2020
Beyond an Updated Graded Prognostic Assessment (Breast GPA): A Prognostic Index and Trends in Treatment and Survival in Breast Cancer Brain Metastases From 1985 to Today
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. Beyond an Updated Graded Prognostic Assessment (Breast GPA): A Prognostic Index and Trends in Treatment and Survival in Breast Cancer Brain Metastases From 1985 to Today. International Journal Of Radiation Oncology • Biology • Physics 2020, 107: 334-343. PMID: 32084525, PMCID: PMC7276246, DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2020.01.051.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDiagnosis-specific prognostic factorsHuman epidermal receptor 2Prognostic factorsMedian survivalBreast-GPABrain metastasesBreast cancerCohort BCohort APrognostic indexReceptor 2Tumor subtypesBreast cancer brain metastasesKaplan-Meier survival estimatesCancer brain metastasesGraded Prognostic AssessmentKarnofsky performance statusLarge contemporary cohortLog-rank testFuture clinical trialsNew prognostic factorsGPA 0Extracranial metastasesPerformance statusBetter prognosisEstrogen/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
2019
Transcriptomic Hallmarks of Tumor Plasticity and Stromal Interactions in Brain Metastasis
Wingrove E, Liu Z, Patel K, Arnal‐Estape A, Melnick M, Politi K, Monteiro C, Zhu L, Valiente M, Kluger H, Chiang V, Nguyen D. Transcriptomic Hallmarks of Tumor Plasticity and Stromal Interactions in Brain Metastasis. The FASEB Journal 2019, 33: 368.8-368.8. DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.2019.33.1_supplement.368.8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBrain tumor microenvironmentBrain metastasesTumor microenvironmentTumor cellsLung adenocarcinomaTumor lesionsBrain metastatic tumor cellsBreast cancer brain metastasesHuman tumorsExpression of TIM3Cancer brain metastasesMetastatic brain tumorsExpression of astrocytesIntra-arterial injectionTumor-associated macrophagesSyngeneic model systemModels of melanomaFull-text articlesMetastatic tumor cellsCNS metastasesNeuroinflammatory responseBrain lesionsLung tumorsT cellsAthymic mice