2021
What if the future of HER2‐positive breast cancer patients was written in miRNAs? An exploratory analysis from NeoALTTO study
Pizzamiglio S, Cosentino G, Ciniselli CM, De Cecco L, Cataldo A, Plantamura I, Triulzi T, El‐abed S, Wang Y, Bajji M, Nuciforo P, Huober J, Ellard SL, Rimm DL, Gombos A, Daidone MG, Verderio P, Tagliabue E, Di Cosimo S, Iorio MV. What if the future of HER2‐positive breast cancer patients was written in miRNAs? An exploratory analysis from NeoALTTO study. Cancer Medicine 2021, 11: 332-339. PMID: 34921525, PMCID: PMC8729061, DOI: 10.1002/cam4.4449.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHER2-positive breast cancer patientsEvent-free survivalBreast cancer patientsNeoadjuvant therapyCancer patientsPathological complete response rateSingle-agent trastuzumabTwo-miRNA signatureComplete response rateDifferential clinical outcomesPredictive miRNA signatureTrastuzumab armBaseline biopsiesClinical outcomesPathological variablesPrognostic valueUnivariate analysisAgent trastuzumabPrognostic signatureResponse ratePatientsTissue miRNAsMiRNA expression profilesMiRNA signatureMultivariate modelAlpha-smooth muscle actin expression in the stroma predicts resistance to trastuzumab in patients with early-stage HER2-positive breast cancer
Vathiotis IA, Moutafi MK, Divakar P, Aung TN, Qing T, Fernandez A, Yaghoobi V, El-Abed S, Wang Y, Guillaume S, Nuciforo P, Huober J, Di Cosimo S, Kim SB, Harbeck N, Gomez H, Shafi S, Syrigos KN, Fountzilas G, Sotiriou C, Pusztai L, Warren S, Rimm DL. Alpha-smooth muscle actin expression in the stroma predicts resistance to trastuzumab in patients with early-stage HER2-positive breast cancer. Clinical Cancer Research 2021, 27: 6156-6163. PMID: 34465600, PMCID: PMC8595766, DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-21-2103.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDisease-free survivalHER2-positive breast cancerShorter disease-free survivalBreast cancerQuantitative immunofluorescenceEarly-stage HER2-positive breast cancerAlpha-smooth muscle actin expressionAlpha-smooth muscle actinProgesterone receptor statusHigh α-SMA expressionDigital Spatial ProfilerΑ-SMA expressionPromising candidate biomarkerCompanion diagnostic testsMuscle actin expressionDigital spatial profilingCohort validationNeoadjuvant lapatinibAdjuvant trastuzumabReceptor statusClinical trialsUnivariate analysisEstrogen receptorMAIN OUTCOMEΑ-SMA
2014
Multiplexed Quantitative Analysis of CD3, CD8, and CD20 Predicts Response to Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy in Breast Cancer
Brown JR, Wimberly H, Lannin DR, Nixon C, Rimm DL, Bossuyt V. Multiplexed Quantitative Analysis of CD3, CD8, and CD20 Predicts Response to Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy in Breast Cancer. Clinical Cancer Research 2014, 20: 5995-6005. PMID: 25255793, PMCID: PMC4252785, DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-14-1622.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAgedAntigens, CD20Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy ProtocolsBiomarkers, TumorBreast NeoplasmsCD3 ComplexCD8 AntigensChemotherapy, AdjuvantFemaleHumansImmunophenotypingLymphocyte SubsetsLymphocytes, Tumor-InfiltratingMiddle AgedNeoadjuvant TherapyNeoplasm GradingNeoplasm StagingPrognosisReproducibility of ResultsTreatment OutcomeTumor BurdenConceptsTumor-infiltrating lymphocytesPathologic complete responseBreast cancerTonsil specimensPredictive valueAQUA scoreQuantitative immunofluorescenceFlow cytometryFuture larger studiesPathologist estimationNeoadjuvant cohortNeoadjuvant chemotherapyNeoadjuvant therapyLymphocyte infiltratesTIL countComplete responseNodal statusLymphocyte percentageLymphocyte subpopulationsStromal expressionNuclear gradeUnivariate analysisKi-67CD8Clinical utility