2009
Evaluation of the Predictive Performance and Regimen Specificity of a 30-Gene Predictor of Pathologic Complete Response in a Prospective Randomized Neoadjuvant Clinical Trial for Stage I-III Breast Cancer.
Tabchy A, Symmans W, Valero V, Vidaurre T, Lluch A, Qi Y, Souchon E, Barajas-Figueroa L, Gomez H, Martin M, Coutant C, Hess K, Hortobagyi G, Pusztai L. Evaluation of the Predictive Performance and Regimen Specificity of a 30-Gene Predictor of Pathologic Complete Response in a Prospective Randomized Neoadjuvant Clinical Trial for Stage I-III Breast Cancer. Cancer Research 2009, 69: 101-101. DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.sabcs-09-101.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPathologic complete responsePositive predictive valueCourses of FACFAC armWeekly paclitaxelFAC chemotherapyPCR rateComplete responseMultigene predictorsTreatment armsBreast cancerStage IPathologic complete response rateGenomic predictorsComplete response rateNeoadjuvant clinical trialsEstrogen receptor statusNegative predictive value 88Treatment response predictionFAC regimenNPV 92Neoadjuvant chemotherapyOnly chemotherapyCyclophosphamide chemotherapyNodal status
2003
Correlation between HER‐2 expression and response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy with 5‐fluorouracil, doxorubicin, and cyclophosphamide in patients with breast carcinoma
Zhang F, Yang Y, Smith T, Kau S, McConathy JM, Esteva FJ, Kuerer HM, Symmans WF, Buzdar AU, Hortobagyi GN, Pusztai L. Correlation between HER‐2 expression and response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy with 5‐fluorouracil, doxorubicin, and cyclophosphamide in patients with breast carcinoma. Cancer 2003, 97: 1758-1765. PMID: 12655533, DOI: 10.1002/cncr.11245.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCourses of FACBreast carcinomaNeoadjuvant chemotherapyPathologic responseResponse rateLymph node-positive diseaseGood pathologic responseMedian patient ageClinical response rateNode-positive diseasePercent of patientsTime of surgeryClinical laboratory assessmentsMinimal residual diseaseClinical responsePositive diseasePathologic assessmentPatient agePhysical examinationPositive tumorsResidual diseaseImaging assessmentClinical assessmentResponse assessmentNonsignificant trend