2023
Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Women Older than 65 with Breast Cancer Brain Metastases
Upadhyay R, Klamer B, Perlow H, White J, Bazan J, Jhawar S, Blakaj D, Grecula J, Arnett A, Mestres-Villanueva M, Healy E, Thomas E, Chakravarti A, Raval R, Lustberg M, Williams N, Palmer J, Beyer S. Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Women Older than 65 with Breast Cancer Brain Metastases. Cancers 2023, 16: 137. PMID: 38201564, PMCID: PMC10778270, DOI: 10.3390/cancers16010137.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchIntracranial progression-free survivalProgression-free survivalBreast cancer patientsBrain metastasesOverall survivalYounger patientsCancer patientsRadiation necrosisOlder womenOlder patientsPositive diseaseSystemic therapyMultivariable analysisTreatment patternsBiopsy-proven breast cancer patientsCox proportional hazards regression methodsIncidence of BMOlder breast cancer patientsSingle-institutional retrospective reviewTreatment-related adverse eventsAge groupsBreast cancer brain metastasesMetastatic breast cancer patientsWorse progression-free survivalProportional hazards regression methods
2022
Treatment patterns and medical costs of metastatic breast cancer care in the United States.
Chehayeb R, Hood A, Mougalian S, Lustberg M, Wang S, Greenup R, Pusztai L, Kunst N. Treatment patterns and medical costs of metastatic breast cancer care in the United States. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2022, 40: e18834-e18834. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2022.40.16_suppl.e18834.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMetastatic breast cancerTreatment patternsTreatment costsDiagnosis of MBCSocietal perspectiveHormone receptor statusBreast cancer careDays of diagnosisDe-identified databaseAverage wholesale priceElectronic health recordsMBC patientsMBC diagnosisReceptor statusCancer careInvasive cancerTriple NegativeClinical trialsReceptor subtypesPatient levelBreast cancerHuman epidermal growth factorPayer perspectiveDrug costsEpidermal growth factor