComorbidity burdenChemotherapy toxicityPrimary outcomePulmonary diseaseReceptor statusClinical outcomesComorbid conditionsComorbidity measuresNode statusSurvival outcomesTumor size