Local–regional recurrence in women with small node-negative, HER2-positive breast cancer: results from a prospective multi-institutional study (the APT trial)
Bellon JR, Guo H, Barry WT, Dang CT, Yardley DA, Moy B, Marcom PK, Albain KS, Rugo HS, Ellis M, Wolff AC, Carey LA, Overmoyer BA, Partridge AH, Hudis CA, Krop I, Burstein HJ, Winer EP, Tolaney SM. Local–regional recurrence in women with small node-negative, HER2-positive breast cancer: results from a prospective multi-institutional study (the APT trial). Breast Cancer Research And Treatment 2019, 176: 303-310. PMID: 31004299, DOI: 10.1007/s10549-019-05238-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHER2-positive breast cancerLocal-regional recurrenceDisease-free survivalEffective anti-HER2 therapyLRR-free survivalAnti-HER2 therapyBreast-conserving surgeryBreast cancerRadiation therapySystemic therapyHormone receptor-positive tumorsProspective multi-institutional studyHER2-negative diseaseHER2-positive diseaseNegative axillary nodesEffective systemic therapyProspective multicenter trialEarly-stage patientsKaplan-Meier methodReceptor-positive tumorsHER2-positive tumorsMulti-institutional studyFuture investigational effortsAdjuvant trastuzumabProtocol therapy