2022
Treatment Sequencing Patterns and Associated Direct Medical Costs of Metastatic Breast Cancer Care in the United States, 2011 to 2021
Chehayeb R, Hood A, Wang X, Miksad R, Mougalian S, Lustberg M, Wang S, Greenup R, Pusztai L, Kunst N. Treatment Sequencing Patterns and Associated Direct Medical Costs of Metastatic Breast Cancer Care in the United States, 2011 to 2021. JAMA Network Open 2022, 5: e2244204. PMID: 36445704, PMCID: PMC9709649, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.44204.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMetastatic breast cancerErbB2-positive metastatic breast cancerHR-positive metastatic breast cancerLines of therapyMBC subtypesDrug costsBreast cancerMedical costsHuman epidermal growth factor receptor 2 receptor statusMBC treatmentERBB2-negative metastatic breast cancerAssociated direct medical costsEarly-stage breast cancerHormone receptorsFlatiron Health databaseMetastatic recurrence ratesDifferent drug regimensBreast cancer careData of patientsDirect medical costsNovel adjuvant therapySupportive care drugsOutcomes of interestCost-effectiveness analysisAdjuvant therapy
2021
Patterns of treatment with everolimus exemestane in hormone receptor-positive HER2-negative metastatic breast cancer in the era of targeted therapy
Rozenblit M, Mun S, Soulos P, Adelson K, Pusztai L, Mougalian S. Patterns of treatment with everolimus exemestane in hormone receptor-positive HER2-negative metastatic breast cancer in the era of targeted therapy. Breast Cancer Research 2021, 23: 14. PMID: 33514405, PMCID: PMC7844919, DOI: 10.1186/s13058-021-01394-y.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrior endocrine therapyEndocrine therapyMetastatic breast cancerEffective treatment optionTreatment optionsBreast cancerMedian treatmentMedian OSEE therapyHormone receptor-positive HER2-negative metastatic breast cancerMultivariable Cox proportional hazards regression analysisHER2-negative metastatic breast cancerPrior treatmentCox proportional hazards regression analysisFirst-line therapy initiationProportional hazards regression analysisPrior treatment optionsLines of therapyProportion of patientsKaplan-Meier methodHazards regression analysisPatterns of treatmentElectronic health record-derived dataClinical trial dataOS benefit