2021
Neoadjuvant endocrine therapy use in early stage breast cancer during the covid-19 pandemic
Park KU, Gregory M, Bazan J, Lustberg M, Rosenberg S, Blinder V, Sharma P, Pusztai L, Shen C, Partridge A, Thompson A. Neoadjuvant endocrine therapy use in early stage breast cancer during the covid-19 pandemic. Breast Cancer Research And Treatment 2021, 188: 249-258. PMID: 33651271, PMCID: PMC7921279, DOI: 10.1007/s10549-021-06153-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAxillary lymph node dissectionNeoadjuvant endocrine therapyMedical oncologistsRadiation oncologistsOmission of ALNDEstrogen positive breast cancer patientsPositive breast cancer patientsEarly-stage breast cancerEndocrine therapy useMetastatic axillary diseaseLymph node dissectionBreast cancer patientsMultidisciplinary tumor boardStage breast cancerClinical trial organizationsPercent of practicesUS medical oncologistsCOVID-19 pandemicPre-pandemic timesRegional COVID-19 casesAxillary diseaseMicrometastatic nodesSurgery 2Endocrine therapyLocoregional management
2009
Eradication of Axillary Lymph Node Metastases Occurs in 74% of Patients Receiving Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy with Concurrent Trastuzumab for HER2 Positive Breast Cancer.
Dominici L, Negron Gonzalez V, Buzdar A, Lucci A, Mittendorf E, Pusztai L, Krishnamurthy S, Le-Petross H, Babiera G, Bedrosian I, Meric-Bernstam F, Hunt K, Valero V, Kuerer H. Eradication of Axillary Lymph Node Metastases Occurs in 74% of Patients Receiving Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy with Concurrent Trastuzumab for HER2 Positive Breast Cancer. Cancer Research 2009, 69: 1086-1086. DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.sabcs-09-1086.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAxillary pathologic complete responseTrastuzumab-based neoadjuvant chemotherapyPathologic complete responseDisease-free survivalHER2-positive breast cancerHER2-positive diseaseResidual axillary diseaseNeoadjuvant chemotherapyPositive breast cancerAxillary metastasesPCR groupAxillary diseasePositive diseaseBreast cancerComplete axillary lymph node dissectionAxillary lymph node dissectionAxillary lymph node metastasisComplete pathologic responseLymph node dissectionKaplan-Meier methodMajority of patientsKaplan-Meier analysisLymph node metastasisEstrogen receptor statusConcurrent trastuzumab