Apocrine Breast Cancer: Unique Features of a Predominantly Triple-Negative Breast Cancer
Saridakis A, Berger ER, Harigopal M, Park T, Horowitz N, Le Blanc J, Zanieski G, Chagpar A, Greenup R, Golshan M, Lannin DR. Apocrine Breast Cancer: Unique Features of a Predominantly Triple-Negative Breast Cancer. Annals Of Surgical Oncology 2021, 28: 5610-5616. PMID: 34426884, DOI: 10.1245/s10434-021-10518-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBreast cancer-specific survivalCancer-specific survivalHigh-grade tumorsMolecular subtypesApocrine carcinomaBreast cancerBetter survivalHuman epidermal growth factor receptor 2Epidermal growth factor receptor 2Triple-negative breast cancerRare breast cancerEnd Results (SEER) databaseGrowth factor receptor 2Triple-negative patientsTriple-negative cancersLow-grade tumorsFactor receptor 2Life table methodApocrine tumorsLuminal patientsWorse survivalClinicopathologic featuresResults databaseAggressive featuresReceptor 2Association of Immunophenotype With Pathologic Complete Response to Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy for Triple-Negative Breast Cancer
Filho OM, Stover DG, Asad S, Ansell PJ, Watson M, Loibl S, Geyer CE, Bae J, Collier K, Cherian M, O’Shaughnessy J, Untch M, Rugo HS, Huober JB, Golshan M, Sikov WM, von Minckwitz G, Rastogi P, Maag D, Wolmark N, Denkert C, Symmans WF. Association of Immunophenotype With Pathologic Complete Response to Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy for Triple-Negative Breast Cancer. JAMA Oncology 2021, 7: 603-608. PMID: 33599688, PMCID: PMC7893540, DOI: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2020.7310.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTriple-negative breast cancerPathologic complete responseNeoadjuvant chemotherapyGene expression-based molecular subtypesComplete responseMolecular subtypesBreast cancerClinical trialsSecondary analysisStage IIEnd pointAddition of carboplatinClinical stage IIDe-escalate therapyHigh pCR ratePrespecified end pointPrespecified secondary analysisSecondary end pointsStandard neoadjuvant chemotherapySimilar baseline characteristicsSubset of patientsT cell infiltrationRandomized clinical trialsTumor cell proliferationWhole transcriptome RNA sequencing