Role of vascular density and normalization in response to neoadjuvant bevacizumab and chemotherapy in breast cancer patients
Tolaney SM, Boucher Y, Duda DG, Martin JD, Seano G, Ancukiewicz M, Barry WT, Goel S, Lahdenrata J, Isakoff SJ, Yeh ED, Jain SR, Golshan M, Brock J, Snuderl M, Winer EP, Krop IE, Jain RK. Role of vascular density and normalization in response to neoadjuvant bevacizumab and chemotherapy in breast cancer patients. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2015, 112: 14325-14330. PMID: 26578779, PMCID: PMC4655544, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1518808112.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPathologic complete responseBreast cancer patientsMicrovascular densityInterstitial fluid pressureNeoadjuvant bevacizumabBevacizumab monotherapyPathologic responseCancer patientsImproved pathologic responsePhase II studyPotential predictive biomarkersHER2-negative BCBasal-like subtypePreoperative bevacizumabPaclitaxel chemotherapyII studyComplete responseCombination therapyPredictive biomarkersPlasma biomarkersVascular normalizationBevacizumabVascular densityNew therapiesTissue biopsies