2013
The effect of tumor subtype on the time from primary diagnosis to development of brain metastases and survival in patients with breast cancer
Sperduto PW, Kased N, Roberge D, Chao ST, Shanley R, Luo X, Sneed PK, Suh J, Weil RJ, Jensen AW, Brown PD, Shih HA, Kirkpatrick J, Gaspar LE, Fiveash JB, Chiang V, Knisely JP, Sperduto CM, Lin N, Mehta M. The effect of tumor subtype on the time from primary diagnosis to development of brain metastases and survival in patients with breast cancer. Journal Of Neuro-Oncology 2013, 112: 467-472. PMID: 23462853, DOI: 10.1007/s11060-013-1083-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNumber of BMBrain metastasesGraded Prognostic AssessmentPrimary diagnosisPrognostic factorsTumor subtypesMedian survivalBreast cancerDiagnosis-Specific Graded Prognostic AssessmentDevelopment of BMMulti-institutional retrospective databaseImportant prognostic factorIndependent prognostic factorBreast cancer patientsER/PRBreast cancer subtypesBreast-GPAProspective studyCancer patientsLuminal ALuminal BRetrospective databaseHER2 subtypeBrain MRIPrognostic assessment
2011
Effect of Tumor Subtype on Survival and the Graded Prognostic Assessment for Patients With Breast Cancer and Brain Metastases
Sperduto PW, Kased N, Roberge D, Xu Z, Shanley R, Luo X, Sneed PK, Chao ST, Weil RJ, Suh J, Bhatt A, Jensen AW, Brown PD, Shih HA, Kirkpatrick J, Gaspar LE, Fiveash JB, Chiang V, Knisely JP, Sperduto CM, Lin N, Mehta M. Effect of Tumor Subtype on Survival and the Graded Prognostic Assessment for Patients With Breast Cancer and Brain Metastases. International Journal Of Radiation Oncology • Biology • Physics 2011, 82: 2111-2117. PMID: 21497451, PMCID: PMC3172400, DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2011.02.027.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAge FactorsAgedAged, 80 and overBrain NeoplasmsBreast NeoplasmsBreast Neoplasms, MaleCohort StudiesFemaleHumansKarnofsky Performance StatusMaleMiddle AgedMultivariate AnalysisPrognosisProportional Hazards ModelsReceptor, ErbB-2Receptors, EstrogenReceptors, ProgesteroneRetrospective StudiesConceptsGraded Prognostic AssessmentER/PRKarnofsky performance statusMultivariate Cox regressionBrain metastasesBreast-GPATumor subtypesPrognostic factorsCox regressionBreast cancerPrognostic assessmentDiagnosis-Specific Graded Prognostic AssessmentMulti-institutional retrospective databaseER/PR statusHER2-positive patientsHER2-negative patientsSignificant prognostic factorsSubgroup of patientsBreast cancer patientsClinical decision makingLog-rank statisticsKPS 60Performance statusPR statusCancer patients