2023
Pathological response in mucinous carcinoma of breast after neoadjuvant therapy - a multi-institutional study
Zhan H, Fineberg S, Podany P, Zeng J, Wang Y, Harigopal M, Singh K. Pathological response in mucinous carcinoma of breast after neoadjuvant therapy - a multi-institutional study. Human Pathology 2023, 142: 15-19. PMID: 37972873, DOI: 10.1016/j.humpath.2023.10.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNeoadjuvant endocrine therapyResidual tumour cellularityNeoadjuvant chemotherapyNeoadjuvant therapyMucinous carcinomaPathologic responseEndocrine therapyPathological responseMucin poolsBreast cancerEstrogen receptorTumor cellularityAcellular mucin poolsFavorable histologic subtypePreoperative adjuvant therapyRetrospective cohort studyComplete pathologic responseInvasive breast cancerNET groupMulti-institutional studyNeoadjuvant HER2Adjuvant therapyMC patientsCohort studyPathologic review
2021
EZH2 Protein Expression in Triple-negative Breast Cancer Treated With Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy: An Exploratory Study of Association With Tumor Response and Prognosis
Fineberg S, Tian X, Makower D, Harigopal M, Lo Y. EZH2 Protein Expression in Triple-negative Breast Cancer Treated With Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy: An Exploratory Study of Association With Tumor Response and Prognosis. Applied Immunohistochemistry & Molecular Morphology 2021, 30: 157-164. PMID: 35262520, DOI: 10.1097/pai.0000000000000998.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTriple-negative breast cancerResidual cancer burdenNeoadjuvant chemotherapyEZH2 protein expressionEZH2 expressionBreast cancerHigh-risk triple negative breast cancerLogistic regressionContinuous variablesStratification of outcomesDisease-free survivalProtein expressionTumor-infiltrating lymphocytesHigh EZH2 expressionMultivariable logistic regressionRisk of relapseDevelopment of metastasesLogistic regression analysisPretherapy biopsiesDisease recurrenceMetastatic recurrenceClinicopathologic featuresCancer burdenTumor responseCore biopsy