Lack of association between amplification of her‐2 and response to preoperative taxanes in patients with breast carcinoma
Gonzalez‐Angulo A, Krishnamurthy S, Yamamura Y, Broglio KR, Pusztai L, Buzdar AU, Hortobagyi GN, Esteva FJ. Lack of association between amplification of her‐2 and response to preoperative taxanes in patients with breast carcinoma. Cancer 2004, 101: 258-263. PMID: 15241821, DOI: 10.1002/cncr.20348.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEarly-stage breast carcinomaBreast carcinomaTumor specimensPathologic responseStage II breast carcinomaAJCC stage IIMedian patient ageStage III diseasePathologic complete responseOverall survival rateLack of associationGene amplificationPreoperative chemotherapyRecurrent diseaseComplete responsePatient agePatientsCarcinomaSurvival rateTissue specimensStage IITaxanesHormone receptorsTumorsDiseaseCorrelation between response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NACT) with single agent taxanes and HER-2 gene amplification in patients with breast carcinoma
Gonzalez-Angulo A, Krishnamurthy S, Yamamura Y, Pusztai L, Buzdar A, Hortobagyi G, Esteva F. Correlation between response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NACT) with single agent taxanes and HER-2 gene amplification in patients with breast carcinoma. European Journal Of Cancer Supplements 2004, 2: 70. DOI: 10.1016/s1359-6349(04)90651-9.Peer-Reviewed Original Research