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 prognosis
2017
Discrepancies between biomarkers of primary breast cancer and subsequent brain metastases: an international multicenter study
Kaidar-Person O, Meattini I, Jain P, Bult P, Simone N, Kindts I, Steffens R, Weltens C, Navarria P, Belkacemi Y, Lopez-Guerra J, Livi L, Baumert B, Vieites B, Limon D, Kurman N, Ko K, Yu J, Chiang V, Poortmans P, Zagar T. Discrepancies between biomarkers of primary breast cancer and subsequent brain metastases: an international multicenter study. Breast Cancer Research And Treatment 2017, 167: 479-483. PMID: 28975433, DOI: 10.1007/s10549-017-4526-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBreast cancer patientsSubsequent brain metastasesHuman epidermal growth factor receptor 2Brain metastasesCancer patientsEthical research committeeReceptor statusPrimary tumorProgesterone receptorEstrogen receptorEpidermal growth factor receptor 2Triple-negative profileGrowth factor receptor 2Primary breast cancerPrimary breast tumorsInternational multicenter studyFactor receptor 2Multicenter studyAvailable histologyResultsA totalBreast cancerReceptor 2ConclusionsThe majorityPatientsBreast tumors