Targeting the PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathway in triple-negative breast cancer: a review

RLB Costa, HS Han, WJ Gradishar - Breast cancer research and treatment, 2018 - Springer
Purpose Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) accounts for approximately 20% of breast
cancer cases. Although there have been advances in the treatment of hormone receptor …

Pathological response after neoadjuvant chemotherapy in resectable non-small-cell lung cancers: proposal for the use of major pathological response as a surrogate …

MD Hellmann, JE Chaft, WN William, V Rusch… - The lancet …, 2014 - thelancet.com
Improvements in outcomes for patients with resectable lung cancers have plateaued.
Clinical trials of resectable non-small-cell lung cancers with overall survival as the primary …

Pathologic complete response after neoadjuvant chemotherapy and impact on breast cancer recurrence and survival: a comprehensive meta-analysis

LM Spring, G Fell, A Arfe, C Sharma, R Greenup… - Clinical cancer …, 2020 - AACR
Purpose: While various studies have highlighted the prognostic significance of pathologic
complete response (pCR) after neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAT), the impact of additional …

[HTML][HTML] Prognostic impact of HER2-low expression in hormone receptor positive early breast cancer

R Mutai, T Barkan, A Moore, M Sarfaty, T Shochat… - The Breast, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Recent data suggest that human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-
low breast cancer may represent a distinct entity. We aimed to compare disease …

Assessment of Ki67 in breast cancer: recommendations from the International Ki67 in Breast Cancer working group

M Dowsett, TO Nielsen, R A'Hern… - Journal of the …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Uncontrolled proliferation is a hallmark of cancer. In breast cancer, immunohistochemical
assessment of the proportion of cells staining for the nuclear antigen Ki67 has become the …

Molecular profiling of the residual disease of triple-negative breast cancers after neoadjuvant chemotherapy identifies actionable therapeutic targets

JM Balko, JM Giltnane, K Wang, LJ Schwarz… - Cancer discovery, 2014 - AACR
Neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) induces a pathologic complete response (pCR) in
approximately 30% of patients with triple-negative breast cancers (TNBC). In patients …

PD-L1 expression correlates with tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes and response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy in breast cancer

H Wimberly, JR Brown, K Schalper, H Haack… - Cancer immunology …, 2015 - AACR
Abstract Programmed death 1 ligand 1 (PD-L1) is an immune regulatory molecule that limits
antitumor immune activity. Targeting of PD-L1 and other immune checkpoint proteins has …

Metformin and pathologic complete responses to neoadjuvant chemotherapy in diabetic patients with breast cancer

S Jiralerspong, SL Palla, SH Giordano… - Journal of clinical …, 2009 - ascopubs.org
Purpose Population studies have suggested that metformin use in diabetic patients
decreases cancer incidence and mortality. Metformin inhibits the growth of cancer cells in …

Triple-negative breast cancer: therapeutic options

S Cleator, W Heller, RC Coombes - The lancet oncology, 2007 - thelancet.com
Triple-negative breast cancers are defined by a lack of expression of oestrogen,
progesterone, and ERBB2 receptors. This subgroup accounts for 15% of all types of breast …

Beta-blocker use is associated with improved relapse-free survival in patients with triple-negative breast cancer

A Melhem-Bertrandt, M Chavez-MacGregor… - Journal of clinical …, 2011 - ascopubs.org
Purpose To examine the association between beta-blocker (BB) intake, pathologic complete
response (pCR) rates, and survival outcomes in patients with breast cancer treated with …