2017
Long-Term Prognostic Risk After Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy Associated With Residual Cancer Burden and Breast Cancer Subtype
Symmans WF, Wei C, Gould R, Yu X, Zhang Y, Liu M, Walls A, Bousamra A, Ramineni M, Sinn B, Hunt K, Buchholz TA, Valero V, Buzdar AU, Yang W, Brewster AM, Moulder S, Pusztai L, Hatzis C, Hortobagyi GN. Long-Term Prognostic Risk After Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy Associated With Residual Cancer Burden and Breast Cancer Subtype. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2017, 35: jco.2015.63.101. PMID: 28135148, PMCID: PMC5455352, DOI: 10.1200/jco.2015.63.1010.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAntineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy ProtocolsBreast NeoplasmsChemotherapy, AdjuvantCyclophosphamideDisease-Free SurvivalDoxorubicinEpirubicinFemaleFluorouracilHumansMiddle AgedNeoadjuvant TherapyNeoplasm, ResidualPaclitaxelPhenotypePrognosisProspective StudiesReceptor, ErbB-2Receptors, EstrogenReceptors, ProgesteroneRisk AssessmentSurvival RateTime FactorsTrastuzumabTumor BurdenConceptsResidual cancer burdenPhenotypic subsetsNeoadjuvant chemotherapyValidation cohortPrognostic riskCancer burdenRCB classBreast cancerRCB indexRelapse-free survival estimatesRelapse-free survival rateHuman epidermal growth factor receptor 2Epidermal growth factor receptor 2Hormone receptorsOriginal development cohortGrowth factor receptor 2Clinical-pathologic variablesKaplan-Meier analysisLong-term prognosisLog-rank testIndependent validation cohortBreast cancer subtypesLong-term survivalFactor receptor 2Concurrent trastuzumab
2009
Eradication of Axillary Lymph Node Metastases Occurs in 74% of Patients Receiving Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy with Concurrent Trastuzumab for HER2 Positive Breast Cancer.
Dominici L, Negron Gonzalez V, Buzdar A, Lucci A, Mittendorf E, Pusztai L, Krishnamurthy S, Le-Petross H, Babiera G, Bedrosian I, Meric-Bernstam F, Hunt K, Valero V, Kuerer H. Eradication of Axillary Lymph Node Metastases Occurs in 74% of Patients Receiving Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy with Concurrent Trastuzumab for HER2 Positive Breast Cancer. Cancer Research 2009, 69: 1086-1086. DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.sabcs-09-1086.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAxillary pathologic complete responseTrastuzumab-based neoadjuvant chemotherapyPathologic complete responseDisease-free survivalHER2-positive breast cancerHER2-positive diseaseResidual axillary diseaseNeoadjuvant chemotherapyPositive breast cancerAxillary metastasesPCR groupAxillary diseasePositive diseaseBreast cancerComplete axillary lymph node dissectionAxillary lymph node dissectionAxillary lymph node metastasisComplete pathologic responseLymph node dissectionKaplan-Meier methodMajority of patientsKaplan-Meier analysisLymph node metastasisEstrogen receptor statusConcurrent trastuzumab
2007
The impact of hormone receptor status on pathologic response of HER2-positive breast cancer treated with neoadjuvant chemotherapy with or without trastuzumab
Peintinger F, Buzdar A, Kuerer H, Gonzalez-Angulo A, Hatzis C, Pusztai L, Esteva F, Green M, Hortobagyi G, Symmans W. The impact of hormone receptor status on pathologic response of HER2-positive breast cancer treated with neoadjuvant chemotherapy with or without trastuzumab. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2007, 25: 533-533. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2007.25.18_suppl.533.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHER2-positive breast cancerResidual cancer burdenHR-negative patientsAddition of trastuzumabHormone receptor statusPathologic complete responseNeoadjuvant chemotherapyBreast cancerPathologic responseReceptor statusResidual diseaseHER2-positive diseaseHR-positive patientsPathologic response rateSimilar pCR ratesHER2-positive patientsStandard neoadjuvant chemotherapyConcurrent trastuzumabRCB-IIRCB-IIIFAC chemotherapyPathologic reviewPCR rateComplete responseLymph nodesNeoadjuvant Therapy with Paclitaxel followed by 5-Fluorouracil, Epirubicin, and Cyclophosphamide Chemotherapy and Concurrent Trastuzumab in Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor 2–Positive Operable Breast Cancer: An Update of the Initial Randomized Study Population and Data of Additional Patients Treated with the Same Regimen
Buzdar AU, Valero V, Ibrahim NK, Francis D, Broglio KR, Theriault RL, Pusztai L, Green MC, Singletary SE, Hunt KK, Sahin AA, Esteva F, Symmans WF, Ewer MS, Buchholz TA, Hortobagyi GN. Neoadjuvant Therapy with Paclitaxel followed by 5-Fluorouracil, Epirubicin, and Cyclophosphamide Chemotherapy and Concurrent Trastuzumab in Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor 2–Positive Operable Breast Cancer: An Update of the Initial Randomized Study Population and Data of Additional Patients Treated with the Same Regimen. Clinical Cancer Research 2007, 13: 228-233. PMID: 17200359, DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-06-1345.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHuman epidermal growth factor receptorPathologic CR rateEpidermal growth factor receptorConcurrent trastuzumabGrowth factor receptorCR rateEfficacy dataBreast cancerStudy populationHigher pathologic complete remission rateSecond cohortPathologic complete remission rateCardiac safety dataCycles of FECCycles of paclitaxelOperable breast cancerComplete remission rateDisease-free survivalFactor receptorBreast cancer patientsNew safety concernsSame chemotherapyWeekly trastuzumabCyclophosphamide chemotherapyNeoadjuvant therapy