2013
Prevalence of germline TP53 mutations in HER2+ breast cancer patients
Rath MG, Masciari S, Gelman R, Miron A, Miron P, Foley K, Richardson AL, Krop IE, Verselis SJ, Dillon DA, Garber JE. Prevalence of germline TP53 mutations in HER2+ breast cancer patients. Breast Cancer Research And Treatment 2013, 139: 193-198. PMID: 23580068, PMCID: PMC4280061, DOI: 10.1007/s10549-012-2375-z.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGermline TP53 mutationsLi-Fraumeni syndromeBreast cancer ageBreast cancerTP53 mutationsCancer ageER/PR statusYoung womenGermline TP53 mutation carriersGermline TP53 testingUnselected young womenTP53 mutation carriersBreast cancer patientsCohort of womenFamily cancer historyPotential clinical impactTP53 carriersTP53 testingPR statusSingle centerFrequent tumorsCancer historyCancer patientsChompret criteriaMultiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification (MLPA) technique
2011
Responses to subsequent anti-HER2 therapy after treatment with trastuzumab-DM1 in women with HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer
Olson EM, Lin NU, DiPiro PJ, Najita JS, Krop IE, Winer EP, Burstein HJ. Responses to subsequent anti-HER2 therapy after treatment with trastuzumab-DM1 in women with HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer. Annals Of Oncology 2011, 23: 93-97. PMID: 21531783, PMCID: PMC3276325, DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdr061.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAnti-HER2 therapyMetastatic breast cancerHER2-positive MBC patientsT-DM1MBC patientsBreast cancerHER2-positive metastatic breast cancerSingle-agent T-DM1Positive metastatic breast cancerHuman epidermal growth factor receptor 2Epidermal growth factor receptor 2Blinded radiology reviewAnti-HER2 agentsGrowth factor receptor 2Kaplan-Meier estimatesFurther clinical benefitFactor receptor 2Protocol therapyMedian durationFurther therapyPartial responseRadiology reviewClinical benefitSubsequent linesMetastatic therapyGPHMM: an integrated hidden Markov model for identification of copy number alteration and loss of heterozygosity in complex tumor samples using whole genome SNP arrays
Li A, Liu Z, Lezon-Geyda K, Sarkar S, Lannin D, Schulz V, Krop I, Winer E, Harris L, Tuck D. GPHMM: an integrated hidden Markov model for identification of copy number alteration and loss of heterozygosity in complex tumor samples using whole genome SNP arrays. Nucleic Acids Research 2011, 39: 4928-4941. PMID: 21398628, PMCID: PMC3130254, DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkr014.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2010
Improving the yield of circulating tumour cells facilitates molecular characterisation and recognition of discordant HER2 amplification in breast cancer
Flores LM, Kindelberger DW, Ligon AH, Capelletti M, Fiorentino M, Loda M, Cibas ES, Jänne PA, Krop IE. Improving the yield of circulating tumour cells facilitates molecular characterisation and recognition of discordant HER2 amplification in breast cancer. British Journal Of Cancer 2010, 102: 1495-1502. PMID: 20461092, PMCID: PMC2869174, DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6605676.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHuman epidermal growth factor receptor 2Tumor cellsHER2 amplificationBreast cancerCTC yieldEpidermal growth factor receptor 2Growth factor receptor 2Breast cancer patientsSignificant discordance existsFactor receptor 2Lung cancer samplesMedian cell countMetastatic tumor cellsCancer patientsLung cancerMetastatic breastMetastatic tumorsPatient CTCsMetastatic cancerMetastatic tissuesBlood samplesReceptor 2Drug AdministrationCell countPatients