2009
Benefits of Adding Paclitaxel to Adjuvant Doxorubicin/Cyclophosphamide Depending on HER2 & ER Status: Analysis of Tumor Tissue Microarrays and Immunohistochemistry in CALGB 9344 (Intergroup 0148).
Berry D, Berry D, Thor A, Jewell S, Broadwater G, Edgerton S, Hayes D, Hudis C, Winer E, Nielsen T, Ellis M. Benefits of Adding Paclitaxel to Adjuvant Doxorubicin/Cyclophosphamide Depending on HER2 & ER Status: Analysis of Tumor Tissue Microarrays and Immunohistochemistry in CALGB 9344 (Intergroup 0148). Cancer Research 2009, 69: 606-606. DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.sabcs-09-606.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAdjuvant doxorubicin/cyclophosphamideNode-positive breast cancerWhole section analysisTissue microarrayHazard ratioER statusBreast cancerAdjuvant phase III trialsDouble-negative tumorsDoxorubicin/cyclophosphamideNon-responding patientsPhase III trialsMajority of patientsMultivariate Cox modelConfidence intervalsTumor tissue microarraysSet of patientsTMA cohortHormonal therapyIII trialsSurvival benefitCentral pathologyPathology blocksKaplan-MeierClinical assessment
2003
Preoperative Therapy With Trastuzumab and Paclitaxel Followed by Sequential Adjuvant Doxorubicin/Cyclophosphamide for HER2 Overexpressing Stage II or III Breast Cancer: A Pilot Study
Burstein HJ, Harris LN, Gelman R, Lester SC, Nunes RA, Kaelin CM, Parker LM, Ellisen LW, Kuter I, Gadd MA, Christian RL, Kennedy PR, Borges VF, Bunnell CA, Younger J, Smith BL, Winer EP. Preoperative Therapy With Trastuzumab and Paclitaxel Followed by Sequential Adjuvant Doxorubicin/Cyclophosphamide for HER2 Overexpressing Stage II or III Breast Cancer: A Pilot Study. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2003, 21: 46-53. PMID: 12506169, DOI: 10.1200/jco.2003.03.124.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHuman epidermal growth factor receptor 2Early-stage breast cancerPreoperative trastuzumabBreast cancerPreoperative therapyHER2 extracellular domainAdjuvant doxorubicinCyclophosphamide chemotherapyAdjuvant doxorubicin/cyclophosphamideStage IILeft ventricular ejection fractionEpidermal growth factor receptor 2Pilot studyDefinitive breast surgeryDoxorubicin/cyclophosphamideGrade 2 cardiotoxicityPathologic response rateAdvanced breast cancerComplete pathologic responseTrastuzumab-based treatmentGrowth factor receptor 2Ventricular ejection fractionStage breast cancerFactor receptor 2Sequential treatment program