2021
How we treat HER2-positive brain metastases
Stavrou E, Winer EP, Lin NU. How we treat HER2-positive brain metastases. ESMO Open 2021, 6: 100256. PMID: 34482180, PMCID: PMC8424223, DOI: 10.1016/j.esmoop.2021.100256.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHER2-positive brain metastasesHuman epidermal growth factor 2Brain metastasesAdvanced diseaseBreast cancerCentral nervous system metastasesHER2-positive breast cancerEpidermal growth factor 2Nervous system metastasesExperienced multidisciplinary teamSurvival of patientsCentral nervous system activitySite of diseaseNervous system activityUnique clinical challengesAssociated morbiditySystemic therapyGrowth factor 2Clinical challengeReview of agentsClinical scenariosMultidisciplinary teamMetastasisSystem activityDisease
2019
PIK3CA and MAP3K1 alterations imply luminal A status and are associated with clinical benefit from pan-PI3K inhibitor buparlisib and letrozole in ER+ metastatic breast cancer
Nixon MJ, Formisano L, Mayer IA, Estrada MV, González-Ericsson PI, Isakoff SJ, Forero-Torres A, Won H, Sanders ME, Solit DB, Berger MF, Cantley LC, Winer EP, Arteaga CL, Balko JM. PIK3CA and MAP3K1 alterations imply luminal A status and are associated with clinical benefit from pan-PI3K inhibitor buparlisib and letrozole in ER+ metastatic breast cancer. Npj Breast Cancer 2019, 5: 31. PMID: 31552290, PMCID: PMC6757060, DOI: 10.1038/s41523-019-0126-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMetastatic breast cancerClinical benefitBreast cancerPan-PI3K inhibitor buparlisibHuman epidermal growth factor 2Epidermal growth factor 2K inhibitorsPan-PI3K inhibitorPhase Ib studySubset of patientsPI3KBreast cancer cell linesPI3K inhibitorsPAM50 analysisCancer cell linesEndocrine therapyGrowth factor 2Only biomarkerPIK3CA mutationsClinical trialsMetastatic tissuesTherapeutic combinationsIb studyPatientsBuparlisib