2023
Genomics of ERBB2-Positive Breast Cancer in Young Women Before and After Exposure to Chemotherapy Plus Trastuzumab
Lipsyc-Sharf M, Jain E, Collins L, Rosenberg S, Ruddy K, Tamimi R, Schapira L, Come S, Peppercorn J, Borges V, Warner E, Snow C, Krop I, Kim D, Weiss J, Zanudo J, Partridge A, Wagle N, Waks A. Genomics of ERBB2-Positive Breast Cancer in Young Women Before and After Exposure to Chemotherapy Plus Trastuzumab. JCO Precision Oncology 2023, 7: e2300076. PMID: 37364233, DOI: 10.1200/po.23.00076.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPositive breast cancerWhole-exome sequencingBreast cancerYoung womenWomen age 40 yearsErbB2-positive breast cancerErb-b2 receptor tyrosine kinase 2Half of patientsTime pointsLarge prospective cohortAge 40 yearsPost-treatment tumorsReceptor tyrosine kinase 2Post-treatment specimensPost-treatment samplesProspective cohortPositive tumorsTyrosine kinase 2Cancer-related genesPatientsTumor-normal pairsTherapeutic resistanceTumor tissueCNS changesHotspot mutations
2021
Impact of HER2 heterogeneity on treatment response of early-stage HER2-positive breast cancer: phase II neoadjuvant clinical trial of T-DM1 combined with pertuzumab
Filho OM, Viale G, Stein S, Trippa L, Yardley DA, Mayer IA, Abramson VG, Arteaga CL, Spring LM, Waks AG, Wrabel E, DeMeo MK, Bardia A, Dell'Orto P, Russo L, King TA, Polyak K, Michor F, Winer EP, Krop IE. Impact of HER2 heterogeneity on treatment response of early-stage HER2-positive breast cancer: phase II neoadjuvant clinical trial of T-DM1 combined with pertuzumab. Cancer Discovery 2021, 11: candisc.1557.2020. PMID: 33941592, PMCID: PMC8598376, DOI: 10.1158/2159-8290.cd-20-1557.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHER2-positive breast cancerHER2 heterogeneityBreast cancerEarly-stage HER2-positive breast cancerHER2-positive early-stage breast cancerTherapeutic resistancePathologic complete response rateEarly-stage breast cancerNeoadjuvant clinical trialsComplete response rateSubset of patientsHER2 therapyPretreatment biopsiesEvaluable casesCure rateT-DM1Trastuzumab emtansineClinical trialsTreatment strategiesTreatment responseTreatment selectionResponse rateRelated commentaryTherapyIssue featureThe impact of tumor epithelial and microenvironmental heterogeneity on treatment responses in HER2-positive breast cancer
Janiszewska M, Stein S, Filho O, Eng J, Kingston NL, Harper NW, Rye IH, Alečković M, Trinh A, Murphy KC, Marangoni E, Cristea S, Oakes B, Winer EP, Krop I, Russnes HG, Spellman PT, Bucher E, Hu Z, Chin K, Gray JW, Michor F, Polyak K. The impact of tumor epithelial and microenvironmental heterogeneity on treatment responses in HER2-positive breast cancer. JCI Insight 2021, 6: e147617. PMID: 33886505, PMCID: PMC8262355, DOI: 10.1172/jci.insight.147617.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAgedAged, 80 and overAntibodies, Monoclonal, HumanizedAntineoplastic Agents, ImmunologicalBreast NeoplasmsClass I Phosphatidylinositol 3-KinasesDNA Copy Number VariationsDrug Resistance, NeoplasmEpithelial CellsFemaleFibroblastsHumansMacrophagesMiddle AgedMutationNeoplasm TransplantationReceptor, ErbB-2TrastuzumabTumor MicroenvironmentVesicular Transport ProteinsConceptsBreast cancerTherapeutic resistanceHuman epidermal growth factor receptor 2HER2-positive breast cancerEpidermal growth factor receptor 2Patient-derived xenograft modelsLymphatic vessel endothelial hyaluronan receptorHER2-targeted therapiesGrowth factor receptor 2Impact of tumorFibroblastic reticular cellsFactor receptor 2Tumor epithelial cellsIntratumor heterogeneityDivergent cellular phenotypesResistance-conferring mutationsClinical outcomesPIK3CA mutationsTreatment responseClinical challengeDifferent therapiesFrequency of cellsXenograft modelReceptor 2Stromal determinants
2016
Overcoming Therapeutic Resistance in HER2-Positive Breast Cancers with CDK4/6 Inhibitors
Goel S, Wang Q, Watt AC, Tolaney SM, Dillon DA, Li W, Ramm S, Palmer AC, Yuzugullu H, Varadan V, Tuck D, Harris LN, Wong KK, Liu XS, Sicinski P, Winer EP, Krop IE, Zhao JJ. Overcoming Therapeutic Resistance in HER2-Positive Breast Cancers with CDK4/6 Inhibitors. Cancer Cell 2016, 29: 255-269. PMID: 26977878, PMCID: PMC4794996, DOI: 10.1016/j.ccell.2016.02.006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsBreast NeoplasmsCell Line, TumorCyclin-Dependent Kinase 4Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 6Disease Models, AnimalDrug Resistance, NeoplasmErbB ReceptorsFemaleHumansMechanistic Target of Rapamycin Complex 1MiceMice, NudeMice, TransgenicMultiprotein ComplexesNeoplasm Recurrence, LocalPhosphorylationProtein Kinase InhibitorsReceptor, ErbB-2TOR Serine-Threonine KinasesTumor Suppressor ProteinsConceptsHER2-positive breast cancerCDK4/6 inhibitorsBreast cancerEGFR/HER2Patient-derived xenograft tumorsTransgenic mouse modelInhibition of CDK4/6Tumor recurrenceXenograft tumorsMouse modelPotent suppressionTransgenic modelClinical specimensTherapeutic resistanceDual inhibitionMediate resistanceHER2CancerTSC2 phosphorylationG1 arrestCellular senescenceTherapyRb phosphorylationTumorsCDK4/6