2023
Adjuvant paclitaxel and trastuzumab for node-negative, HER2-positive breast cancer: final 10-year analysis of the open-label, single-arm, phase 2 APT trial
Tolaney S, Tarantino P, Graham N, Tayob N, Parè L, Villacampa G, Dang C, Yardley D, Moy B, Marcom P, Albain K, Rugo H, Ellis M, Shapira I, Wolff A, Carey L, Barroso-Sousa R, Villagrasa P, DeMeo M, DiLullo M, Zanudo J, Weiss J, Wagle N, Partridge A, Waks A, Hudis C, Krop I, Burstein H, Prat A, Winer E. Adjuvant paclitaxel and trastuzumab for node-negative, HER2-positive breast cancer: final 10-year analysis of the open-label, single-arm, phase 2 APT trial. The Lancet Oncology 2023, 24: 273-285. PMID: 36858723, DOI: 10.1016/s1470-2045(23)00051-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHER2-positive breast cancerInvasive disease-free survivalDisease-free survivalRecurrence-free intervalAdjuvant paclitaxelBreast cancerEastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance statusInvasive disease-free survival eventsDisease-free survival eventsHormone receptor-positive diseaseNew contralateral breast cancerBreast cancer-specific survivalProtocol-defined treatmentCancer-specific survivalReceptor-positive diseasePhase 2 studyContralateral breast cancerLong-term outcomesAPT trialCause deathEligible patientsIntravenous paclitaxelTrastuzumab weeklyDistant recurrenceIpsilateral recurrence
2020
Sensitive Detection of Minimal Residual Disease in Patients Treated for Early-Stage Breast Cancer
Parsons HA, Rhoades J, Reed SC, Gydush G, Ram P, Exman P, Xiong K, Lo CC, Li T, Fleharty M, Kirkner GJ, Rotem D, Cohen O, Yu F, Fitarelli-Kiehl M, Leong KW, Hughes ME, Rosenberg SM, Collins LC, Miller KD, Blumenstiel B, Trippa L, Cibulskis C, Neuberg DS, DeFelice M, Freeman SS, Lennon NJ, Wagle N, Ha G, Stover DG, Choudhury AD, Getz G, Winer EP, Meyerson M, Lin NU, Krop I, Love JC, Makrigiorgos GM, Partridge AH, Mayer EL, Golub TR, Adalsteinsson VA. Sensitive Detection of Minimal Residual Disease in Patients Treated for Early-Stage Breast Cancer. Clinical Cancer Research 2020, 26: 2556-2564. PMID: 32170028, PMCID: PMC7654718, DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-19-3005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMinimal residual diseaseMetastatic breast cancerDigital droplet PCRBreast cancerTumor mutationsResidual diseaseMRD detectionEarly-stage breast cancerCurative-intent treatmentCohort of patientsEarly-stage diseaseMedian lead timeClinical data collectionWhole-exome sequencingMRD testFirst positive sampleDistant recurrenceMost patientsMetastatic diagnosisStage 0PatientsPlasma samplingClinical sensitivityPatient-specific mutationsCfDNA samples
2018
Unraveling the clinicopathological features driving the emergence of ESR1 mutations in metastatic breast cancer
Kuang Y, Siddiqui B, Hu J, Pun M, Cornwell M, Buchwalter G, Hughes ME, Wagle N, Kirschmeier P, Jänne PA, Paweletz CP, Lin NU, Krop IE, Barry WT, Winer EP, Brown M, Jeselsohn R. Unraveling the clinicopathological features driving the emergence of ESR1 mutations in metastatic breast cancer. Npj Breast Cancer 2018, 4: 22. PMID: 30083595, PMCID: PMC6072793, DOI: 10.1038/s41523-018-0075-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMetastatic breast cancerESR1 mutationsBreast cancerMetastatic settingClinicopathological featuresPIK3CA mutationsAromatase inhibitorsER-positive metastatic breast cancerDetailed clinical dataSpecific systemic treatmentMetastatic treatmentDistant recurrenceMetastatic diseaseSystemic treatmentPrimary diseaseEndocrine resistanceCDK4/6 inhibitorsPathological featuresFulvestrant treatmentClinical dataPrior treatmentSignificant associationPatientsCancerPrevalence
2017
Seven-year (yr) follow-up of adjuvant paclitaxel (T) and trastuzumab (H) (APT trial) for node-negative, HER2-positive breast cancer (BC).
Tolaney S, Barry W, Guo H, Dillon D, Dang C, Yardley D, Moy B, Marcom P, Albain K, Rugo H, Ellis M, Shapira I, Wolff A, Carey L, Overmoyer B, Partridge A, Hudis C, Krop I, Burstein H, Winer E. Seven-year (yr) follow-up of adjuvant paclitaxel (T) and trastuzumab (H) (APT trial) for node-negative, HER2-positive breast cancer (BC). Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2017, 35: 511-511. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2017.35.15_suppl.511.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBreast cancer-specific survivalDisease-free survivalRecurrence-free intervalBreast cancerDistant recurrenceOverall survivalTumor sizeNew contralateral breast cancerHER2-positive breast cancerNode-negative HER2Cancer-specific survivalPhase II studyContralateral breast cancerAdjuvant paclitaxelAPT trialNodal micrometastasisPrimary endpointProtocol therapyAdjuvant therapyDFS eventsII studyDisease recurrenceRegional recurrenceSpecific survivalClinical outcomes