2021
Cost-Effectiveness of Adjuvant Treatment for Ductal Carcinoma In Situ
Gupta A, Jhawar SR, Sayan M, Yehia ZA, Haffty BG, Yu JB, Wang SY. Cost-Effectiveness of Adjuvant Treatment for Ductal Carcinoma In Situ. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2021, 39: 2386-2396. PMID: 34019456, PMCID: PMC10166354, DOI: 10.1200/jco.21.00831.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAromatase inhibitorsTreatment strategiesRadiation treatmentDuctal carcinomaAge 40Risk reductionAdjuvant treatment strategiesGood-risk patientsLarge randomized trialsAdverse event ratesOptimal treatment strategyRelative risk reductionCohort of womenBreast cancer casesLow-value careQuality of lifeCost-effectiveness analysisBase-case resultsHormonal therapyAdjuvant treatmentMost patientsPatient ageSecondary malignanciesRandomized trialsRecurrence rate
2020
Estrogen/progesterone receptor and HER2 discordance between primary tumor and brain metastases in breast cancer and its effect on treatment and survival
Sperduto PW, Mesko S, Li J, Cagney D, Aizer A, Lin NU, Nesbit E, Kruser TJ, Chan J, Braunstein S, Lee J, Kirkpatrick JP, Breen W, Brown PD, Shi D, Shih HA, Soliman H, Sahgal A, Shanley R, Sperduto W, Lou E, Everett A, Boggs DH, Masucci L, Roberge D, Remick J, Plichta K, Buatti JM, Jain S, Gaspar LE, Wu CC, Wang TJC, Bryant J, Chuong M, Yu J, Chiang V, Nakano T, Aoyama H, Mehta MP. Estrogen/progesterone receptor and HER2 discordance between primary tumor and brain metastases in breast cancer and its effect on treatment and survival. Neuro-Oncology 2020, 22: 1359-1367. PMID: 32034917, PMCID: PMC7523450, DOI: 10.1093/neuonc/noaa025.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBreast cancer brain metastasesHuman epidermal growth factor receptor 2Primary tumorProgesterone receptorMedian survivalEstrogen receptorBrain metastasesDiscordance rateHER2-negative primary tumorsEstrogen/progesterone receptorsEpidermal growth factor receptor 2Time of metastasisCancer brain metastasesGrowth factor receptor 2Breast cancer treatmentIncidence of discordanceFactor receptor 2Subsequent treatmentBCBM patientsHER2 discordanceReceptor discordanceMost patientsReceptor statusInitial diagnosisHER2 status