2021
Residual cancer burden after neoadjuvant chemotherapy and long-term survival outcomes in breast cancer: a multicentre pooled analysis of 5161 patients
Yau C, Osdoit M, van der Noordaa M, Shad S, Wei J, de Croze D, Hamy AS, Laé M, Reyal F, Sonke GS, Steenbruggen TG, van Seijen M, Wesseling J, Martín M, del Monte-Millán M, López-Tarruella S, Consortium I, Adamson K, Albain K, Asare A, Asare S, Balassanian R, Beckwith H, Berry S, Berry D, Boughey J, Buxton M, Chen Y, Chen B, Chien A, Chui S, Clark A, Clennell J, Datnow B, DeMichele A, Duan X, Edmiston K, Elias A, Ellis E, Esserman L, Euhus D, Fadare O, Fan F, Feldman M, Forero-Torres A, Haley B, Han H, Harada S, Haugen P, Helsten T, Hirst G, Hylton N, Isaacs C, Kemmer K, Khan Q, Khazai L, Klein M, Krings G, Lang J, LeBeau L, Leyland-Jones B, Liu M, Lo S, Lu J, Magliocco A, Matthews J, Melisko M, Mhawech-Fauceglia P, Moulder S, Murthy R, Nanda R, Northfelt D, Ocal I, Olopade O, Pambuccian S, Paoloni M, Park J, Parker B, Perlmutter J, Peterson G, Pusztai L, Rendi M, Rugo H, Sahoo S, Sams S, Sanil A, Sattar H, Schwab R, Singhrao R, Steeg K, Stringer-Reasor E, Symmans W, Tawfik O, Tripathy D, Troxell M, Veer L, Venters S, Vinh T, Viscusi R, Wallace A, Wei S, Wilson A, Yau C, Yee D, Zeck J, Boughey J, Goetz M, Hoskin T, Gould R, Valero V, Edge S, Abraham J, Bartlett J, Caldas C, Dunn J, Earl H, Hayward L, Hiller L, Provenzano E, Sammut S, Thomas J, Cameron D, Graham A, Hall P, Mackintosh L, Fan F, Godwin A, Schwensen K, Sharma P, DeMichele A, Cole K, Pusztai L, Kim M, van 't Veer L, Esserman L, Symmans W. Residual cancer burden after neoadjuvant chemotherapy and long-term survival outcomes in breast cancer: a multicentre pooled analysis of 5161 patients. The Lancet Oncology 2021, 23: 149-160. PMID: 34902335, PMCID: PMC9455620, DOI: 10.1016/s1470-2045(21)00589-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsResidual cancer burdenEvent-free survivalRCB scoreHER2-positive groupNeoadjuvant chemotherapyBreast cancer subtypesBreast cancerHazard ratioCancer subtypesNodal statusCancer burdenT categoryEvent-free survival eventsPooled patient-level analysisLong-term survival outcomesPractice settingsWorse event-free survivalClinical T categoryHigher RCB scoresStandard pathology reportingHER2-negative patientsHormone receptor statusHER2-negative groupLong-term prognosisPrimary stage I
2008
PIK3CA-activating mutations and chemotherapy sensitivity in stage II–III breast cancer
Liedtke C, Cardone L, Tordai A, Yan K, Gomez HL, Figureoa LJ, Hubbard RE, Valero V, Souchon EA, Symmans WF, Hortobagyi GN, Bardelli A, Pusztai L. PIK3CA-activating mutations and chemotherapy sensitivity in stage II–III breast cancer. Breast Cancer Research 2008, 10: r27. PMID: 18371219, PMCID: PMC2397526, DOI: 10.1186/bcr1984.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAgedAnthracyclinesAntineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy ProtocolsBiomarkers, TumorBreast NeoplasmsChemotherapy, AdjuvantClass I Phosphatidylinositol 3-KinasesDNA Mutational AnalysisFemaleHumansLymphatic MetastasisMiddle AgedMutationNeoadjuvant TherapyNeoplasm StagingPhosphatidylinositol 3-KinasesReceptor, ErbB-2Receptors, EstrogenReceptors, ProgesteroneTaxoidsConceptsPathological complete responseER-positive tumorsPIK3CA mutationsBreast cancerChemotherapy sensitivityPIK3CA exon 9 mutationsStage IIResidual cancer burden scoreER-negative breast tumorsReceptor expression statusNode-positive diseaseResultsTwenty-three patientsTaxane-based chemotherapyType of chemotherapyNode-positive tumorsPIK3CA-activating mutationsEstrogen receptor (ER) expression statusExon 9 mutationsPIK3CA activationRCB scoreChemotherapy regimenNeoadjuvant chemotherapyComplete responseResidual cancerER status
2007
Thirty-Gene Pharmacogenomic Test Correlates with Residual Cancer Burden after Preoperative Chemotherapy for Breast Cancer
Peintinger F, Anderson K, Mazouni C, Kuerer HM, Hatzis C, Lin F, Hortobagyi GN, Symmans WF, Pusztai L. Thirty-Gene Pharmacogenomic Test Correlates with Residual Cancer Burden after Preoperative Chemotherapy for Breast Cancer. Clinical Cancer Research 2007, 13: 4078-4082. PMID: 17634532, DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-06-2600.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsResidual cancer burdenRCB 0RCB scoreRCB-IIICancer burdenPharmacogenomic testsRCB-IIPreoperative chemotherapyRCB classBreast cancerChemotherapy-resistant diseaseLymph node featuresPathologic reviewPathologic responseResidual tumorStage IPatientsIII groupChemotherapyI groupGene expression profilingCategorical variablesMean scoreScoresCancer