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 trastuzumabPredictors of tumor progression during neoadjuvant chemotherapy in breast cancer
Caudle A, Gonzalez-Angulo A, Kelly H, Liu P, Pusztai L, Symmans W, Kuerer H, Mittendorf E, Hortobagyi G, Meric-Bernstam F. Predictors of tumor progression during neoadjuvant chemotherapy in breast cancer. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2009, 27: 603-603. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2009.27.15_suppl.603.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNeoadjuvant chemotherapyHigh Ki-67High tumor gradeStable diseasePR statusBreast cancerTumor gradeKi-67Negative ERNegative ER/PR statusFirst-line surgical approachSingle comprehensive cancer centerTumor progressionER/PR statusTaxane-based regimensComplete pathologic responseSubset of patientsLymph node metastasisHigher T stageComprehensive cancer centerPre-treatment characteristicsNCT regimenLymphovascular invasionMost patientsPathologic response