2023
Comparing the prognostic and predictive utility of serum thymidine kinase 1 and CA 15-3 in patients with hormone receptor positive metastatic breast cancer starting first-line endocrine therapy in SWOG S0226.
Cobain E, Barlow W, Paoletti C, Bergqvist M, Williams A, Ritzen H, Mehta R, Gralow J, Hortobagyi G, Albain K, Pusztai L, Sharma P, Godwin A, Thompson A, Hayes D, Rae J. Comparing the prognostic and predictive utility of serum thymidine kinase 1 and CA 15-3 in patients with hormone receptor positive metastatic breast cancer starting first-line endocrine therapy in SWOG S0226. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2023, 41: 1076-1076. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2023.41.16_suppl.1076.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchProgression-free survivalMetastatic breast cancerThymidine kinase 1 activityHormone receptor-positive metastatic breast cancerPositive metastatic breast cancerOverall survivalEndocrine therapyCA 15Breast cancerCA15-3Predictors of PFSFirst-line endocrine therapySubsequent progression-free survivalWorse progression-free survivalSerum thymidine kinase 1Systemic endocrine therapyMultivariable Cox modelCox regression analysisWorse overall survivalHypothesis-generating dataCycles of treatmentTamoxifen useSystemic therapySerum levelsMultivariable analysis
2014
Impact of Financial Burden of Cancer on Survivors' Quality of Life
Fenn KM, Evans SB, McCorkle R, DiGiovanna MP, Pusztai L, Sanft T, Hofstatter EW, Killelea BK, Knobf MT, Lannin DR, Abu-Khalaf M, Horowitz NR, Chagpar AB. Impact of Financial Burden of Cancer on Survivors' Quality of Life. JCO Oncology Practice 2014, 10: 332-338. PMID: 24865220, DOI: 10.1200/jop.2013.001322.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsQuality of lifeNational Health Interview SurveyStrong independent predictorCancer care costsIndependent predictorsCancer survivorsCare costsHealth Interview SurveyFinancial burdenPopulation-based sampleMultivariable regression modelsMultivariable analysisSurvivors' qualityPatientsBivariate analysisCancerSignificant covariatesMental healthPhysical healthInterview SurveyEmotional healthFinancial problemsSurvivorsPoor qualityRegression models
2012
High stearoyl-CoA desaturase 1 expression is associated with shorter survival in breast cancer patients
Holder AM, Gonzalez-Angulo AM, Chen H, Akcakanat A, Do KA, Fraser Symmans W, Pusztai L, Hortobagyi GN, Mills GB, Meric-Bernstam F. High stearoyl-CoA desaturase 1 expression is associated with shorter survival in breast cancer patients. Breast Cancer Research And Treatment 2012, 137: 319-327. PMID: 23208590, PMCID: PMC3556743, DOI: 10.1007/s10549-012-2354-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRelapse-free survivalShorter relapse-free survivalBreast cancerOverall survivalPatient ageMultivariable analysisClinical stageSCD1 levelsSCD1 expressionTumor subtypesStearoyl-CoA desaturase 1 expressionTriple-negative breast cancerMartingale residual plotsPrimary breast cancerSurvival of patientsBreast cancer patientsClinical pathologic characteristicsTumor clinical stageDesaturase 1 expressionBreast cancer subtypesBreast cancer cell linesExpression levelsRole of SCD1Fine needle aspiratesOverexpression of SCD1