Breast cancer treatment: a review

AG Waks, EP Winer - Jama, 2019 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Breast cancer will be diagnosed in 12% of women in the United States over the
course of their lifetimes and more than 250 000 new cases of breast cancer were diagnosed …

[HTML][HTML] Scalable whole-exome sequencing of cell-free DNA reveals high concordance with metastatic tumors

…, A Saltzman, NM Oliver, L Marini, AG Waks… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Whole-exome sequencing of cell-free DNA (cfDNA) could enable comprehensive profiling
of tumors from blood but the genome-wide concordance between cfDNA and tumor biopsies …

Impact of HER2 heterogeneity on treatment response of early-stage HER2-positive breast cancer: phase II neoadjuvant clinical trial of T-DM1 combined with …

…, VG Abramson, CL Arteaga, LM Spring, AG Waks… - Cancer discovery, 2021 - AACR
HER2-targeted therapies improve cure rates in HER2-positive breast cancer, suggesting
chemotherapy can be avoided in a subset of patients. We show that HER2 heterogeneity, …

Acquired HER2 mutations in ER+ metastatic breast cancer confer resistance to estrogen receptor–directed therapies

U Nayar, O Cohen, C Kapstad, MS Cuoco, AG Waks… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Seventy percent of breast cancers express the estrogen receptor (ER), and agents that target
the ER are the mainstay of treatment. However, virtually all people with ER + breast cancer …

Timeliness in breast cancer treatment—the sooner, the better

AG Waks, TA King, EP Winer - JAMA oncology, 2016 - jamanetwork.com
Defining the impact of delays in breast cancer care is a difficult task. Although the question—“when
should I undergo treatment?”—is simple, necessary, and asked by patients every day…

The genomic landscape of intrinsic and acquired resistance to cyclin-dependent kinase 4/6 inhibitors in patients with hormone receptor–positive metastatic breast …

…, P Mao, K Helvie, KJ Kowalski, U Nayar, AG Waks… - Cancer discovery, 2020 - AACR
We identified eight distinct mechanisms of resistance to CDK4/6i present in 66% of resistant
tumors profiled. Most of these have a therapeutic strategy to overcome or prevent resistance …

[HTML][HTML] The immunology of hormone receptor positive breast cancer

…, T Vallius, J Davis, YX Cui, J Agudo, AG Waks… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) has revolutionized the treatment of cancer patients. The
main focus of ICB has been on reinvigorating the adaptive immune response, namely, …

Adjuvant paclitaxel and trastuzumab for node-negative, HER2-positive breast cancer: final 10-year analysis of the open-label, single-arm, phase 2 APT trial

…, J Weiss, N Wagle, AH Partridge, AG Waks… - The Lancet …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Background We aimed to report on long-term outcomes of patients with small, node-negative,
HER2-positive breast cancer treated with adjuvant paclitaxel and trastuzumab and to …

[HTML][HTML] Reversion and non-reversion mechanisms of resistance to PARP inhibitor or platinum chemotherapy in BRCA1/2-mutant metastatic breast cancer

AG Waks, O Cohen, B Kochupurakkal, D Kim… - Annals of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Little is known about mechanisms of resistance to poly(adenosine diphosphate-ribose)
polymerase inhibitors (PARPi) and platinum chemotherapy in patients with …

Acquired FGFR and FGF Alterations Confer Resistance to Estrogen Receptor (ER) Targeted Therapy in ER+ Metastatic Breast Cancer

…, MS Cuoco, P Exman, SA Wander, AG Waks… - Clinical Cancer …, 2020 - AACR
Purpose: To identify clinically relevant mechanisms of resistance to ER-directed therapies in
ER + breast cancer. Experimental Design: We conducted a genome-scale functional screen …