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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-2-8
pubmed:abstractText
Preoperative systemic therapy (PST) in operable breast cancer allows a small increase in breast conservation rates and has significant potential as a research platform. PST offers the ability to discern treatment effect in vivo, and may allow smaller trials targeting specific breast cancer subtypes and making more efficient use of resources. Early observations of a specific outcome of interest in individual patient subgroups may improve the design of larger definitive randomized adjuvant trials using survival as a main outcome. PST offers the potential for therapeutic adjustments midcourse, which assumes the existence of validated intermediate end points and effective alternative therapies. This article reviews critical research issues affecting the design of PST trials, including the appropriate selection of trial end points and markers for long-term outcome, baseline marker expression as a predictor of response, and statistical considerations using novel trial designs. Key issues regarding optimal tumor subtype selection for individual trials, novel approaches using nontherapeutic window trial designs, and ethical and advocacy considerations are also discussed. PST requires an experienced and cohesive multidisciplinary team for it to fulfill its potential in both research and clinical care.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
1527-7755
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
10
pubmed:volume
26
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
806-13
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:18258990-Angiogenesis Inhibitors, pubmed-meshheading:18258990-Antineoplastic Agents, pubmed-meshheading:18258990-Apoptosis, pubmed-meshheading:18258990-Biological Markers, pubmed-meshheading:18258990-Biomedical Research, pubmed-meshheading:18258990-Breast Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:18258990-Cell Proliferation, pubmed-meshheading:18258990-Epidemiologic Research Design, pubmed-meshheading:18258990-Ethics, Clinical, pubmed-meshheading:18258990-Female, pubmed-meshheading:18258990-Gene Expression Profiling, pubmed-meshheading:18258990-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:18258990-Mastectomy, Segmental, pubmed-meshheading:18258990-Neoadjuvant Therapy, pubmed-meshheading:18258990-Patient Advocacy, pubmed-meshheading:18258990-Preoperative Care, pubmed-meshheading:18258990-Prognosis, pubmed-meshheading:18258990-Receptor, Epidermal Growth Factor, pubmed-meshheading:18258990-Receptors, Steroid, pubmed-meshheading:18258990-Treatment Outcome
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
Research issues affecting preoperative systemic therapy for operable breast cancer.
pubmed:affiliation
The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, 1650 Orleans St, Room 189, Baltimore, MD 21231-1000, USA. awolff@jhmi.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review