2021
Endocrine-Based Treatments in Clinically-Relevant Subgroups of Hormone Receptor-Positive/HER2-Negative Metastatic Breast Cancer: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Schettini F, Giuliano M, Giudici F, Conte B, De Placido P, Venturini S, Rognoni C, Di Leo A, Locci M, Jerusalem G, Del Mastro L, Puglisi F, Conte P, De Laurentiis M, Pusztai L, Rimawi MF, Schiff R, Arpino G, De Placido S, Prat A, Generali D. Endocrine-Based Treatments in Clinically-Relevant Subgroups of Hormone Receptor-Positive/HER2-Negative Metastatic Breast Cancer: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Cancers 2021, 13: 1458. PMID: 33810205, PMCID: PMC8004645, DOI: 10.3390/cancers13061458.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMetastatic breast cancerSingle-agent endocrine therapyNegative metastatic breast cancerEndocrine therapyTarget therapyBreast cancerHormone receptor positive/HER2Phase II/IIIEndocrine-resistant tumorsPIK3CA-mutant tumorsOverall survival benefitValid therapeutic optionInternational treatment guidelinesRisk of relapseLine endocrine therapySystematic literature searchEffective regimenSurvival benefitTreatment guidelinesTherapeutic optionsComparable efficacyPooled resultsClinical trialsClinical subgroupsSensitive disease
2016
Relationship between Complete Pathologic Response to Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy and Survival in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer
Hatzis C, Symmans WF, Zhang Y, Gould RE, Moulder SL, Hunt KK, Abu-Khalaf M, Hofstatter EW, Lannin D, Chagpar AB, Pusztai L. Relationship between Complete Pathologic Response to Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy and Survival in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer. Clinical Cancer Research 2016, 22: 26-33. PMID: 26286912, DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-14-3304.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPathologic complete responseRecurrence-free survivalTriple-negative breast cancerSurvival benefitNeoadjuvant trialsNeoadjuvant chemotherapyTrial populationBaseline prognosisBreast cancerOverall survival benefitComplete pathologic responseSignificant survival benefitPostneoadjuvant therapyPCR rateComplete responseImproved survivalPathologic responseSurvival improvementTreatment armsPatient survivalResidual diseaseControl armPrognostic variablesPatientsTrials