2008
Histopathologic and Molecular Markers of Prognosis and Response to Therapy
Pusztai L, Symmans W. Histopathologic and Molecular Markers of Prognosis and Response to Therapy. MD Anderson Cancer Care Series 2008, 323-343. DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-34952-7_11.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLymph node-negative breast cancerNode-negative breast cancerBreast cancerEndocrine therapyMultigene assaysValuable additional prognostic informationAdditional adjuvant chemotherapyPrognosis of womenAdjuvant endocrine therapyLymph node statusSurgical margin statusAdditional prognostic informationRoutine pathologic evaluationPersonalized treatment recommendationsAppropriate treatment decisionsAdjuvant chemotherapyMargin statusPathologic evaluationTrastuzumab therapyBetter prognosisNode statusOncotype DXTumor sizeHistopathologic subtypeProgesterone receptor
2004
Change in tumor cellularity of breast carcinoma after neoadjuvant chemotherapy as a variable in the pathologic assessment of response
Rajan R, Poniecka A, Smith TL, Yang Y, Frye D, Pusztai L, Fiterman DJ, Gal‐Gombos E, Whitman G, Rouzier R, Green M, Kuerer H, Buzdar AU, Hortobagyi GN, Symmans WF. Change in tumor cellularity of breast carcinoma after neoadjuvant chemotherapy as a variable in the pathologic assessment of response. Cancer 2004, 100: 1365-1373. PMID: 15042669, DOI: 10.1002/cncr.20134.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsResidual tumor sizeCore needle biopsyNeoadjuvant chemotherapyTumor sizeResection specimensNeedle biopsyBreast carcinomaTumor cellularityClinical responsePathologic responseControl groupDiagnostic core needle biopsyGreatest dimensionPrimary surgical managementResidual primary tumorResidual tumor categoriesComplete pathologic responseWeeks of diagnosisResidual tumor groupEosin-stained tissue sectionsCyclophosphamide chemotherapyPartial responsePathologic assessmentPathologic evaluationPathologic size