2022
Aiming at a Tailored Cure for ERBB2-Positive Metastatic Breast Cancer
Tarantino P, Curigliano G, Parsons HA, Lin NU, Krop I, Mittendorf EA, Waks A, Winer EP, Tolaney SM. Aiming at a Tailored Cure for ERBB2-Positive Metastatic Breast Cancer. JAMA Oncology 2022, 8: 629-635. PMID: 35024766, DOI: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2021.6597.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsErbB2-positive metastatic breast cancerMetastatic breast cancerPopulation of patientsBreast cancerDe novo metastaticErb-b2 receptor tyrosine kinase 2High ERBB2 expressionCurrent treatment algorithmsHigh-dose chemotherapyLong-term respondersFraction of patientsAntitumor immune activationReceptor tyrosine kinase 2Quality of lifeOverall survivalSystemic treatmentTrastuzumab deruxtecanPathologic featuresTreatment algorithmFrontline treatmentImmune activationBiologic treatmentPathologic termsDisease burdenLong-term benefits
2020
Association of tumor mutational burden (TMB) and clinical outcomes with pembrolizumab (pembro) versus chemotherapy (chemo) in patients with metastatic triple-negative breast cancer (mTNBC) from KEYNOTE-119.
Winer E, Lipatov O, Im S, Goncalves A, Muñoz-Couselo E, Lee K, Schmid P, Testa L, Witzel I, Ohtani S, Lunceford J, Karantza V, Mejia J, Cristescu R, Aurora-Garg D, Jelinic P, Huang L, Cortes J. Association of tumor mutational burden (TMB) and clinical outcomes with pembrolizumab (pembro) versus chemotherapy (chemo) in patients with metastatic triple-negative breast cancer (mTNBC) from KEYNOTE-119. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2020, 38: 1013-1013. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2020.38.15_suppl.1013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMetastatic triple-negative breast cancerTumor mutational burdenMut/MbClinical outcomesTriple-negative breast cancerChemo-treated patientsPrior systemic treatmentThird-line settingOverall study populationNumber of patientsTwo-sided p valuePD-L1 enrichmentReceiver operator characteristic analysisEstimates of efficacyOperator characteristic analysisP-valueFoundationOne CDxBaseline characteristicsMetastatic diseaseSystemic treatmentPotential positive associationTreatment armsClinical benefitCox regressionBreast cancer
2018
Unraveling the clinicopathological features driving the emergence of ESR1 mutations in metastatic breast cancer
Kuang Y, Siddiqui B, Hu J, Pun M, Cornwell M, Buchwalter G, Hughes ME, Wagle N, Kirschmeier P, Jänne PA, Paweletz CP, Lin NU, Krop IE, Barry WT, Winer EP, Brown M, Jeselsohn R. Unraveling the clinicopathological features driving the emergence of ESR1 mutations in metastatic breast cancer. Npj Breast Cancer 2018, 4: 22. PMID: 30083595, PMCID: PMC6072793, DOI: 10.1038/s41523-018-0075-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMetastatic breast cancerESR1 mutationsBreast cancerMetastatic settingClinicopathological featuresPIK3CA mutationsAromatase inhibitorsER-positive metastatic breast cancerDetailed clinical dataSpecific systemic treatmentMetastatic treatmentDistant recurrenceMetastatic diseaseSystemic treatmentPrimary diseaseEndocrine resistanceCDK4/6 inhibitorsPathological featuresFulvestrant treatmentClinical dataPrior treatmentSignificant associationPatientsCancerPrevalenceVariation in guideline-concordant care for elderly patients with metastatic breast cancer in the United States
Poorvu PD, Vaz-Luis I, Freedman RA, Lin NU, Barry WT, Winer EP, Hassett MJ. Variation in guideline-concordant care for elderly patients with metastatic breast cancer in the United States. Breast Cancer Research And Treatment 2018, 168: 727-737. PMID: 29332137, DOI: 10.1007/s10549-018-4659-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInitial systemic therapyMetastatic breast cancerSystemic therapyBreast cancerDe novo metastatic breast cancerNovo metastatic breast cancerEarly-stage breast cancerHuman epidermal receptor 2HR-positive patientsInitial systemic treatmentGuideline-concordant careHER2-positive patientsFirst-line therapyTriple-negative tumorsPatterns of careQuality of careGuideline concordanceInitial therapyMBC cohortUntreated patientsElderly patientsMost patientsSystemic treatmentInitial treatmentHospice utilization
2016
Treatment of early-stage human epidermal growth factor 2-positive cancers among medicare enrollees: age and race strongly associated with non-use of trastuzumab
Vaz-Luis I, Lin NU, Keating NL, Barry WT, Lii J, Burstein HJ, Winer EP, Freedman RA. Treatment of early-stage human epidermal growth factor 2-positive cancers among medicare enrollees: age and race strongly associated with non-use of trastuzumab. Breast Cancer Research And Treatment 2016, 159: 151-162. PMID: 27484879, DOI: 10.1007/s10549-016-3927-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAdjuvant trastuzumabOlder patientsSystemic treatmentBreast cancerHuman epidermal growth factor receptor 2HER2-positive breast cancerEpidermal growth factor receptor 2HER2-positive diseaseStage III diseaseCongestive heart failureGrowth factor receptor 2Positive breast cancerFactor receptor 2Treatment omissionEndocrine therapyClinical characteristicsSystemic therapyHeart failureBlack patientsTreatment disparitiesTreatment patternsHuman epidermal growth factorEpidermal growth factorMedicare dataPatients
2008
Preoperative Therapy in Invasive Breast Cancer: Pathologic Assessment and Systemic Therapy Issues in Operable Disease
Gralow JR, Burstein HJ, Wood W, Hortobagyi GN, Gianni L, von Minckwitz G, Buzdar AU, Smith IE, Symmans WF, Singh B, Winer EP. Preoperative Therapy in Invasive Breast Cancer: Pathologic Assessment and Systemic Therapy Issues in Operable Disease. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2008, 26: 814-819. PMID: 18258991, DOI: 10.1200/jco.2007.15.3510.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAntineoplastic AgentsAntineoplastic Agents, HormonalAromatase InhibitorsBreast NeoplasmsCongresses as TopicFemaleHumansMastectomy, SegmentalNational Cancer Institute (U.S.)Neoadjuvant TherapyNeoplasm, ResidualPatient Care TeamPatient SelectionPreoperative CareReceptor, ErbB-2Remission InductionUnited StatesConceptsOperable breast cancerPreoperative systemic therapyBreast conservation ratesSystemic therapyInvasive breast cancerBreast cancerTumor responsePreoperative therapyPathologic assessmentNational Cancer Institute StatePostoperative adjuvant systemic therapyInitial tumor responseAdjuvant systemic therapyPathologic complete responseSurrogate end pointsStandard of careMultimodality treatment programBreast cancer biologyAdjuvant settingOperable diseaseOverall survivalPreoperative chemotherapySystemic treatmentComplete responseLymph nodes