2020
Estrogen/progesterone receptor and HER2 discordance between primary tumor and brain metastases in breast cancer and its effect on treatment and survival.
Sperduto PW, Mesko S, Li J, Cagney D, Aizer A, Lin NU, Nesbit E, Kruser TJ, Chan J, Braunstein S, Lee J, Kirkpatrick JP, Breen W, Brown PD, Shi D, Shih HA, Soliman H, Sahgal A, Shanley R, Sperduto W, Lou E, Everett A, Boggs DH, Masucci L, Roberge D, Remick J, Plichta K, Buatti JM, Jain S, Gaspar LE, Wu CC, Wang TJC, Bryant J, Chuong M, Yu J, Chiang V, Nakano T, Aoyama H, Mehta MP. Estrogen/progesterone receptor and HER2 discordance between primary tumor and brain metastases in breast cancer and its effect on treatment and survival. Neuro-Oncology 2020, 22: 1359-1367. PMID: 32034917, PMCID: PMC7523450, DOI: 10.1093/neuonc/noaa025.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBreast cancer brain metastasesHuman epidermal growth factor receptor 2Primary tumorProgesterone receptorMedian survivalEstrogen receptorBrain metastasesDiscordance rateHER2-negative primary tumorsEstrogen/progesterone receptorsEpidermal growth factor receptor 2Time of metastasisCancer brain metastasesGrowth factor receptor 2Breast cancer treatmentIncidence of discordanceFactor receptor 2Subsequent treatmentBCBM patientsHER2 discordanceReceptor discordanceMost patientsReceptor statusInitial diagnosisHER2 status
2017
Discrepancies between biomarkers of primary breast cancer and subsequent brain metastases: an international multicenter study
Kaidar-Person O, Meattini I, Jain P, Bult P, Simone N, Kindts I, Steffens R, Weltens C, Navarria P, Belkacemi Y, Lopez-Guerra J, Livi L, Baumert B, Vieites B, Limon D, Kurman N, Ko K, Yu J, Chiang V, Poortmans P, Zagar T. Discrepancies between biomarkers of primary breast cancer and subsequent brain metastases: an international multicenter study. Breast Cancer Research And Treatment 2017, 167: 479-483. PMID: 28975433, DOI: 10.1007/s10549-017-4526-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBreast cancer patientsSubsequent brain metastasesHuman epidermal growth factor receptor 2Brain metastasesCancer patientsEthical research committeeReceptor statusPrimary tumorProgesterone receptorEstrogen receptorEpidermal growth factor receptor 2Triple-negative profileGrowth factor receptor 2Primary breast cancerPrimary breast tumorsInternational multicenter studyFactor receptor 2Multicenter studyAvailable histologyResultsA totalBreast cancerReceptor 2ConclusionsThe majorityPatientsBreast tumors