2021
Assessment of Residual Cancer Burden and Event-Free Survival in Neoadjuvant Treatment for High-risk Breast Cancer
Symmans WF, Yau C, Chen YY, Balassanian R, Klein ME, Pusztai L, Nanda R, Parker BA, Datnow B, Krings G, Wei S, Feldman MD, Duan X, Chen B, Sattar H, Khazai L, Zeck JC, Sams S, Mhawech-Fauceglia P, Rendi M, Sahoo S, Ocal IT, Fan F, LeBeau LG, Vinh T, Troxell ML, Chien AJ, Wallace AM, Forero-Torres A, Ellis E, Albain KS, Murthy RK, Boughey JC, Liu MC, Haley BB, Elias AD, Clark AS, Kemmer K, Isaacs C, Lang JE, Han HS, Edmiston K, Viscusi RK, Northfelt DW, Khan QJ, Leyland-Jones B, Venters SJ, Shad S, Matthews JB, Asare SM, Buxton M, Asare AL, Rugo HS, Schwab RB, Helsten T, Hylton NM, van ’t Veer L, Perlmutter J, DeMichele AM, Yee D, Berry DA, Esserman LJ. Assessment of Residual Cancer Burden and Event-Free Survival in Neoadjuvant Treatment for High-risk Breast Cancer. JAMA Oncology 2021, 7: 1654-1663. PMID: 34529000, PMCID: PMC8446908, DOI: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2021.3690.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEvent-free survivalPathologic complete responseResidual cancer burdenInvestigational agentsInvestigational treatmentBreast cancerInterpretation of efficacyNeoadjuvant treatmentCancer burdenClinical trialsImproved event-free survivalNeoadjuvant breast cancer trialsStage 2/3 breast cancerHigh-risk breast cancerHormone receptorsI-SPY2 trialSecondary end pointsBreast cancer trialsEffective neoadjuvant treatmentI-SPY2Neoadjuvant paclitaxelNeoadjuvant trialsComplete responseEarly recurrencePrognostic significance
2016
SWOG S0800 (NCI CDR0000636131): addition of bevacizumab to neoadjuvant nab-paclitaxel with dose-dense doxorubicin and cyclophosphamide improves pathologic complete response (pCR) rates in inflammatory or locally advanced breast cancer
Nahleh ZA, Barlow WE, Hayes DF, Schott AF, Gralow JR, Sikov WM, Perez EA, Chennuru S, Mirshahidi HR, Corso SW, Lew DL, Pusztai L, Livingston RB, Hortobagyi GN. SWOG S0800 (NCI CDR0000636131): addition of bevacizumab to neoadjuvant nab-paclitaxel with dose-dense doxorubicin and cyclophosphamide improves pathologic complete response (pCR) rates in inflammatory or locally advanced breast cancer. Breast Cancer Research And Treatment 2016, 158: 485-495. PMID: 27393622, PMCID: PMC4963434, DOI: 10.1007/s10549-016-3889-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTriple-negative breast cancerEvent-free survivalAddition of bevacizumabInflammatory breast cancerAdvanced breast cancerDose-dense doxorubicinNab-paclitaxelPathologic complete responseBreast cancerPCR rateOverall survivalOpen-label phase II clinical trialHormone receptor-positive diseaseImproved event-free survivalPathologic complete response ratePhase II clinical trialNeoadjuvant chemotherapy armNeoadjuvant nab-paclitaxelRole of bevacizumabWeekly nab-paclitaxelComplete response rateReceptor-positive diseaseHormone receptor statusSequence of administrationChemotherapy arm