Clinical outcomes and treatment practice patterns of patients with HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer in the post-trastuzumab era
Olson EM, Najita JS, Sohl J, Arnaout A, Burstein HJ, Winer EP, Lin NU. Clinical outcomes and treatment practice patterns of patients with HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer in the post-trastuzumab era. The Breast 2013, 22: 525-531. PMID: 23352568, PMCID: PMC3713786, DOI: 10.1016/j.breast.2012.12.006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAntibodies, Monoclonal, HumanizedAntineoplastic AgentsAntineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy ProtocolsBreast NeoplasmsCentral Nervous System NeoplasmsCohort StudiesDisease-Free SurvivalFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansKaplan-Meier EstimateLiver NeoplasmsLung NeoplasmsMiddle AgedPractice Patterns, Physicians'PrognosisProportional Hazards ModelsReceptor, ErbB-2Retrospective StudiesTrastuzumabTreatment OutcomeConceptsHER2-positive metastatic breast cancerMetastatic breast cancerMedian overall survivalTrastuzumab-based therapyOverall survivalHazard ratioMedian durationBreast cancerCox proportional hazards modelCentral nervous system diseasePost-trastuzumab eraTreatment practice patternsHER2-positive patientsKaplan-Meier methodologyLog-rank testPatterns of careLine of treatmentNervous system diseasesProportional hazards modelTime of deathCNS metastasesCNS progressionMetastatic settingFirst recurrenceShorter OS