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Di Cosimo S, Ciniselli C, Sotiriou C, Pogue-Geile K, Fumagalli D, de Azambuja E, Venet D, De Cecco L, Pong N, Cappelletti V, Tagliabue E, Wang Y, Saura Manich C, Nuciforo P, Kuemmel S, Pusztai L, Daidone M, Pizzamiglio S, Pruneri G, Verderio P. 2MO Development of a prognostic gene-expression signature for early stage HER2-positive breast cancer patients. Ann Oncol 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.annonc.2022.03.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/01/2022] Open
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Schuster EF, Xiao H, Cheang M, Lopez-Knowles E, Kilburn L, Korchina V, Salvi S, Jacobs SA, Finnigan M, Wheeler DA, Puhalla S, Muzny D, Doddapaneni H, Pogue-Geile K, Liu Y, Bliss J, Johnston S, Dowsett M, Rimawi M. Abstract PD15-03: Overlapping molecular features (proliferation, immune signatures and TP53mutations) associated with palbociclib resistance inER+HER2- primary breast cancer. Cancer Res 2022. [DOI: 10.1158/1538-7445.sabcs21-pd15-03] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Background: Cyclin-dependent kinase 4/6 (CDK4/6) inhibitors in combination with anti-hormone therapy are highly effective treatments for oestrogen receptor positive (ER+) and HER2 negative (HER2-) advanced breast cancer. Pre-clinical and clinical studies have reported mechanisms of resistance to CDK4/6 inhibitors to include interferon signalling, high CCNE1 expression and loss of RB1 expression. The PALLET phase II randomized neoadjuvant trial of letrozole (LET) ± palbociclib (PALBO) in postmenopausal ER+HER2- primary breast cancer showed that suppression of proliferation as measured by Ki67 was significantly greater with addition of PALBO to LET but did not result in all patients achieving complete cell-cycle arrest, indicating intrinsic resistance in some patients. We report phenotypes/genotypes associated with that resistance. Methods: In the PALLET trial, 307 patients were randomized to LET+PALBO (n=204) or LET (n=103) for 14wks. For the first 2wks of LET+PALBO patients were randomised to LET, PALBO or LET+PALBO. RNA-seq of baseline samples from consented patients was performed on fresh frozen biopsies for 224 patients (LET-only n=77; LET+PALBO n=147); whole exome sequencing was performed on 188 tumors and matched blood samples (LET-only n=61; LET+PALBO n=127). After 14wks of treatment, those patients with Ki67% < 2.7% were classified as having complete cell-cycle arrest (CCCA). Differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were identified between patients sensitive (CCCA) and resistant (non-CCCA) to treatments with or without PALBO at 14wks by DESeq2. Mutect2 and VarScan was used to identify somatic mutations and CNVkit was used to identify copy number alterations in whole exome sequencing (WES). Results: In LET+PALBO treated patients, higher expression of E2F targets, interferon gamma response and mTORC1 signalling genes were observed in baseline gene expression of non-CCCA patients at 14wks (FDR<0.05, GSEA). Similar results were also observed if using 2wk Ki67 data. In LET-only non-CCCA patients, higher expression of mTORC1 signalling and lower expression of oestrogen response genes (FDR<0.05, GSEA) were observed. Additional analysis of baseline gene expression for non-CCCA at 14wks LET+PALBO patients showed higher expression of immune checkpoint inhibition associated genes including IFNG, IDO1, PD-L1 (FDR<0.05, DESeq2), higher expression of genes expressed only in immune cells and two gene signatures related to interferon signalling and immune checkpoint blockade (FDR<0.05, GSEA). Somatic mutation analysis showed a trend for enrichment of mutations in TP53 for both LET-only and LET+PALBO non-CCCA patients (p=0.02 and p=0.06, respectively, Fisher-exact) and significant enrichment of MAP3K1 mutations in LET-only CCCA patients (p<0.05, Fisher-exact). TP53 mutations were also associated with higher proliferation, mTORC1 and immune related signatures (all p<0.01, Mann-Whitney). Change at 14wks Ki67 was significantly different (p=0.02, Mann-Whitney) between TP53wt and TP53MUT for LET-only patients (median WT = -92%, MUT = -66%, p=0.02, Mann-Whitney ) but not for LET+PALBO (median WT = -99% MUT = -95%, p=0.13, Mann-Whitney). No copy number alterations were significantly enriched in LET+PALBO non-CCCA patients. Conclusion: We observe, confirming previous studies, an association of CDK4/6 inhibitor resistance, high expression of CCNE1 and genes related to interferon gamma signalling. We show that there is an overlap between resistance mechanisms and TP53 mutations. However, ER+HER2- patients with TP53 mutations may still benefit from PALBO adding to suppression of proliferation compared to LET-only treatment.
Citation Format: Eugene F Schuster, Hui Xiao, Maggie Cheang, Elena Lopez-Knowles, Lucy Kilburn, Viktoriya Korchina, Sejal Salvi, Samuel A Jacobs, Melanie Finnigan, David A Wheeler, Shannon Puhalla, Donna Muzny, Harsha Doddapaneni, Katherine Pogue-Geile, Yuan Liu, Judith Bliss, Stephen Johnston, Mitch Dowsett, Mothaffar Rimawi, On behalf of the PALLET Trialists. Overlapping molecular features (proliferation, immune signatures andTP53mutations) associated with palbociclib resistance inER+HER2- primary breast cancer [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the 2021 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium; 2021 Dec 7-10; San Antonio, TX. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2022;82(4 Suppl):Abstract nr PD15-03.
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- The Institute of Cancer Research, London, United Kingdom
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- The Institute of Cancer Research, London, United Kingdom
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- The Institute of Cancer Research, London, United Kingdom
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- University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Cancer Center, Pittsburgh, PA
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- The Institute of Cancer Research, London, United Kingdom
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Cheang M, Dowsett M, Rimawi M, Johnston S, Jacobs S, Bliss J, Pogue-Geile K, Kilburn L, Zhu Z, Schuster EF, Xiao H, Swaim L, Deng S, Lu DR, Gauthier E, Tursi J, Slamon DJ, Rugo HS, Finn RS, Liu Y. Abstract PD2-07: Impact of using cross-platform gene expression profiling technologies and computational methods for intrinsic breast cancer subtyping in PALOMA-2 and PALLET. Cancer Res 2022. [DOI: 10.1158/1538-7445.sabcs21-pd2-07] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Background Intrinsic breast cancer molecular subtyping (IBCMS) provides significant prognostic information for patients (pts) with breast cancer (BC) treated with chemotherapy, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) targeted therapies, and endocrine therapies (ETs). Classifying tumors into intrinsic subtypes to determine optimal treatment is often applied using PAM50, commercially known as Prosigna. Meanwhile, Absolute Assignment of Breast Cancer Intrinsic Molecular Subtypes (AIMS) computational method was trained to predict PAM50-based IBCMS. As the PAM50 algorithm was developed to capture the major subtypes in a general pt population, clinicopathologic distribution of the study cohort and technology platform calibration should be considered in IBCMS analyses. This study compared different next-generation sequencing technologies and methodologic approaches of PAM50 on tumor samples from 2 randomized trials of postmenopausal women with estrogen receptor-positive (ER+)/HER2-negative (HER2-) BC. Methods PALOMA-2 is a double-blind, randomized study of first-line palbociclib (PAL) + letrozole (LET) for ER+/HER2- advanced BC (ABC). Tumor samples from consented pts were subtyped using the validated RUO PAM50 assay (ruoProsigna, NanoString); results were compared with published subtype results using AIMS on EdgeSeq Oncology Biomarker Panel (HTG Molecular Diagnostics). PALLET is a phase 2, randomized trial of PAL+LET as neoadjuvant therapy in pts with ER+ HER2- BC. Baseline frozen tumor biopsies underwent whole transcriptome mRNA-sequencing (mRNA-seq). IBCMS was performed using AIMS; PAM50 subtyping was performed on data normalised with subgroup-specific gene centering and microarray-RNA-sequencing calibration. Results In PALOMA-2, 222 pts had both ruoProsigna and AIMS data; an overall 54% agreement rate between methods was observed, with 46% (56/121) of Luminal B (LumB) subtype by ruoProsigna assigned as Luminal A (LumA) by AIMS and 67% (6/9) of basal-like by ruoProsigna as HER2-enriched (HER2-E) by AIMS (Table 1). In PALLET, 224 pts had mRNA-seq data; a 69% agreement between the two approaches (AIMS and PAM50) was observed, with only 4% (2/49) of LumB assigned as LumA by AIMS but 17% (26/156) and 16% (25/156) of LumA considered LumB or normal-like by AIMS, respectively. Progression-free survival (PFS) by ruoProsigna-derived subtype in PALOMA-2 showed that PAL+LET benefited all pts but those with a basal-like subtype (Table 2). With AIMS, PAL+LET provided a PFS benefit in pts with LumA and LumB subtypes, but was less effective in the HER2-E subtype. Conclusion Intrinsic subtyping has potential clinical utility. PAL+ET should be considered for ER+/HER2- ABC, except possibly in pts with a basal-like tumor, consistent with previous reports. A standardized clinical PAM50 assay and bioinformatics approach should be used as discrepancies in gene expression platforms and algorithms lead to different results and could misguide treatment decisions. Clinical trial identification: Pfizer (NCT01740427)
Table 1.Intrinsic Subtyping by IBCMS MethodsPALOMA-2PALLETMethodruoProsignaPAM50 mRNAseqAIMS BasalHER2LumALumBGrand TotalBasalHER2LumALumBNormalGrand TotalBasal-like, n (%)1 (11)NANANA13 (75)0001 (8)4HER2-E, n (%)6 (67)6 (30)6 (8)13 (10)311 (25)3 (100)8 (5)6 (12)1 (8)19LumA, n (%)NA2 (10)60 (83)56 (46)1180097 (62)2 (4)099LumB, n (%)2 (22)12 (60)3 (4)52 (43)690026 (17)41 (84)067Normal-like, n (%)NANA3 (4)NA30025 (16)010 (83)35Grand Total9 (100)20 (100)72 (100)121 (100)2224 (100)3 (100)156 (100)49 (100)12 (100)224NA=Not available
Table 2.Median PFS statistics by subtype in PALOMA-2PAL+LET PFS, monthsPBO+LET PFS, monthsHazard Ratio(95% CI)P ValueruoProsignaBasal-like8.2 (n=5)3.6 (n=4)0.39 (0.09-1.77)0.206HER2-E11.0 (n=12)5.1 (n=8)0.41 (0.15-1.11)0.071LumA37.2 (n=52)13.6 (n=20)0.42 (0.21-0.84)0.011LumB27.6 (n=79)13.8 (n=42)0.63 (0.40-1.00)0.049AIMSBasal-likeNANANANAHER2-E16.4 (n=21)8.4 (n=10)0.82 (0.32-2.1)0.684LumA30.6 (n=84)16.5 (n=34)0.56 (0.33-0.95)0.029LumB19.3 (n=41)8.8 (n=28)0.39 (0.23-0.67)<0.001NA=Not available; PBO=placebo
Citation Format: Maggie Cheang, Mitch Dowsett, Mothaffar Rimawi, Stephen Johnston, Samuel Jacobs, Judith Bliss, Katherine Pogue-Geile, Lucy Kilburn, Zhou Zhu, Eugene F. Schuster, Hui Xiao, Lisa Swaim, Shibing Deng, Dongrui R. Lu, Eric Gauthier, Jennifer Tursi, Dennis J. Slamon, Hope S. Rugo, Richard S. Finn, Yuan Liu. Impact of using cross-platform gene expression profiling technologies and computational methods for intrinsic breast cancer subtyping in PALOMA-2 and PALLET [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the 2021 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium; 2021 Dec 7-10; San Antonio, TX. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2022;82(4 Suppl):Abstract nr PD2-07.
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- Maggie Cheang
- The Institute of Cancer Research, Sutton, London, United Kingdom
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- Royal Marsden Hospital, Sutton, London, United Kingdom
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- The Institute of Cancer Research, Sutton, London, United Kingdom
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- The Institute of Cancer Research, Sutton, London, United Kingdom
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- The Institute of Cancer Research, Sutton, London, United Kingdom
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- The Institute of Cancer Research, Sutton, London, United Kingdom
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- David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Santa Monica, CA
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- University of California San Francisco Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, San Francisco, CA
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- David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Santa Monica, CA
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Dowsett M, Kilburn L, Rimawi MF, Osborne CK, Pogue-Geile K, Liu Y, Jacobs SA, Finnigan M, Puhalla S, Dodson A, Martins V, Cheang M, Perry S, Holcombe C, Turner N, Swift C, Bliss JM, Johnston S. Biomarkers of Response and Resistance to Palbociclib Plus Letrozole in Patients With ER +/HER2 - Breast Cancer. Clin Cancer Res 2022; 28:163-174. [PMID: 34645649 PMCID: PMC9632606 DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-21-1628] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2021] [Revised: 08/13/2021] [Accepted: 10/07/2021] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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PURPOSE To determine (i) the relationship between candidate biomarkers of the antiproliferative (Ki67) response to letrozole and palbociclib alone and combined in ER+/HER2- breast cancer; and (ii) the pharmacodynamic effect of the agents on the biomarkers. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN 307 postmenopausal women with ER+/HER2- primary breast cancer were randomly assigned to neoadjuvant treatment with letrozole for 14 weeks; letrozole for 2 weeks, then letrozole+palbociclib to 14 weeks; palbociclib for 2 weeks, then letrozole+palbociclib to 14 weeks; or letrozole+palbociclib for 14 weeks. Biopsies were taken at baseline, 2 and 14 weeks and surgery at varying times after stopping palbociclib. Immunohistochemical analyses were conducted for Ki67, c-PARP, ER, PgR, RB1, CCNE1, and CCND1. RESULTS Higher baselines ER and PgR were significantly associated with a greater chance of complete cell-cycle arrest (CCCA: Ki67 <2.7%) at 14 weeks and higher baseline Ki67, c-PARP, and CCNE1 with a lower chance. The interaction with treatment was significant only for c-PARP. CCND1 levels were decreased c.20% by letrozole at 2 and 14 weeks but showed a tendency to increase with palbociclib. CCNE1 levels fell 82% (median) in tumors showing CCCA but were unchanged in those with no CCCA. Only 2/9 tumors showed CCCA 3-9 days after stopping palbociclib. ESR1 mutations were found in 2/4 tumors for which surgery took place ≥6 months after starting treatment. CONCLUSIONS High CCNE1 levels were confirmed as a biomarker of resistance to letrozole+palbociclib. Ki67 recovery within 3-9 days of discontinuing palbociclib indicates incomplete suppression of proliferation during the "off" week of its schedule.
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- Mitch Dowsett
- Royal Marsden Hospital, London, United Kingdom.,Breast Cancer Now Toby Robins Center for Breast Cancer Research, Institute of Cancer Research, London, United Kingdom.,Corresponding Author: Mitch Dowsett, Royal Marsden Hospital, London SW3 6JJ, UK. Phone: 44-207-808-2884; E-mail:
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- Clinical Trials and Statistics Unit, The Institute of Cancer Research, Sutton, United Kingdom
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- NSABP Foundation, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.,University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Cancer Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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- Clinical Trials and Statistics Unit, The Institute of Cancer Research, Sutton, United Kingdom
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- Clinical Trials and Statistics Unit, The Institute of Cancer Research, Sutton, United Kingdom
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- Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals National Health Service Trust, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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- Royal Marsden Hospital, London, United Kingdom.,Breast Cancer Now Toby Robins Center for Breast Cancer Research, Institute of Cancer Research, London, United Kingdom
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- Royal Marsden Hospital, London, United Kingdom.,Breast Cancer Now Toby Robins Center for Breast Cancer Research, Institute of Cancer Research, London, United Kingdom
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- Clinical Trials and Statistics Unit, The Institute of Cancer Research, Sutton, United Kingdom
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Schuster EF, Xiao H, Lopez-Knowles E, Kilburn L, Rimawi M, Wheeler DA, Pogue-Geile K, Lui Y, Jacobs SA, Cornman C, Puhalla S, Cheang M, Bliss J, Johnston S, Dowsett M. Abstract PS5-01: Biomarkers of resistance to palbociclib in ER+ primary breast cancer in the PALLET trial. Cancer Res 2021. [DOI: 10.1158/1538-7445.sabcs20-ps5-01] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Background: CDK4/6 inhibitors are being used in combination with aromatase inhibitors as therapy for advanced ER+ breast cancer (BC) and are being explored for use in primary BC. Few mechanisms driving resistance to added CDK4/6 inhibitors have been defined. The PALLET phase II randomized neoadjuvant trial of letrozole (LET) ± palbociclib (PALBO) in postmenopausal ER+HER2- primary BC reported that clinical response rate over 14wks was not significantly increased by adding PALBO to LET but suppression of Ki67 was significantly increased (Johnston et al, JCO 2018, 37, 178): after 14wks complete cell cycle arrest (CCCA, Ki67<2.7%) was present in 59% on LET and 90% on LET+PALBO. Here we sought to identify biomarkers of de novo resistance to allow selection of patients most likely to benefit from added PALBO.
Methods: 307 patients were randomized to LET (n=103) or LET+PALBO (n=204) for 14 wks. The first 2wks of LET+PALBO patients were randomised to LET, PALBO, or LET+PALBO. Biopsies were taken at baseline, 2wks and 14wks. Biomarker data are presented here for baseline only, other than Ki67 at both baseline and 14wks. IHC analyses were conducted on FFPE biopsies for ER, PgR, RB1, cyclin-E1, and cyclin-D1 (also FISH). RNA-seq was performed on fresh frozen biopsies. Association of each biomarker with CCCA was determined by logistic regression. Differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were identified between patients sensitive (CCCA) (n=94) and resistant (non-CCCA) (n=10) to treatments with or without PALBO at 14wks by DESeq2. Fifty hallmark gene sets were tested for significant enrichment with DEGs and differential gene sets were identified by using Gene Set Enrichment Analysis (GSEA).
Results: The association of IHC biomarkers with CCCA is shown in the table. Lower levels of ER, higher levels of cyclin-E1, and amplification of cyclin-D1 were each significantly associated with a greater chance of non-CCCA with LET+PALBO. High cyclin-E1 levels were also associated with reduced chance of CCCA with LET only. Patients with high baseline Ki67 also exhibited higher non-CCCA with LET+PALBO at 14wks (p=0.0002). In the RNAseq data we identified 1973 DEGs between the 14wk CCCA and non-CCCA patients for LET+PALBO. E2F and MYC targets, PI3K/AKT/MTOR signalling and interferon response gene sets were among the hallmark gene sets enriched for genes with higher expression in non-CCCA patients at 14wks for LET+PALBO (FDR<0.05). For LET-only, 311 DEGs were identified and the “Estrogen Response Early” gene set was significantly enriched in genes with higher expression in CCCA samples. At the individual gene level, genes significantly associated with non-CCCA after 14wks LET+PALBO included CCNE1, CDK2 and several E2F-related genes (p<0.05). Their expression was not significantly different between non-CCCA and CCCA patients with LET alone.
Conclusion: Biomarkers associated with response/resistance to added PALBO were different from LET only. PALBO resistance was associated with higher baseline expression of cyclin-E1 (both IHC and RNA), CDK2, and genes related to E2F, MYC, interferon and MTOR signalling. These results suggest that multiple identifiable mechanisms of de novo resistance to PALBO are likely to exist in primary ER+ BC. On-going WES analyses will allow the significance of alterations at the DNA level to be presented.
Table 1.Continuous measurement in a logistic regression for CCCA at 14 weeks; Oddsratio calculated separately for group A and groups B,C,D and were adjusted forregion (UK vs NA); * amplified vsnon-amplifiedContinuous measurement in a logistic regression for CCCA at 14 weeksBiomarkerLET LET+PALBOOdds ratio95% CIpOdds ratio95% CIpER1.120.36, 3.480.844.471.62, 12.380.004PgR4.381.03, 18.580.053.050.50, 18.560.23RB13.010.24, 38.560.400.420.05, 38.490.83Cyclin-E10.100.01, 0.840.030.020.00, 0.200.001Cyclin-D1 IHC3.090.51, 18.490.222.560.28, 23.330.40CyclinD1 FISH*1.470.43, 4.990.530.280.06, 0.860.03
Citation Format: Eugene F Schuster, Hui Xiao, Elena Lopez-Knowles, Lucy Kilburn, Mothaffar Rimawi, David A Wheeler, Katherine Pogue-Geile, Yuan Lui, Samuel A Jacobs, Chet Cornman, Shannon Puhalla, Maggie Cheang, Judith Bliss, Stephen Johnston, Mitch Dowsett, On behalf of the PALLET Trialists. Biomarkers of resistance to palbociclib in ER+ primary breast cancer in the PALLET trial [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the 2020 San Antonio Breast Cancer Virtual Symposium; 2020 Dec 8-11; San Antonio, TX. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2021;81(4 Suppl):Abstract nr PS5-01.
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- Eugene F Schuster
- 1The Breast Cancer Now Toby Robins Research Centre at The Institute of Cancer Research and Ralph Lauren Centre for Breast Cancer Research at Royal Marsden Hospital, London, United Kingdom
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- 1The Breast Cancer Now Toby Robins Research Centre at The Institute of Cancer Research and Ralph Lauren Centre for Breast Cancer Research at Royal Marsden Hospital, London, United Kingdom
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- 1The Breast Cancer Now Toby Robins Research Centre at The Institute of Cancer Research and Ralph Lauren Centre for Breast Cancer Research at Royal Marsden Hospital, London, United Kingdom
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- 2Clinical Trials and Statistics Unit, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, United Kingdom
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- 4National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project (NSABP), Pittsburgh, PA
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- 4National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project (NSABP), Pittsburgh, PA
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- 6UPMC Cancer Center at Magee Womens Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA
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- 7Clinical Trials and Statistics Unit, The Institute of Cancer Research, Sutton, United Kingdom
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- 7Clinical Trials and Statistics Unit, The Institute of Cancer Research, Sutton, United Kingdom
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- 1The Breast Cancer Now Toby Robins Research Centre at The Institute of Cancer Research and Ralph Lauren Centre for Breast Cancer Research at Royal Marsden Hospital, London, United Kingdom
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Kos Z, Roblin E, Kim RS, Michiels S, Gallas BD, Chen W, van de Vijver KK, Goel S, Adams S, Demaria S, Viale G, Nielsen TO, Badve SS, Symmans WF, Sotiriou C, Rimm DL, Hewitt S, Denkert C, Loibl S, Luen SJ, Bartlett JMS, Savas P, Pruneri G, Dillon DA, Cheang MCU, Tutt A, Hall JA, Kok M, Horlings HM, Madabhushi A, van der Laak J, Ciompi F, Laenkholm AV, Bellolio E, Gruosso T, Fox SB, Araya JC, Floris G, Hudeček J, Voorwerk L, Beck AH, Kerner J, Larsimont D, Declercq S, Van den Eynden G, Pusztai L, Ehinger A, Yang W, AbdulJabbar K, Yuan Y, Singh R, Hiley C, Bakir MA, Lazar AJ, Naber S, Wienert S, Castillo M, Curigliano G, Dieci MV, André F, Swanton C, Reis-Filho J, Sparano J, Balslev E, Chen IC, Stovgaard EIS, Pogue-Geile K, Blenman KRM, Penault-Llorca F, Schnitt S, Lakhani SR, Vincent-Salomon A, Rojo F, Braybrooke JP, Hanna MG, Soler-Monsó MT, Bethmann D, Castaneda CA, Willard-Gallo K, Sharma A, Lien HC, Fineberg S, Thagaard J, Comerma L, Gonzalez-Ericsson P, Brogi E, Loi S, Saltz J, Klaushen F, Cooper L, Amgad M, Moore DA, Salgado R. Pitfalls in assessing stromal tumor infiltrating lymphocytes (sTILs) in breast cancer. NPJ Breast Cancer 2020; 6:17. [PMID: 32411819 PMCID: PMC7217863 DOI: 10.1038/s41523-020-0156-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2019] [Accepted: 03/02/2020] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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Stromal tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (sTILs) are important prognostic and predictive biomarkers in triple-negative (TNBC) and HER2-positive breast cancer. Incorporating sTILs into clinical practice necessitates reproducible assessment. Previously developed standardized scoring guidelines have been widely embraced by the clinical and research communities. We evaluated sources of variability in sTIL assessment by pathologists in three previous sTIL ring studies. We identify common challenges and evaluate impact of discrepancies on outcome estimates in early TNBC using a newly-developed prognostic tool. Discordant sTIL assessment is driven by heterogeneity in lymphocyte distribution. Additional factors include: technical slide-related issues; scoring outside the tumor boundary; tumors with minimal assessable stroma; including lymphocytes associated with other structures; and including other inflammatory cells. Small variations in sTIL assessment modestly alter risk estimation in early TNBC but have the potential to affect treatment selection if cutpoints are employed. Scoring and averaging multiple areas, as well as use of reference images, improve consistency of sTIL evaluation. Moreover, to assist in avoiding the pitfalls identified in this analysis, we developed an educational resource available at www.tilsinbreastcancer.org/pitfalls.
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- Zuzana Kos
- Department of Pathology, BC Cancer - Vancouver, Vancouver, BC Canada
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- Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Gustave Roussy, University Paris-Saclay, Villejuif, France
- Oncostat U1018, Inserm, University Paris-Saclay, labeled Ligue Contre le Cancer, Villejuif, France
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- National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project (NSABP)/NRG Oncology, Pittsburgh, PA USA
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- Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Gustave Roussy, University Paris-Saclay, Villejuif, France
- Oncostat U1018, Inserm, University Paris-Saclay, labeled Ligue Contre le Cancer, Villejuif, France
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- Division of Imaging, Diagnostics, and Software Reliability (DIDSR); Office of Science and Engineering Laboratories (OSEL); Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH), US Food and Drug Administration (US FDA), Silver Spring, MD USA
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- Division of Imaging, Diagnostics, and Software Reliability (DIDSR); Office of Science and Engineering Laboratories (OSEL); Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH), US Food and Drug Administration (US FDA), Silver Spring, MD USA
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- Department of Pathology, University Hospital Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
- Department of Pathology, Ghent University Hospital, Cancer Research Institute Ghent (CRIG), Ghent, Belgium
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- The Sir Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, VIC Australia
- Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria Australia
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- Perlmutter Cancer Center, New York University Medical School, New York, NY USA
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- Departments of Radiation Oncology and Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY USA
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- Department of Pathology, Istituto Europeo di Oncologia, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Indiana University, Indianapolis, USA
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- Department of Pathology, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX USA
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Institut Jules Bordet, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Pathology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT USA
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- Laboratory of Pathology, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD USA
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- Institute of Pathology, Universitätsklinikum Gießen und Marburg GmbH, Standort Marburg and Philipps-Universität Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria Australia
- Division of Research and Cancer Medicine, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC Australia
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- Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, Toronto, ON Canada
- University of Edinburgh Cancer Research Centre, Edinburgh, UK
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- Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria Australia
- Division of Research and Cancer Medicine, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC Australia
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- Department of Pathology, IRCCS Fondazione Instituto Nazionale Tumori and University of Milan, School of Medicine, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Pathology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA USA
- Department of Pathology, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA USA
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- Institute of Cancer Research Clinical Trials and Statistics Unit, The Institute of Cancer Research, Surrey, UK
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- Breast Cancer Now Toby Robins Research Centre, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK
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- Department of Medical Oncology and Division of Tumor Biology & Immunology, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pathology, University Hospital Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
- Division of Molecular Pathology, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH USA
- Louis Stokes Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Cleveland, OH USA
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- Computational Pathology Group, Department of Pathology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, Netherlands
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- Computational Pathology Group, Department of Pathology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, Netherlands
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- Departamento de Anatomía Patológica, Universidad de La Frontera, Temuco, Chile
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- The Sir Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, VIC Australia
- Department of Pathology, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre Department of Pathology, Melbourne, VIC Australia
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- KU Leuven- Univerisity of Leuven, Department of Imaging and Pathology, Laboratory of Translational Cell & Tissue Research and KU Leuven- University Hospitals Leuven, Department of Pathology, Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Research IT, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Division of Tumor Biology & Immunology, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pathology, Jules Bordet Institute, Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Medical Oncology, Yale Cancer Center, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT USA
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- Department of Clinical Genetics and Pathology, Skåne University Hospital, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Pathology, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Centre, Shanghai, China
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- Centre for Evolution and Cancer; Division of Molecular Pathology, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK
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- Centre for Evolution and Cancer; Division of Molecular Pathology, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK
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- Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai, New York, NY 10029 USA
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- Cancer Research UK Lung Cancer Centre of Excellence, University College London Cancer Institute, University College London, London, UK
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- Cancer Research UK Lung Cancer Centre of Excellence, University College London Cancer Institute, University College London, London, UK
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- Departments of Pathology, Genomic Medicine, Dermatology, and Translational Molecular Pathology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, USA
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- Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Institute of Pathology, Charitéplatz 1, 10117 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Medical Oncology and Research, Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Neoplasicas, Lima, 15038 Peru
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- Medical Oncology 2, Istituto Oncologico Veneto IOV - IRCCS, Padova, Italy
- Department of Surgery, Oncology and Gastroenterology, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Institut Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France
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- Cancer Research UK Lung Cancer Centre of Excellence, University College London Cancer Institute, University College London, London, UK
- Francis Crick Institute, Midland Road, London, UK
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- Department of Pathology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY USA
- Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY USA
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- Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY USA
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- Department of Pathology, Herlev and Gentofte Hospital, Herlev, Denmark
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- Department of Oncology, National Taiwan University Cancer Center, Taipei, Taiwan
- Department of Oncology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
- Graduate Institute of Oncology, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project (NSABP)/NRG Oncology, Pittsburgh, PA USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Medical Oncology, Yale Cancer Center, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT USA
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- Department of Pathology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA USA
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- The University of Queensland Centre for Clinical Research and Pathology Queensland, Brisbane, QLD Australia
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- Institut Curie, Paris Sciences Lettres Université, Inserm U934, Department of Pathology, Paris, France
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- Pathology Department, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Fundación Jiménez Díaz (IIS-FJD) - CIBERONC, Madrid, Spain
- GEICAM-Spanish Breast Cancer Research Group, Madrid, Spain
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- Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Oxford and Department of Medical Oncology, University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust, Bristol, UK
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- Department of Pathology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY USA
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- Department of Pathology, Bellvitge University Hospital, IDIBELL. Breast Unit. Catalan Institut of Oncology. L ‘Hospitalet del Llobregat’, Barcelona, 08908 Catalonia Spain
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- University Hospital Halle (Saale), Institute of Pathology, Halle (Saale), Germany
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- Department of Medical Oncology and Research, Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Neoplasicas, Lima, 15038 Peru
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- Molecular Immunology Unit, Institut Jules Bordet, Universitè Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Biomedical Informatics, Emory University, Atlanta, GA USA
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- Department of Pathology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Pathology, Montefiore Medical Center and the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY USA
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- DTU Compute, Department of Applied Mathematics, Technical University of Denmark; Visiopharm A/S, Hørsholm, Denmark
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- GEICAM-Spanish Breast Cancer Research Group, Madrid, Spain
- Pathology Department, Hospital del Mar, Parc de Salut Mar, Barcelona, Spain
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- Breast Cancer Program, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN USA
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- Department of Pathology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY USA
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- Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria Australia
- Division of Research and Cancer Medicine, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC Australia
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- Biomedical Informatics Department, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY USA
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- Institute of Pathology, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Pathology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL USA
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- Department of Biomedical Informatics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA USA
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- Department of Pathology, UCL Cancer Institute, UCL, London, UK
- University College Hospitals NHS Trust, London, UK
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- Division of Research and Cancer Medicine, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC Australia
- Department of Pathology, GZA-ZNA, Antwerp, Belgium
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Zhu L, Narloch JL, Onkar S, Joy M, Broadwater G, Luedke C, Hall A, Kim R, Pogue-Geile K, Sammons S, Nayyar N, Chukwueke U, Brastianos PK, Anders CK, Soloff AC, Vignali DAA, Tseng GC, Emens LA, Lucas PC, Blackwell KL, Oesterreich S, Lee AV. Metastatic breast cancers have reduced immune cell recruitment but harbor increased macrophages relative to their matched primary tumors. J Immunother Cancer 2019; 7:265. [PMID: 31627744 PMCID: PMC6798422 DOI: 10.1186/s40425-019-0755-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2019] [Accepted: 09/20/2019] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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The interplay between the immune system and tumor progression is well recognized. However, current human breast cancer immunophenotyping studies are mostly focused on primary tumors with metastatic breast cancer lesions remaining largely understudied. To address this gap, we examined exome-capture RNA sequencing data from 50 primary breast tumors (PBTs) and their patient-matched metastatic tumors (METs) in brain, ovary, bone and gastrointestinal tract. We used gene expression signatures as surrogates for tumor infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) and compared TIL patterns in PBTs and METs. Enrichment analysis and deconvolution methods both revealed that METs had a significantly lower abundance of total immune cells, including CD8+ T cells, regulatory T cells and dendritic cells. An exception was M2-like macrophages, which were significantly higher in METs across the organ sites examined. Multiplex immunohistochemistry results were consistent with data from the in-silico analysis and showed increased macrophages in METs. We confirmed the finding of a significant reduction in immune cells in brain METs (BRMs) by pathologic assessment of TILs in a set of 49 patient-matched pairs of PBT/BRMs. These findings indicate that METs have an overall lower infiltration of immune cells relative to their matched PBTs, possibly due to immune escape. RNAseq analysis suggests that the relative levels of M2-like macrophages are increased in METs, and their potential role in promoting breast cancer metastasis warrants further study.
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- Li Zhu
- Department of Biostatistics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Clinical Research Training Program, Duke University Medical Center (DUMC), Durham, NC, USA
- Breast Cancer Program, Duke Cancer Institute, DUMC, Durham, NC, USA
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- Department of Immunology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
- Tumor Microenvironment Center, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) Hillman Cancer Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project (NSABP), Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project (NSABP), Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Breast Cancer Program, Duke Cancer Institute, DUMC, Durham, NC, USA
- Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, DUMC, Durham, NC, USA
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- Division of Hematology & Oncology, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Division of Neuro-Oncology, Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Division of Hematology & Oncology, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Division of Neuro-Oncology, Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Division of Hematology & Oncology, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Division of Neuro-Oncology, Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Immunology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
- Tumor Microenvironment Center, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) Hillman Cancer Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Tumor Microenvironment Center, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) Hillman Cancer Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
- Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
- Womens Cancer Research Center, UPMC Hillman Cancer Center, Magee Womens Research Institute, Pittsburgh, USA
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- National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project (NSABP), Pittsburgh, PA, USA
- Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Breast Cancer Program, Duke Cancer Institute, DUMC, Durham, NC, USA
- Department of Radiation Oncology, DUMC, Durham, NC, USA
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- Womens Cancer Research Center, UPMC Hillman Cancer Center, Magee Womens Research Institute, Pittsburgh, USA
- Department of Pharmacology & Chemical Biology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, USA
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- Womens Cancer Research Center, UPMC Hillman Cancer Center, Magee Womens Research Institute, Pittsburgh, USA.
- Department of Pharmacology & Chemical Biology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, USA.
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Dowsett M, Jacobs S, Johnston S, Bliss J, Wheatley D, Holcombe C, Stein R, McIntosh S, Barry P, Dolling D, Snowdon C, Perry S, Batten L, Dodson A, Martins V, Modi A, Cornman C, Puhalla S, Wolmark N, Julian T, Pogue-Geile K, Robidoux A, Provencher L, Boileau JF, Shalaby I, Thirlwell M, Fisher K, Huang Bartlett C, Koehler M, Osborne K, Rimawi M. Abstract GS3-02: PALLET: A neoadjuvant study to compare the clinical and antiproliferative effects of letrozole with and without palbociclib. Cancer Res 2019. [DOI: 10.1158/1538-7445.sabcs18-gs3-02] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Background: CDK4/6 inhibitors, such as palbociclib, are used to treat ER+ metastatic breast cancer in combination with endocrine therapy with trials ongoing in patients with primary disease. No biomarkers exist to identify those who do/do not benefit from added CDK4/6 inhibition. PALLET is an investigator-initiated/led phase II randomized trial collaboration between UK and NSABP investigators evaluating the biological and clinical effects of palbociclib with letrozole combination as neoadjuvant therapy.
Methods: Postmenopausal women with ER+ primary breast cancer and tumors >2.0cm (ultrasound) were randomized to one of 4 treatment groups (3:2:2:2 ratio): Group A: letrozole (2.5mg/d) for 14 weeks; Group B: letrozole for 2 weeks followed by letrozole + palbociclib to 14 weeks; Group C: palbociclib for 2 weeks followed by letrozole + palbociclib to 14 weeks; Group D: letrozole + palbociclib for 14 weeks. Palbociclib was given 125mg/d PO on a 21 days on, 7 days off schedule. Post-14 week treatment was at the discretion of the treating clinician including letrozole until surgery. Core-cut biopsies were taken at baseline, 2 weeks and 14 weeks. Co-primary endpoints for letrozole alone vs palbociclib groups (Group A vs Groups B+C+D) were: (i) change in Ki67 (IHC) between baseline and 14 weeks (log-fold change, Mann-Whitney test); (ii) clinical response (ultrasound) after 14 weeks (4 group, ordinal, Mann-Whitney test). Complete cell-cycle arrest (CCCA) (Ki67≤2.7%) was analyzed using a logistic regression model adjusting for recruitment region. Pre-specified exploratory biomarkers included c-PARP (apoptosis).
Results: 307 patients were recruited between 27 Feb 2015 and 08 Mar 2018; 103 were randomized to letrozole alone and 204 to letrozole + palbociclib. 279 (90.9%) patients were evaluable for 14 week clinical response. Clinical response was not significantly different between letrozole vs letrozole + palbociclib groups [(p=0.20; CR+PR 49.5% (46/93) vs 54.3% (101/186) and PD 5.4% (5/93) vs 3.2% (6/186)] nor was the small proportion of patients with pathological CR (1/87, 1.1% vs 6/180, 3.3%; p=0.43). 190 (61.9%) patients were evaluable for 14 week change in Ki67. The median log-fold change in Ki67 was greater with letrozole + palbociclib vs letrozole alone (-4.1 vs -2.2; p<0.001) corresponding to a geometric mean change of -97.4% vs -88.5%. Similarly, a greater proportion of patients who received letrozole + palbociclib achieved CCCA (90% vs 59%, p<0.001). 146 (47.6%) patients were evaluable for c-PARP and the log-fold change (suppression) was greater with letrozole + palbociclib vs letrozole alone (-0.80 vs -0.42; p=0.003) corresponding to a geometric mean change of -56.8% vs -31.4%. Other biomarkers of response / resistance are being evaluated. A higher proportion of patients had a grade ≥3 toxicity on letrozole + palbociclib than letrozole alone (49.8% vs 17.0%; p<0.001) mainly due to asymptomatic neutropenia.
Conclusion: Adding palbociclib to letrozole markedly enhanced the suppression of malignant cell proliferation as assessed by Ki67 but did not substantially increase the clinical response of primary ER+ breast cancer over a 14-week period. Concurrent reductions in cell death may have reduced the speed of tumor shrinkage.
Citation Format: Dowsett M, Jacobs S, Johnston S, Bliss J, Wheatley D, Holcombe C, Stein R, McIntosh S, Barry P, Dolling D, Snowdon C, Perry S, Batten L, Dodson A, Martins V, Modi A, Cornman C, Puhalla S, Wolmark N, Julian T, Pogue-Geile K, Robidoux A, Provencher L, Boileau JF, Shalaby I, Thirlwell M, Fisher K, Huang Bartlett C, Koehler M, Osborne K, Rimawi M. PALLET: A neoadjuvant study to compare the clinical and antiproliferative effects of letrozole with and without palbociclib [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the 2018 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium; 2018 Dec 4-8; San Antonio, TX. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2019;79(4 Suppl):Abstract nr GS3-02.
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- M Dowsett
- The Institute of Cancer Research, London, United Kingdom; The Royal Marsden Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom; National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project (NSABP), Pittsburgh; Pfizer Inc, New York; Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Treliske, United Kingdom; Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust, Liverpool, United Kingdom; University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom; Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, Belfast, United Kingdom; Baylor College of Medicine, Houston; International Drug Development Institute, Brussels, Belgium; Montreal Jewish General Hospital Segal Cancer Centre, Montreal, Canada; CHU de Quebec-Universite Laval, Quebec, Canada; Joe Arrington Cancer Research & Treatment Center, Lubbock, TX; Allegheny Health Network Cancer Institute, Pittsburgh; UPMC Cancer Center, Pittsburgh; Centre Hospitalier Université de Montréal, Montreal, Canada; McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Canada
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- The Institute of Cancer Research, London, United Kingdom; The Royal Marsden Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom; National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project (NSABP), Pittsburgh; Pfizer Inc, New York; Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Treliske, United Kingdom; Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust, Liverpool, United Kingdom; University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom; Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, Belfast, United Kingdom; Baylor College of Medicine, Houston; International Drug Development Institute, Brussels, Belgium; Montreal Jewish General Hospital Segal Cancer Centre, Montreal, Canada; CHU de Quebec-Universite Laval, Quebec, Canada; Joe Arrington Cancer Research & Treatment Center, Lubbock, TX; Allegheny Health Network Cancer Institute, Pittsburgh; UPMC Cancer Center, Pittsburgh; Centre Hospitalier Université de Montréal, Montreal, Canada; McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Canada
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- The Institute of Cancer Research, London, United Kingdom; The Royal Marsden Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom; National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project (NSABP), Pittsburgh; Pfizer Inc, New York; Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Treliske, United Kingdom; Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust, Liverpool, United Kingdom; University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom; Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, Belfast, United Kingdom; Baylor College of Medicine, Houston; International Drug Development Institute, Brussels, Belgium; Montreal Jewish General Hospital Segal Cancer Centre, Montreal, Canada; CHU de Quebec-Universite Laval, Quebec, Canada; Joe Arrington Cancer Research & Treatment Center, Lubbock, TX; Allegheny Health Network Cancer Institute, Pittsburgh; UPMC Cancer Center, Pittsburgh; Centre Hospitalier Université de Montréal, Montreal, Canada; McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Canada
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- The Institute of Cancer Research, London, United Kingdom; The Royal Marsden Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom; National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project (NSABP), Pittsburgh; Pfizer Inc, New York; Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Treliske, United Kingdom; Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust, Liverpool, United Kingdom; University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom; Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, Belfast, United Kingdom; Baylor College of Medicine, Houston; International Drug Development Institute, Brussels, Belgium; Montreal Jewish General Hospital Segal Cancer Centre, Montreal, Canada; CHU de Quebec-Universite Laval, Quebec, Canada; Joe Arrington Cancer Research & Treatment Center, Lubbock, TX; Allegheny Health Network Cancer Institute, Pittsburgh; UPMC Cancer Center, Pittsburgh; Centre Hospitalier Université de Montréal, Montreal, Canada; McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Canada
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- The Institute of Cancer Research, London, United Kingdom; The Royal Marsden Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom; National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project (NSABP), Pittsburgh; Pfizer Inc, New York; Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Treliske, United Kingdom; Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust, Liverpool, United Kingdom; University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom; Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, Belfast, United Kingdom; Baylor College of Medicine, Houston; International Drug Development Institute, Brussels, Belgium; Montreal Jewish General Hospital Segal Cancer Centre, Montreal, Canada; CHU de Quebec-Universite Laval, Quebec, Canada; Joe Arrington Cancer Research & Treatment Center, Lubbock, TX; Allegheny Health Network Cancer Institute, Pittsburgh; UPMC Cancer Center, Pittsburgh; Centre Hospitalier Université de Montréal, Montreal, Canada; McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Canada
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- The Institute of Cancer Research, London, United Kingdom; The Royal Marsden Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom; National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project (NSABP), Pittsburgh; Pfizer Inc, New York; Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Treliske, United Kingdom; Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust, Liverpool, United Kingdom; University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom; Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, Belfast, United Kingdom; Baylor College of Medicine, Houston; International Drug Development Institute, Brussels, Belgium; Montreal Jewish General Hospital Segal Cancer Centre, Montreal, Canada; CHU de Quebec-Universite Laval, Quebec, Canada; Joe Arrington Cancer Research & Treatment Center, Lubbock, TX; Allegheny Health Network Cancer Institute, Pittsburgh; UPMC Cancer Center, Pittsburgh; Centre Hospitalier Université de Montréal, Montreal, Canada; McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Canada
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- The Institute of Cancer Research, London, United Kingdom; The Royal Marsden Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom; National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project (NSABP), Pittsburgh; Pfizer Inc, New York; Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Treliske, United Kingdom; Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust, Liverpool, United Kingdom; University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom; Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, Belfast, United Kingdom; Baylor College of Medicine, Houston; International Drug Development Institute, Brussels, Belgium; Montreal Jewish General Hospital Segal Cancer Centre, Montreal, Canada; CHU de Quebec-Universite Laval, Quebec, Canada; Joe Arrington Cancer Research & Treatment Center, Lubbock, TX; Allegheny Health Network Cancer Institute, Pittsburgh; UPMC Cancer Center, Pittsburgh; Centre Hospitalier Université de Montréal, Montreal, Canada; McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Canada
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- The Institute of Cancer Research, London, United Kingdom; The Royal Marsden Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom; National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project (NSABP), Pittsburgh; Pfizer Inc, New York; Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Treliske, United Kingdom; Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust, Liverpool, United Kingdom; University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom; Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, Belfast, United Kingdom; Baylor College of Medicine, Houston; International Drug Development Institute, Brussels, Belgium; Montreal Jewish General Hospital Segal Cancer Centre, Montreal, Canada; CHU de Quebec-Universite Laval, Quebec, Canada; Joe Arrington Cancer Research & Treatment Center, Lubbock, TX; Allegheny Health Network Cancer Institute, Pittsburgh; UPMC Cancer Center, Pittsburgh; Centre Hospitalier Université de Montréal, Montreal, Canada; McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Canada
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- The Institute of Cancer Research, London, United Kingdom; The Royal Marsden Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom; National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project (NSABP), Pittsburgh; Pfizer Inc, New York; Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Treliske, United Kingdom; Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust, Liverpool, United Kingdom; University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom; Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, Belfast, United Kingdom; Baylor College of Medicine, Houston; International Drug Development Institute, Brussels, Belgium; Montreal Jewish General Hospital Segal Cancer Centre, Montreal, Canada; CHU de Quebec-Universite Laval, Quebec, Canada; Joe Arrington Cancer Research & Treatment Center, Lubbock, TX; Allegheny Health Network Cancer Institute, Pittsburgh; UPMC Cancer Center, Pittsburgh; Centre Hospitalier Université de Montréal, Montreal, Canada; McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Canada
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- The Institute of Cancer Research, London, United Kingdom; The Royal Marsden Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom; National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project (NSABP), Pittsburgh; Pfizer Inc, New York; Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Treliske, United Kingdom; Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust, Liverpool, United Kingdom; University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom; Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, Belfast, United Kingdom; Baylor College of Medicine, Houston; International Drug Development Institute, Brussels, Belgium; Montreal Jewish General Hospital Segal Cancer Centre, Montreal, Canada; CHU de Quebec-Universite Laval, Quebec, Canada; Joe Arrington Cancer Research & Treatment Center, Lubbock, TX; Allegheny Health Network Cancer Institute, Pittsburgh; UPMC Cancer Center, Pittsburgh; Centre Hospitalier Université de Montréal, Montreal, Canada; McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Canada
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- The Institute of Cancer Research, London, United Kingdom; The Royal Marsden Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom; National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project (NSABP), Pittsburgh; Pfizer Inc, New York; Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Treliske, United Kingdom; Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust, Liverpool, United Kingdom; University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom; Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, Belfast, United Kingdom; Baylor College of Medicine, Houston; International Drug Development Institute, Brussels, Belgium; Montreal Jewish General Hospital Segal Cancer Centre, Montreal, Canada; CHU de Quebec-Universite Laval, Quebec, Canada; Joe Arrington Cancer Research & Treatment Center, Lubbock, TX; Allegheny Health Network Cancer Institute, Pittsburgh; UPMC Cancer Center, Pittsburgh; Centre Hospitalier Université de Montréal, Montreal, Canada; McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Canada
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- The Institute of Cancer Research, London, United Kingdom; The Royal Marsden Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom; National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project (NSABP), Pittsburgh; Pfizer Inc, New York; Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Treliske, United Kingdom; Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust, Liverpool, United Kingdom; University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom; Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, Belfast, United Kingdom; Baylor College of Medicine, Houston; International Drug Development Institute, Brussels, Belgium; Montreal Jewish General Hospital Segal Cancer Centre, Montreal, Canada; CHU de Quebec-Universite Laval, Quebec, Canada; Joe Arrington Cancer Research & Treatment Center, Lubbock, TX; Allegheny Health Network Cancer Institute, Pittsburgh; UPMC Cancer Center, Pittsburgh; Centre Hospitalier Université de Montréal, Montreal, Canada; McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Canada
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- The Institute of Cancer Research, London, United Kingdom; The Royal Marsden Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom; National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project (NSABP), Pittsburgh; Pfizer Inc, New York; Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Treliske, United Kingdom; Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust, Liverpool, United Kingdom; University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom; Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, Belfast, United Kingdom; Baylor College of Medicine, Houston; International Drug Development Institute, Brussels, Belgium; Montreal Jewish General Hospital Segal Cancer Centre, Montreal, Canada; CHU de Quebec-Universite Laval, Quebec, Canada; Joe Arrington Cancer Research & Treatment Center, Lubbock, TX; Allegheny Health Network Cancer Institute, Pittsburgh; UPMC Cancer Center, Pittsburgh; Centre Hospitalier Université de Montréal, Montreal, Canada; McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Canada
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- The Institute of Cancer Research, London, United Kingdom; The Royal Marsden Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom; National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project (NSABP), Pittsburgh; Pfizer Inc, New York; Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Treliske, United Kingdom; Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust, Liverpool, United Kingdom; University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom; Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, Belfast, United Kingdom; Baylor College of Medicine, Houston; International Drug Development Institute, Brussels, Belgium; Montreal Jewish General Hospital Segal Cancer Centre, Montreal, Canada; CHU de Quebec-Universite Laval, Quebec, Canada; Joe Arrington Cancer Research & Treatment Center, Lubbock, TX; Allegheny Health Network Cancer Institute, Pittsburgh; UPMC Cancer Center, Pittsburgh; Centre Hospitalier Université de Montréal, Montreal, Canada; McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Canada
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- The Institute of Cancer Research, London, United Kingdom; The Royal Marsden Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom; National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project (NSABP), Pittsburgh; Pfizer Inc, New York; Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Treliske, United Kingdom; Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust, Liverpool, United Kingdom; University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom; Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, Belfast, United Kingdom; Baylor College of Medicine, Houston; International Drug Development Institute, Brussels, Belgium; Montreal Jewish General Hospital Segal Cancer Centre, Montreal, Canada; CHU de Quebec-Universite Laval, Quebec, Canada; Joe Arrington Cancer Research & Treatment Center, Lubbock, TX; Allegheny Health Network Cancer Institute, Pittsburgh; UPMC Cancer Center, Pittsburgh; Centre Hospitalier Université de Montréal, Montreal, Canada; McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Canada
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- The Institute of Cancer Research, London, United Kingdom; The Royal Marsden Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom; National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project (NSABP), Pittsburgh; Pfizer Inc, New York; Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Treliske, United Kingdom; Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust, Liverpool, United Kingdom; University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom; Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, Belfast, United Kingdom; Baylor College of Medicine, Houston; International Drug Development Institute, Brussels, Belgium; Montreal Jewish General Hospital Segal Cancer Centre, Montreal, Canada; CHU de Quebec-Universite Laval, Quebec, Canada; Joe Arrington Cancer Research & Treatment Center, Lubbock, TX; Allegheny Health Network Cancer Institute, Pittsburgh; UPMC Cancer Center, Pittsburgh; Centre Hospitalier Université de Montréal, Montreal, Canada; McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Canada
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- The Institute of Cancer Research, London, United Kingdom; The Royal Marsden Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom; National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project (NSABP), Pittsburgh; Pfizer Inc, New York; Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Treliske, United Kingdom; Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust, Liverpool, United Kingdom; University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom; Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, Belfast, United Kingdom; Baylor College of Medicine, Houston; International Drug Development Institute, Brussels, Belgium; Montreal Jewish General Hospital Segal Cancer Centre, Montreal, Canada; CHU de Quebec-Universite Laval, Quebec, Canada; Joe Arrington Cancer Research & Treatment Center, Lubbock, TX; Allegheny Health Network Cancer Institute, Pittsburgh; UPMC Cancer Center, Pittsburgh; Centre Hospitalier Université de Montréal, Montreal, Canada; McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Canada
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- The Institute of Cancer Research, London, United Kingdom; The Royal Marsden Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom; National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project (NSABP), Pittsburgh; Pfizer Inc, New York; Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Treliske, United Kingdom; Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust, Liverpool, United Kingdom; University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom; Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, Belfast, United Kingdom; Baylor College of Medicine, Houston; International Drug Development Institute, Brussels, Belgium; Montreal Jewish General Hospital Segal Cancer Centre, Montreal, Canada; CHU de Quebec-Universite Laval, Quebec, Canada; Joe Arrington Cancer Research & Treatment Center, Lubbock, TX; Allegheny Health Network Cancer Institute, Pittsburgh; UPMC Cancer Center, Pittsburgh; Centre Hospitalier Université de Montréal, Montreal, Canada; McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Canada
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- The Institute of Cancer Research, London, United Kingdom; The Royal Marsden Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom; National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project (NSABP), Pittsburgh; Pfizer Inc, New York; Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Treliske, United Kingdom; Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust, Liverpool, United Kingdom; University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom; Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, Belfast, United Kingdom; Baylor College of Medicine, Houston; International Drug Development Institute, Brussels, Belgium; Montreal Jewish General Hospital Segal Cancer Centre, Montreal, Canada; CHU de Quebec-Universite Laval, Quebec, Canada; Joe Arrington Cancer Research & Treatment Center, Lubbock, TX; Allegheny Health Network Cancer Institute, Pittsburgh; UPMC Cancer Center, Pittsburgh; Centre Hospitalier Université de Montréal, Montreal, Canada; McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Canada
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- The Institute of Cancer Research, London, United Kingdom; The Royal Marsden Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom; National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project (NSABP), Pittsburgh; Pfizer Inc, New York; Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Treliske, United Kingdom; Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust, Liverpool, United Kingdom; University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom; Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, Belfast, United Kingdom; Baylor College of Medicine, Houston; International Drug Development Institute, Brussels, Belgium; Montreal Jewish General Hospital Segal Cancer Centre, Montreal, Canada; CHU de Quebec-Universite Laval, Quebec, Canada; Joe Arrington Cancer Research & Treatment Center, Lubbock, TX; Allegheny Health Network Cancer Institute, Pittsburgh; UPMC Cancer Center, Pittsburgh; Centre Hospitalier Université de Montréal, Montreal, Canada; McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Canada
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- The Institute of Cancer Research, London, United Kingdom; The Royal Marsden Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom; National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project (NSABP), Pittsburgh; Pfizer Inc, New York; Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Treliske, United Kingdom; Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust, Liverpool, United Kingdom; University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom; Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, Belfast, United Kingdom; Baylor College of Medicine, Houston; International Drug Development Institute, Brussels, Belgium; Montreal Jewish General Hospital Segal Cancer Centre, Montreal, Canada; CHU de Quebec-Universite Laval, Quebec, Canada; Joe Arrington Cancer Research & Treatment Center, Lubbock, TX; Allegheny Health Network Cancer Institute, Pittsburgh; UPMC Cancer Center, Pittsburgh; Centre Hospitalier Université de Montréal, Montreal, Canada; McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Canada
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- The Institute of Cancer Research, London, United Kingdom; The Royal Marsden Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom; National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project (NSABP), Pittsburgh; Pfizer Inc, New York; Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Treliske, United Kingdom; Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust, Liverpool, United Kingdom; University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom; Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, Belfast, United Kingdom; Baylor College of Medicine, Houston; International Drug Development Institute, Brussels, Belgium; Montreal Jewish General Hospital Segal Cancer Centre, Montreal, Canada; CHU de Quebec-Universite Laval, Quebec, Canada; Joe Arrington Cancer Research & Treatment Center, Lubbock, TX; Allegheny Health Network Cancer Institute, Pittsburgh; UPMC Cancer Center, Pittsburgh; Centre Hospitalier Université de Montréal, Montreal, Canada; McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Canada
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- The Institute of Cancer Research, London, United Kingdom; The Royal Marsden Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom; National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project (NSABP), Pittsburgh; Pfizer Inc, New York; Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Treliske, United Kingdom; Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust, Liverpool, United Kingdom; University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom; Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, Belfast, United Kingdom; Baylor College of Medicine, Houston; International Drug Development Institute, Brussels, Belgium; Montreal Jewish General Hospital Segal Cancer Centre, Montreal, Canada; CHU de Quebec-Universite Laval, Quebec, Canada; Joe Arrington Cancer Research & Treatment Center, Lubbock, TX; Allegheny Health Network Cancer Institute, Pittsburgh; UPMC Cancer Center, Pittsburgh; Centre Hospitalier Université de Montréal, Montreal, Canada; McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Canada
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- The Institute of Cancer Research, London, United Kingdom; The Royal Marsden Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom; National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project (NSABP), Pittsburgh; Pfizer Inc, New York; Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Treliske, United Kingdom; Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust, Liverpool, United Kingdom; University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom; Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, Belfast, United Kingdom; Baylor College of Medicine, Houston; International Drug Development Institute, Brussels, Belgium; Montreal Jewish General Hospital Segal Cancer Centre, Montreal, Canada; CHU de Quebec-Universite Laval, Quebec, Canada; Joe Arrington Cancer Research & Treatment Center, Lubbock, TX; Allegheny Health Network Cancer Institute, Pittsburgh; UPMC Cancer Center, Pittsburgh; Centre Hospitalier Université de Montréal, Montreal, Canada; McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Canada
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- The Institute of Cancer Research, London, United Kingdom; The Royal Marsden Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom; National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project (NSABP), Pittsburgh; Pfizer Inc, New York; Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Treliske, United Kingdom; Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust, Liverpool, United Kingdom; University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom; Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, Belfast, United Kingdom; Baylor College of Medicine, Houston; International Drug Development Institute, Brussels, Belgium; Montreal Jewish General Hospital Segal Cancer Centre, Montreal, Canada; CHU de Quebec-Universite Laval, Quebec, Canada; Joe Arrington Cancer Research & Treatment Center, Lubbock, TX; Allegheny Health Network Cancer Institute, Pittsburgh; UPMC Cancer Center, Pittsburgh; Centre Hospitalier Université de Montréal, Montreal, Canada; McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Canada
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- The Institute of Cancer Research, London, United Kingdom; The Royal Marsden Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom; National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project (NSABP), Pittsburgh; Pfizer Inc, New York; Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Treliske, United Kingdom; Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust, Liverpool, United Kingdom; University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom; Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, Belfast, United Kingdom; Baylor College of Medicine, Houston; International Drug Development Institute, Brussels, Belgium; Montreal Jewish General Hospital Segal Cancer Centre, Montreal, Canada; CHU de Quebec-Universite Laval, Quebec, Canada; Joe Arrington Cancer Research & Treatment Center, Lubbock, TX; Allegheny Health Network Cancer Institute, Pittsburgh; UPMC Cancer Center, Pittsburgh; Centre Hospitalier Université de Montréal, Montreal, Canada; McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Canada
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- The Institute of Cancer Research, London, United Kingdom; The Royal Marsden Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom; National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project (NSABP), Pittsburgh; Pfizer Inc, New York; Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Treliske, United Kingdom; Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust, Liverpool, United Kingdom; University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom; Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, Belfast, United Kingdom; Baylor College of Medicine, Houston; International Drug Development Institute, Brussels, Belgium; Montreal Jewish General Hospital Segal Cancer Centre, Montreal, Canada; CHU de Quebec-Universite Laval, Quebec, Canada; Joe Arrington Cancer Research & Treatment Center, Lubbock, TX; Allegheny Health Network Cancer Institute, Pittsburgh; UPMC Cancer Center, Pittsburgh; Centre Hospitalier Université de Montréal, Montreal, Canada; McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Canada
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- The Institute of Cancer Research, London, United Kingdom; The Royal Marsden Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom; National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project (NSABP), Pittsburgh; Pfizer Inc, New York; Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Treliske, United Kingdom; Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust, Liverpool, United Kingdom; University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom; Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, Belfast, United Kingdom; Baylor College of Medicine, Houston; International Drug Development Institute, Brussels, Belgium; Montreal Jewish General Hospital Segal Cancer Centre, Montreal, Canada; CHU de Quebec-Universite Laval, Quebec, Canada; Joe Arrington Cancer Research & Treatment Center, Lubbock, TX; Allegheny Health Network Cancer Institute, Pittsburgh; UPMC Cancer Center, Pittsburgh; Centre Hospitalier Université de Montréal, Montreal, Canada; McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Canada
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- The Institute of Cancer Research, London, United Kingdom; The Royal Marsden Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom; National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project (NSABP), Pittsburgh; Pfizer Inc, New York; Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Treliske, United Kingdom; Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust, Liverpool, United Kingdom; University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom; Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, Belfast, United Kingdom; Baylor College of Medicine, Houston; International Drug Development Institute, Brussels, Belgium; Montreal Jewish General Hospital Segal Cancer Centre, Montreal, Canada; CHU de Quebec-Universite Laval, Quebec, Canada; Joe Arrington Cancer Research & Treatment Center, Lubbock, TX; Allegheny Health Network Cancer Institute, Pittsburgh; UPMC Cancer Center, Pittsburgh; Centre Hospitalier Université de Montréal, Montreal, Canada; McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Canada
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- The Institute of Cancer Research, London, United Kingdom; The Royal Marsden Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom; National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project (NSABP), Pittsburgh; Pfizer Inc, New York; Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Treliske, United Kingdom; Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust, Liverpool, United Kingdom; University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom; Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, Belfast, United Kingdom; Baylor College of Medicine, Houston; International Drug Development Institute, Brussels, Belgium; Montreal Jewish General Hospital Segal Cancer Centre, Montreal, Canada; CHU de Quebec-Universite Laval, Quebec, Canada; Joe Arrington Cancer Research & Treatment Center, Lubbock, TX; Allegheny Health Network Cancer Institute, Pittsburgh; UPMC Cancer Center, Pittsburgh; Centre Hospitalier Université de Montréal, Montreal, Canada; McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Canada
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- The Institute of Cancer Research, London, United Kingdom; The Royal Marsden Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom; National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project (NSABP), Pittsburgh; Pfizer Inc, New York; Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Treliske, United Kingdom; Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust, Liverpool, United Kingdom; University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom; Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, Belfast, United Kingdom; Baylor College of Medicine, Houston; International Drug Development Institute, Brussels, Belgium; Montreal Jewish General Hospital Segal Cancer Centre, Montreal, Canada; CHU de Quebec-Universite Laval, Quebec, Canada; Joe Arrington Cancer Research & Treatment Center, Lubbock, TX; Allegheny Health Network Cancer Institute, Pittsburgh; UPMC Cancer Center, Pittsburgh; Centre Hospitalier Université de Montréal, Montreal, Canada; McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Canada
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Kim SR, Gavin PG, Pogue-Geile K. Prognostic Role of Immunoglobulin G Fragment C Receptor Polymorphisms in Solid Tumors—Reply. JAMA Oncol 2018; 4:132-133. [DOI: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2017.2813] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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- S. Rim Kim
- National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project Operations Center (NSABP is now a part of NRG Oncology)/NRG Oncology, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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- National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project Operations Center (NSABP is now a part of NRG Oncology)/NRG Oncology, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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- National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project Operations Center (NSABP is now a part of NRG Oncology)/NRG Oncology, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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Shen K, Tang G, Kim C, Pogue-Geile K, Anderson SJ, Constantino JP, Bear HD, Song N, Tian C, Gabrin MJ, Zhang Y, Geyer CE, Wolmark N. P1-06-15: A Genomic Predictor Developed from Breast Cancer Cell Lines Predicts Both Disease-Free Survival and Overall Survival in Breast Cancer Patients Treated with Doxorubicin and Cyclophosphamide: A Collaborative Project of the NSABP and Precision Therapeutics. Cancer Res 2011. [DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.sabcs11-p1-06-15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Background: A cell line-derived multigene predictor of tumor response to doxorubicin + cyclophosphamide (MGP-AC) has been shown to predict the pathological complete response (pCR) in breast cancer patients from the National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project (NSABP) Protocol B-27. However, a cell line-derived MPG for doxorubicin + cyclophosphamide + docetaxel (MGP-ACT) was not predictive in patients from B-27. The purpose of this study was to further assess the performance of these predictors on disease-free survival (DFS) and overall survival (OS) in the same patient populations.
Methods: NSABP B-27 was a 3-arm trial of 2411 early-stage breast cancer patients randomized to receive 4 cycles of preoperative doxorubicin+cyclophosphamide (AC) or 4 cycles of AC followed by 4 cycles of docetaxel either pre-op (AC+T) or post-op (AC→T). MGPs for AC and ACT were developed based on the in vitro assay and microarray genomic profiles of 40 breast cancer cell lines. A higher MGP score indicates lower chemoresponse sensitivity.
Results: 322 patients with available microarray data were included for this analysis (103 treated with AC, 102 with AC+T, and 117 with AC→T). For patients treated with AC, a higher MGP-AC score was significantly associated with increased risk of disease progression (standardized hazard ratio [HR] [SD set to 1]=1.48, 95% confidence interval [CI]=1.02−2.15, p=0.043) or death (standardized HR=1.66, 95% CI=1.06−2.62, p=0.028) after adjusting for clinical covariates (ER status, clinical tumor size, lymph node status, and age). The addition of MGP-AC to the clinical model improves the accuracy in predicting five-year DFS: the area under the ROC curve improved from 63% to 72%. For patients treated with AC+T or AC→T, MGP-ACT was not predictive of either DFS (standardized HR=1.03, 95% CI=0.78−1.37, p=0.818) or OS (standardized HR=1.05, 95% CI=0.73−1.51, p=0.8).
Conclusions: A cell line-derived MGP for AC that was predictive of pCR was also predictive of DFS and OS in breast cancer patients treated with neoadjuvant AC. The MGP for ACT, which was not predictive for pCR, was not predictive of either DFS or OS in patients who received docetaxel after AC.
The B-27 study was funded by NCI PHS grants U10-CA-37377, U10-CA-69974, U10-CA-12027, U10-CA-69651, and U24-CA-114732, and received additional support from sanofi-aventis.
Citation Information: Cancer Res 2011;71(24 Suppl):Abstract nr P1-06-15.
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- K Shen
- 1Precision Therapeutics, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA; National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project, Pittsburgh, PA; University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, PA; Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA; Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA
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- 1Precision Therapeutics, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA; National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project, Pittsburgh, PA; University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, PA; Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA; Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA
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- 1Precision Therapeutics, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA; National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project, Pittsburgh, PA; University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, PA; Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA; Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA
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- 1Precision Therapeutics, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA; National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project, Pittsburgh, PA; University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, PA; Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA; Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA
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- 1Precision Therapeutics, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA; National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project, Pittsburgh, PA; University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, PA; Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA; Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA
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- 1Precision Therapeutics, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA; National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project, Pittsburgh, PA; University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, PA; Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA; Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA
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- 1Precision Therapeutics, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA; National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project, Pittsburgh, PA; University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, PA; Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA; Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA
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- 1Precision Therapeutics, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA; National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project, Pittsburgh, PA; University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, PA; Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA; Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA
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- 1Precision Therapeutics, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA; National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project, Pittsburgh, PA; University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, PA; Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA; Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA
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- 1Precision Therapeutics, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA; National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project, Pittsburgh, PA; University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, PA; Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA; Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA
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- 1Precision Therapeutics, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA; National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project, Pittsburgh, PA; University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, PA; Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA; Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA
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- 1Precision Therapeutics, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA; National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project, Pittsburgh, PA; University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, PA; Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA; Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA
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- 1Precision Therapeutics, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA; National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project, Pittsburgh, PA; University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, PA; Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA; Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA
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Chronic pancreatitis clearly predisposes to pancreatic cancer, with early onset-long duration chronic pancreatitis from cystic fibrosis, TP, and HP conferring the highest risk. Chronic pancreatitis is not a critical step, however, but rather one of several conditions that accelerate the accumulation of critical genetic mutations and chromosomal losses necessary for carcinogenesis. Indeed, other germline mutations, environmental factors such as tobacco smoking and alcohol consumption, or dietary factors may also accelerate the pathway to carcinogenesis, and may be synergistic with the conditions created by chronic pancreatitis. Because patients with chronic pancreatitis are at high risk of pancreatic cancer, the physician is faced with decisions on how to manage this risk. Discontinuing smoking and alcohol consumption, and perhaps dietary modification are obvious recommendations for risk reduction. If, however, the patient is older and already in a very high-risk category (e.g., long-standing HP), then screening for cancers must be considered. Inclusion in multicenter trials is recommended, and information on ongoing studies can be obtained through the office of Dr. Whitcomb, or as posted on www.pancreas.org.
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- David C Whitcomb
- Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, UPMC Presbyterian, Mezzanine Level, C Wing, 200 Lothrop Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.
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Okada H, Attanucci J, Giezeman-Smits KM, Brissette-Storkus C, Fellows WK, Gambotto A, Pollack LF, Pogue-Geile K, Lotze MT, Bozik ME, Chambers WH. Immunization with an antigen identified by cytokine tumor vaccine-assisted SEREX (CAS) suppressed growth of the rat 9L glioma in vivo. Cancer Res 2001; 61:2625-31. [PMID: 11289140] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/19/2023]
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We have reported previously that s.c. immunization of rats with IL-4 transduced 9L gliosarcoma cells (9L-IL-4) induced a potent antitumor immunity against intracranial, parental 9L tumors. Subcutaneous implantation of 9L-IL-4 influenced the systemic humoral response, which was demonstrated by Th2-type isotype-switching and the induction of cellular immune responses, which played a critical role in the rejection of tumors. Serological analyses of recombinant cDNA expression libraries (SEREX), has recently emerged as a powerful method for serological identification of tumor-associated antigens (TAAs) and/or tumor rejection antigens (TRAs). Because IL-4 is known to activate B cells and to promote humoral responses, and inasmuch as induction of humoral responses by central nervous system tumors has been reported to be minimal, we investigated whether the induction of a potent humoral immune response against 9L TAAs or TRAs in rats immunized s.c. with 9L-IL4 could be demonstrated. Screening of 5 x 10(5) independent clones of 9L-expression cDNA library for the presence of reactive antibodies in the serum from a 91-IL-4 immunized rat led to the identification of three different TAAs. One 9L TAA (clone 29) was demonstrated to be calcyclin, a member of the S-100 family of calcium-binding proteins. The second 9L TAA (clone 37) was demonstrated to be the rat homologue of the J6B7 mouse immunomodulatory molecule. The third TAA (clones 158 and 171) was determined to be the rat homologue of the mouse Id-associated protein 1 (MIDA1), a DNA-binding, protein-associated protein. Northern blotting demonstrated that message for calcyclin was overexpressed in 9L cells. Message encoding MIDA1 was highly expressed in parental 9L cells and thymus and, to a lesser degree, in testis, suggesting that MIDA1 was comparable with the cancer/testis category of TAAs. Sera obtained from animals bearing 9L-IL-4 were found to have a higher a frequency and titer of antibodies to these antigens when compared with sera obtained from rats bearing sham-transduced 9L (9L-neo) cells. To determine whether immunization with these TAAs induced antitumor immunity, animals were immunized by intradermal injection with expression plasmids encoding calcyclin or MIDA1. Subsequent challenge of rats with parental 9L resulted in significant suppression of tumor growth in animals immunized with MIDA1, but not with calcyclin. These results indicate that MIDA1 is an effective 9L TRA and will be useful for the investigation of specific antitumor immunity in this glioma model. Furthermore, these results suggest that this approach, termed "cytokine-assisted SEREX (CAS)," may serve as an effective strategy for identification of TRAs for in animal-glioma models of cytokine gene therapy, and potentially in humans undergoing cytokine gene therapy protocols as well.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Antibodies, Neoplasm/biosynthesis
- Antibodies, Neoplasm/immunology
- Antigens, Neoplasm/blood
- Antigens, Neoplasm/immunology
- Antigens, Neoplasm/isolation & purification
- Base Sequence
- Cancer Vaccines/genetics
- Cancer Vaccines/immunology
- Cell Cycle Proteins
- Cell Division/immunology
- DNA, Complementary/administration & dosage
- DNA, Complementary/genetics
- DNA-Binding Proteins/genetics
- DNA-Binding Proteins/immunology
- Gliosarcoma/immunology
- Gliosarcoma/pathology
- Immunoglobulin Isotypes/immunology
- Immunoglobulin Switch Region/immunology
- Interleukin-4/genetics
- Interleukin-4/immunology
- Male
- Mice
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Rats
- Rats, Inbred F344
- S100 Calcium Binding Protein A6
- S100 Proteins/genetics
- S100 Proteins/immunology
- Sensitivity and Specificity
- Serologic Tests/methods
- Th2 Cells/immunology
- Tumor Cells, Cultured
- Vaccines, DNA/genetics
- Vaccines, DNA/immunology
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- H Okada
- Brain Tumor Center, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, PA 15213, USA.
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Pogue-Geile K, Sakakeeny MA, Panza JL, Sell SL, Greenberger JS. Cloning and expression of unique murine macrophage colony-stimulating factor transcripts. Blood 1995; 85:3478-86. [PMID: 7780134] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Cocultivation of cells from the gamma-irradiated D2XRII murine bone marrow stromal cell line with an interleukin-3/granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF)-dependent hematopoietic progenitor cell line FDC-P1JL26 stimulates the emergence of factor-independent hematopoietic cell sublines. Several lines of evidence suggested that M-CSF or a protein antigenically related to M-CSF, termed leukemogenic stromal factor (LSF), that was expressed by D2XRII cells may have played a role in the emergence of the factor-independent sublines. In an effort to isolate a factor antigenically related to M-CSF, molecular clones were isolated from a D2XRII cDNA library that hybridized to a mouse M-CSF genetic probe. Two of these molecular clones, designated 60.8.2 and 6452, contained an 885-bp deletion in the M-CSF coding region. Such a cDNA clone has not been previously described in the mouse, but a cDNA clone homologous to it has been isolated from a human pancreatic tumor cell line, MIA-PaCa-2. Three transcripts (4.8, 3.4, and 1.8 kb) were detected that hybridized to an oligonucleotide probe that was specific to RNA transcripts containing the 60.8.2 deletion. The level of the 1.8-kb transcript was not detectably induced by ionizing irradiation; however, the levels of the 4.8-kb and 3.4-kb transcripts and two other M-CSF transcripts of sizes to 4.4 kb and 2.3 kb showed a 1.4- to 2.2-fold increase after gamma irradiation. Reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction showed that the deletion-specific transcript(s) was detected in multiple mouse bone marrow stromal cell lines and in normal mouse tissues. The present studies establish the existence of an increased spectrum of murine M-CSF transcripts in bone marrow stromal cells and other tissues. This complexity of transcripts along with their increased accumulation after irradiation provides additional evidence for a role of proteins encoded by M-CSF transcripts in the response of bone marrow stromal cells to ionizing irradiation.
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- K Pogue-Geile
- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, PA, USA
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Colorectal cancer provides a unique model for the study of molecular changes that are associated with tumorigenesis. The cancer evolves as an apparent ordered sequence from a benign to a malignant lesion in histopathological recognizable stages. Since it is relatively easy to isolate tissue representing each of these stages, studies of molecular events associated with tumor progression are feasible. Such studies have shown that multiple changes in gene structure, expression and activity occur during tumorigenesis.
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- J M Pipas
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, PA 15260
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Pogue-Geile K, Geiser JR, Shu M, Miller C, Wool IG, Meisler AI, Pipas JM. Ribosomal protein genes are overexpressed in colorectal cancer: isolation of a cDNA clone encoding the human S3 ribosomal protein. Mol Cell Biol 1991; 11:3842-9. [PMID: 1712897 PMCID: PMC361167 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.11.8.3842-3849.1991] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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We have isolated a cDNA clone encoding the human S3 ribosomal protein from a normal human colon cDNA library. The clone was identified as one of many that detected genes whose level of expression was increased in adenocarcinoma of the colon relative to normal colonic mucosa. Increased levels of the S3 transcript were present in the tumors of all eight patients examined. Moreover, the S3 mRNA was also more abundant in 7 of 10 adenomatous polyps, the presumed precursor of carcinoma. Additional studies demonstrated that increased levels of mRNAs encoding several other ribosomal proteins, including S6, S8, S12, L5, and P0, were present in colorectal tumors and polyps. These results suggest that there is increased synthesis of ribosomes in colorectal tumors and that this increase is an early event in colon neoplasia.
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- K Pogue-Geile
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260
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Omer CA, Pogue-Geile K, Guntaka R, Staskus KA, Faras AJ. Involvement of directly repeated sequences in the generation of deletions of the avian sarcoma virus src gene. J Virol 1983; 47:380-2. [PMID: 6312073 PMCID: PMC255272 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.47.2.380-382.1983] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Nucleotide sequence analysis of two molecular clones of transformation-defective avian sarcoma virus indicate that direct repeated sequences of 6 and 20 nucleotides are involved in the formation of the src deletions in these clones.
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