2017
Does lymph node status influence adjuvant therapy decision-making in women 70 years of age or older with clinically node negative hormone receptor positive breast cancer?
Chagpar AB, Horowitz N, Sanft T, Wilson LD, Silber A, Killelea B, Moran MS, DiGiovanna MP, Hofstatter E, Chung G, Pusztai L, Lannin DR. Does lymph node status influence adjuvant therapy decision-making in women 70 years of age or older with clinically node negative hormone receptor positive breast cancer? The American Journal Of Surgery 2017, 214: 1082-1088. PMID: 28939252, DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2017.07.036.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHormone receptor-positive breast cancerReceptor-positive breast cancerPositive breast cancerLymph nodesRadiation therapyBreast cancerPost-lumpectomy radiation therapyPost-mastectomy radiation therapyNational Cancer DatabaseSentinel LN biopsyBreast cancer patientsWomen 70 yearsAdjuvant chemotherapyAdjuvant therapyHormonal therapyLN biopsyLN evaluationLN statusCancer patientsCancer DatabasePatientsTherapyCancerChemotherapyHr
2012
Adjuvant Therapy in Stage I Carcinoma of the Breast: The Influence of Multigene Analyses and Molecular Phenotyping
Schwartz GF, Bartelink H, Burstein HJ, Cady B, Cataliotti L, Fentiman IS, Holland R, Hughes KS, Masood S, McCormick B, Palazzo JA, Pressman PI, Reis‐Filho J, Pusztai L, Rutgers EJ, Seidman AD, Solin LJ, Sparano JA. Adjuvant Therapy in Stage I Carcinoma of the Breast: The Influence of Multigene Analyses and Molecular Phenotyping. The Breast Journal 2012, 18: 303-311. PMID: 22759093, DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4741.2012.01264.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsStage I carcinomaAdjuvant therapyBreast cancerGene prognostic signaturePatient ageTumor sizeImmunohistochemical markersIndividual patientsConsensus conferencePrognostic signatureSteroid hormonesMolecular profilingNottingham indexMolecular phenotypingPatientsCarcinomaTherapyCancerBreastPrognosisPart of decisionHormone
2007
Standardizing Slide-Based Assays in Breast Cancer: Hormone Receptors, HER2, and Sentinel Lymph Nodes
Ross JS, Symmans WF, Pusztai L, Hortobagyi GN. Standardizing Slide-Based Assays in Breast Cancer: Hormone Receptors, HER2, and Sentinel Lymph Nodes. Clinical Cancer Research 2007, 13: 2831-2835. PMID: 17504980, DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-06-2522.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsReceptor statusClinical practiceHormone receptor statusProgesterone receptor statusBreast cancer careBreast cancer patientsSentinel lymph nodesDaily clinical practiceCurrent clinical practiceSignificant unmet needFalse-positive result ratesLymph nodesCancer careCancer patientsHER2 statusBreast cancerEstrogen receptorImmunohistochemistry techniquesUnmet needResult rateHormone receptorsPreanalytic conditionsNovel diagnosticsCareReceptors