2009
A Comparative Study of Exemestane Versus Anastrozole in Patients with Postmenopausal Breast Cancer with Visceral Metastases
Campos SM, Guastalla JP, Subar M, Abreu P, Winer EP, Cameron DA. A Comparative Study of Exemestane Versus Anastrozole in Patients with Postmenopausal Breast Cancer with Visceral Metastases. Clinical Breast Cancer 2009, 9: 39-44. PMID: 19299239, DOI: 10.3816/cbc.2009.n.007.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPostmenopausal breast cancerBreast cancer metastasisBreast cancerPostmenopausal patientsVisceral metastasesAdverse eventsObjective responseVisceral sitesVisceral lesionsClinical benefitTreatment-related adverse eventsCancer metastasisAromatase inhibitor studiesAdvanced breast cancerResponse Evaluation CriteriaExemestane groupEndocrine therapyPostmenopausal womenPrimary endpointSecondary endpointsMedian survivalOverall survivalSuch patientsTreat analysisStudy closure
2008
Sites of distant recurrence and clinical outcomes in patients with metastatic triple‐negative breast cancer
Lin NU, Claus E, Sohl J, Razzak AR, Arnaout A, Winer EP. Sites of distant recurrence and clinical outcomes in patients with metastatic triple‐negative breast cancer. Cancer 2008, 113: 2638-2645. PMID: 18833576, PMCID: PMC2835546, DOI: 10.1002/cncr.23930.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMetastatic triple-negative breast cancerTriple-negative breast cancerBreast cancerCNS metastasesMedian survivalMetastatic diagnosisSystemic diseaseCentral nervous system recurrenceDana-Farber Cancer InstituteInitial metastatic diagnosisProgressive CNS diseaseOutcomes of patientsNew treatment strategiesRace-adjusted ratesCNS progressionBrain metastasesCNS involvementCNS recurrenceDistant recurrenceMetastatic presentationCNS lesionsClinical outcomesPathology recordsCNS diseaseAggressive subtypeBreast surgery in stage IV breast cancer: impact of staging and patient selection on overall survival
Bafford AC, Burstein HJ, Barkley CR, Smith BL, Lipsitz S, Iglehart JD, Winer EP, Golshan M. Breast surgery in stage IV breast cancer: impact of staging and patient selection on overall survival. Breast Cancer Research And Treatment 2008, 115: 7-12. PMID: 18581232, DOI: 10.1007/s10549-008-0101-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsStage IV breast cancerOverall survivalBreast cancerStage IV breast carcinomaMedian overall survivalDatabase of patientsAdverse predictorsHer2neu statusUnderwent mastectomySurgery groupLiver metastasesMedian survivalMetastatic diseaseBreast surgeryTherapeutic surgeryBreast carcinomaNS groupRetrospective analysisStaging factorsSurgerySurvivalWomenPatientsMultivariate survivalCancerTen-Year Survival and Cost Following Breast Cancer Recurrence: Estimates from SEER-Medicare Data
Stokes ME, Thompson D, Montoya EL, Weinstein MC, Winer EP, Earle CC. Ten-Year Survival and Cost Following Breast Cancer Recurrence: Estimates from SEER-Medicare Data. Value In Health 2008, 11: 213-220. PMID: 18380633, DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4733.2007.00226.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBreast cancer recurrenceBreast cancer eventsContralateral breast cancerNonmetastatic breast cancerSEER-Medicare dataBreast cancerCancer recurrenceDistant recurrenceSurveillance EpidemiologyCancer eventsMedicare claimsNational Cancer Institute's Surveillance EpidemiologyBreast cancer leadEnd Results registryTen-year survivalImpact of recurrencePaucity of dataMedian survivalPharmacologic therapyLocal recurrenceRetrospective analysisRecurrencePatientsCancer leadCancer