2024
Current management practices of de novo oligometastatic breast cancer: Real-world data from a physician survey.
Odzer N, Pusztai L, Rozenblit M. Current management practices of de novo oligometastatic breast cancer: Real-world data from a physician survey. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2024, 42: 1104-1104. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2024.42.16_suppl.1104.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMultimodal therapySurgical resectionOverall survivalPrimary tumorRandomized trialsResponse to initial chemotherapyTreated with multimodality therapyOligometastatic breast cancerRecommended surgical resectionLocally advanced cancerPalliative systemic chemotherapyProlonged overall survivalTime of diagnosisRandomized clinical trialsOS benefitSystemic chemotherapyInitial chemotherapyResidual lesionsSurvival benefitNCCN GuidelinesReceptor subtypesRetrospective studyTreatment modalitiesMetastatic cancerAblative radiation
2023
Incorporating clinicopathological and molecular risk prediction tools to improve outcomes in early HR+/HER2– breast cancer
Curigliano G, Dent R, Llombart-Cussac A, Pegram M, Pusztai L, Turner N, Viale G. Incorporating clinicopathological and molecular risk prediction tools to improve outcomes in early HR+/HER2– breast cancer. Npj Breast Cancer 2023, 9: 56. PMID: 37380659, PMCID: PMC10307886, DOI: 10.1038/s41523-023-00560-z.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchOptimal treatment pathwayBreast cancerCyclin D kinase 4/6 inhibitorDifferent adjuvant treatment modalitiesFuture risk stratification strategiesSimilar prognostic accuracyAdjuvant treatment modalitiesEarly breast cancerRisk of recurrenceRisk stratification strategiesRisk prediction toolsIndividual patient levelEpidermal growth factor receptorBreast cancer diagnosisGrowth factor receptorTreatment guidelinesRisk stratificationMultigene assaysTreatment modalitiesClinical trialsPatient levelPrognostic accuracyTreatment pathwaysEarly breast cancer diagnosisLevel I
2022
Risk-adapted modulation through de-intensification of cancer treatments: an ESMO classification
Trapani D, Franzoi M, Burstein H, Carey L, Delaloge S, Harbeck N, Hayes D, Kalinsky K, Pusztai L, Regan M, Sestak I, Spanic T, Sparano J, Jezdic S, Cherny N, Curigliano G, Andre F. Risk-adapted modulation through de-intensification of cancer treatments: an ESMO classification. Annals Of Oncology 2022, 33: 702-712. PMID: 35550723, DOI: 10.1016/j.annonc.2022.03.273.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNon-inferiority clinical trialClinical trialsESMO classificationCancer treatmentPrecision Medicine Working GroupSingle-arm studyHealth system burdenOngoing clinical trialsShorter treatment durationLevel of evidenceEvidence-based criteriaQuality of lifePublic health expertsMedicine Working GroupStandard regimensCohort investigationWorking GroupCumulative doseTreatment modalitiesTreatment modulationPatient representativesTreatment durationIntermittent scheduleFinancial toxicityEvidence of reduction
2019
Personalizing Treatment Selection for Breast Cancer
Pusztai L, Yeoh C. Personalizing Treatment Selection for Breast Cancer. 2019, 297-324. DOI: 10.1201/9780429066504-14.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBreast cancerTreatment selectionClinical outcomesRisk of recurrenceMultiple treatment optionsParticular clinical outcomesCurrent treatment modalitiesCancer-related deathMore effective treatmentsProbability of benefitBreast cancer researchUnited States FoodSurgical resectionProbability of responseTrastuzumab therapyCommon malignancyTreatment optionsClinicopathologic variablesPatient preferencesSpecific therapyTreatment modalitiesMulti-gene testsDisease outcomeMolecular differencesEffective treatmentImmunotherapy and targeted therapy combinations in metastatic breast cancer
Esteva FJ, Hubbard-Lucey VM, Tang J, Pusztai L. Immunotherapy and targeted therapy combinations in metastatic breast cancer. The Lancet Oncology 2019, 20: e175-e186. PMID: 30842061, DOI: 10.1016/s1470-2045(19)30026-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMetastatic breast cancerBreast cancerImmune checkpoint inhibitorsTumor-infiltrating lymphocytesDeath ligand 1Most breast cancersNew treatment modalitiesSingle-drug therapyCyclin-dependent kinase 4Development of combinationsCheckpoint inhibitorsEndocrine therapyDeath-1Immunotherapeutic approachesBiological therapyTherapy combinationsTreatment modalitiesLittle efficacyImmune evasionAngiogenesis inhibitorsTherapyImmunotherapyCancerPolymerase inhibitorsMonoclonal antibodies
2016
New Strategies in Breast Cancer: Immunotherapy
Pusztai L, Karn T, Safonov A, Abu-Khalaf MM, Bianchini G. New Strategies in Breast Cancer: Immunotherapy. Clinical Cancer Research 2016, 22: 2105-2110. PMID: 26867935, PMCID: PMC9359478, DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-15-1315.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBreast cancerClinical trialsEffective immune checkpoint inhibitorsObjective tumor response rateEstrogen receptor-positive cancersLocal antitumor immune responsePhase I clinical trialImmune checkpoint inhibitorsTumor response rateAntitumor immune responseReceptor-positive cancersTriple-negative cancersLocal immune microenvironmentHER2-positive cancersMost breast cancersNew treatment modalitiesCheckpoint inhibitorsDurable responsesL1 antibodyLymphocytic infiltrationImmune microenvironmentImmune infiltrationTreatment modalitiesImmune responsePreclinical studies
2012
19IN Does Molecular Triage Help to Identify Highly Sensitive Disease?
Pusztai L. 19IN Does Molecular Triage Help to Identify Highly Sensitive Disease? Annals Of Oncology 2012, 23: ix29. DOI: 10.1016/s0923-7534(20)32633-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchResponse markersPredictive valueEstrogen receptor expressionHigher tumor proliferationTreatment response markersClass of drugsNegative predictive valuePositive predictive valueDriver eventsAdjuvant therapyPredictive biomarkersPredictive markerTreatment modalitiesTriage patientsVariety of agentsBaseline prognosisClinical trialsReceptor expressionBreast cancerSensitive diseaseHuman epidermal growth factorClinical utilityEpidermal growth factorChemotherapy sensitivityTumor proliferation
1999
Chemo-signal therapy, an emerging new approach to modify drug resistance in breast cancer
Pusztai L, Esteva F, Cristofanilli M, Hung M, Hortobagyi G. Chemo-signal therapy, an emerging new approach to modify drug resistance in breast cancer. Cancer Treatment Reviews 1999, 25: 271-277. PMID: 10544071, DOI: 10.1053/ctrv.1999.0132.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBreast cancerResponse modifiersPromising new treatment modalityNew treatment modalitiesCombination of chemotherapyNon-cytotoxic agentsCurrent clinical researchClinical drug developmentTreatment modalitiesClinical trialsClinical experienceChemotherapyCytotoxic drugsDrug resistanceClinical researchCancerOncogene expressionGrowth factor signalingDrug developmentSelect groupTherapyDevelopment of novelEarly phaseDrugsFactor signaling