2020
Clinical Significance of Circulating Tumor Cells in Hormone Receptor–positive Metastatic Breast Cancer Patients who Received Letrozole with or Without Bevacizumab
Magbanua MJM, Savenkov O, Asmus EJ, Ballman KV, Scott JH, Park JW, Dickler M, Partridge A, Carey LA, Winer EP, Rugo HS. Clinical Significance of Circulating Tumor Cells in Hormone Receptor–positive Metastatic Breast Cancer Patients who Received Letrozole with or Without Bevacizumab. Clinical Cancer Research 2020, 26: 4911-4920. PMID: 32586939, PMCID: PMC7501177, DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-20-1329.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsProgression-free survivalCTC-positive patientsHormone receptor-positive metastatic breast cancer patientsMetastatic breast cancer patientsAddition of bevacizumabBreast cancer patientsOverall survivalCancer patientsPredictive valueMean survival time analysisMedian progression-free survivalWorse progression-free survivalAssociation of CTCsCTC-negative patientsFirst-line settingRisk of progressionCox regression modelPotential predictive valueML of bloodAdditional time pointsCirculating Tumor CellsLetrozole armOS benefitPFS benefitMultivariable analysis
2011
PD05-07: Prospective Validation and Characterization of HER2 Positive Circulating Tumor Cells in Patients with HER2 Negative Metastatic Breast Cancer.
Olson E, Flores L, Najita J, Curley C, Jeong J, Murray K, Savoie J, Winer E, Krop I. PD05-07: Prospective Validation and Characterization of HER2 Positive Circulating Tumor Cells in Patients with HER2 Negative Metastatic Breast Cancer. Cancer Research 2011, 71: pd05-07-pd05-07. DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.sabcs11-pd05-07.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHER2-positive CTCsMetastatic breast cancerHER2-negative metastatic breast cancerNegative metastatic breast cancerHER2-negative CTCsER-positive diseasePositive CTCsBreast cancerDetectable CTCsLobular histologyPositive diseaseNegative CTCsHER2 amplificationProspective validationHER2-Positive Circulating Tumor CellsHER2-negative breast cancerCEP17 ratioTumor cellsInitial screeningMajority of ptsNegative breast cancerHER2/CEP17 ratioCirculating Tumor CellsDuctal histologyBaseline characteristics