2023
Radiotherapy Use and Incidence of Locoregional Recurrence in Patients With Favorable-Risk, Node-Positive Breast Cancer Enrolled in the SWOG S1007 Trial
Jagsi R, Barlow W, Woodward W, Connolly E, Mahtani R, Shumway D, Speers C, Stecklein S, Zeidan Y, Zhang H, Sharma P, Pusztai L, Hortobagyi G, Kalinsky K. Radiotherapy Use and Incidence of Locoregional Recurrence in Patients With Favorable-Risk, Node-Positive Breast Cancer Enrolled in the SWOG S1007 Trial. JAMA Oncology 2023, 9: 1083-1089. PMID: 37410451, PMCID: PMC10326730, DOI: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2023.1984.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInvasive disease-free survivalDisease-free survivalLocoregional recurrenceBreast-conserving surgeryBreast cancerLocoregional therapyCumulative incidenceRecurrence scoreRadiotherapy informationERBB2-negative breast cancerPredictors of LRRRate of LRRSecondary analysisNode-positive breast cancerBreast Recurrence ScoreLimited nodal diseaseLower locoregional recurrenceOmission of chemotherapyAxillary surgeryRadiotherapy receiptEndocrine therapyN1 diseaseNodal diseaseLocoregional treatmentMenopausal status
2015
Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy for Breast Cancer Increases the Rate of Breast Conservation: Results from the National Cancer Database
Killelea BK, Yang VQ, Mougalian S, Horowitz NR, Pusztai L, Chagpar AB, Lannin DR. Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy for Breast Cancer Increases the Rate of Breast Conservation: Results from the National Cancer Database. Journal Of The American College Of Surgeons 2015, 220: 1063-1069. PMID: 25868410, DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2015.02.011.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNational Cancer DatabaseNeoadjuvant chemotherapyBreast preservationBreast conservationTumor sizeCancer DatabaseDefinitive breast surgerySmall institutional seriesBreast cancer increasesAdvanced nodal diseaseInvasive breast cancerYounger patient ageBreast tumor sizeLarger tumor sizeMultivariate logistic regressionHigh tumor gradeAmerican Cancer SocietyAdjuvant chemotherapyNodal diseasePrimary surgeryT4 tumorsInstitutional seriesPatient ageRetrospective reviewDistant metastasis