2020
Single-arm, open-label phase 2 trial of pembrolizumab in patients with leptomeningeal carcinomatosis
Brastianos PK, Lee EQ, Cohen JV, Tolaney SM, Lin NU, Wang N, Chukwueke U, White MD, Nayyar N, Kim A, Alvarez-Breckenridge C, Krop I, Mahar MK, Bertalan MS, Shaw B, Mora JL, Goss N, Subramanian M, Nayak L, Dietrich J, Forst DA, Nahed BV, Batchelor TT, Shih HA, Gerstner ER, Moy B, Lawrence D, Giobbie-Hurder A, Carter SL, Oh K, Cahill DP, Sullivan RJ. Single-arm, open-label phase 2 trial of pembrolizumab in patients with leptomeningeal carcinomatosis. Nature Medicine 2020, 26: 1280-1284. PMID: 32483359, DOI: 10.1038/s41591-020-0918-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrimary endpointOpen-label phase 2 trialDose of pembrolizumabExtracranial disease progressionHigher adverse eventsPercentage of patientsPhase 2 studyPhase 2 trialSolid tumor malignanciesFraction of patientsDefinitive progressionUnacceptable toxicityAdverse eventsOverall survivalPatients 17Leptomeningeal carcinomatosisLeptomeningeal disseminationLung cancerDisease progressionOvarian cancerMetastatic cancerPembrolizumabBreast cancerGrade 3PatientsReversion and non-reversion mechanisms of resistance to PARP inhibitor or platinum chemotherapy in BRCA1/2-mutant metastatic breast cancer
Waks AG, Cohen O, Kochupurakkal B, Kim D, Dunn CE, Buendia J, Wander S, Helvie K, Lloyd MR, Marini L, Hughes ME, Freeman SS, Ivy SP, Geradts J, Isakoff S, LoRusso P, Adalsteinsson VA, Tolaney SM, Matulonis U, Krop IE, D’Andrea A, Winer EP, Lin NU, Shapiro GI, Wagle N. Reversion and non-reversion mechanisms of resistance to PARP inhibitor or platinum chemotherapy in BRCA1/2-mutant metastatic breast cancer. Annals Of Oncology 2020, 31: 590-598. PMID: 32245699, PMCID: PMC7946408, DOI: 10.1016/j.annonc.2020.02.008.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMetastatic breast cancerPlatinum chemotherapyDNA-damaging therapyMechanisms of resistanceBreast cancerMetastatic breast cancer patientsBreast cancer patientsTumor DNA sequencingNovel sequence alterationsWhole-exome sequencingDNA-damaging therapiesTreatment failureCancer patientsFunctional statusDisease progressionTumor biopsiesClinical cohortImmunohistochemical stainingSubsequent linesBRCA1/2 mutationsTherapeutic benefitPatientsUseful biomarkerFunctional assessmentTumor sections
2000
Diagnostic dilemmas in oncology. Case 3. Metastatic ovarian cancer simulating colon cancer.
Krop I, Wieczorek T, Mayer R. Diagnostic dilemmas in oncology. Case 3. Metastatic ovarian cancer simulating colon cancer. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2000, 18: 3189-92. PMID: 10963649, DOI: 10.1200/jco.2000.18.17.3189.Peer-Reviewed Original Research