Emerging systemic therapy options beyond CDK4/6 inhibitors for hormone receptor-positive HER2-negative advanced breast cancer

J Ma, JJ Chan, CH Toh, YS Yap - NPJ Breast Cancer, 2023 - nature.com
Endocrine therapy (ET) with cyclin-dependent kinase 4/6 inhibitor (CDK4/6i) is currently the
standard first-line treatment for most patients with hormone receptor (HR) positive, human …

Standardized pathology report for HER2 testing in compliance with 2023 ASCO/CAP updates and 2023 ESMO consensus statements on HER2-low breast cancer

M Ivanova, FM Porta, M D'Ercole, C Pescia, E Sajjadi… - Virchows Archiv, 2024 - Springer
Since the release of the DESTINY-Breast04 (DB-04) trial findings in June 2022, the field of
pathology has seen a renaissance of HER2 as a predictive biomarker in breast cancer. The …

Early Breast Cancer Risk Assessment: Integrating Histopathology with Artificial Intelligence

M Ivanova, C Pescia, D Trapani, K Venetis… - Cancers, 2024 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Risk assessment in early breast cancer is critical for clinical decisions, but
defining risk categories poses a significant challenge. The integration of conventional …

HER2-low breast cancer: current landscape and future prospects

Y Shirman, S Lubovsky, A Shai - Breast Cancer: Targets and …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
More than 50% of breast cancers are currently defined as “Human epidermal growth factor
receptor 2 (HER2) low breast cancer (BC)”, with HER2 immunohistochemistry (IHC) scores …

Understanding the spectrum of HER2 status in breast cancer: From HER2-positive to ultra-low HER2

S Ahuja, AA Khan, S Zaheer - Pathology-Research and Practice, 2024 - Elsevier
HER2 (human epidermal growth factor receptor 2) status in breast cancer spans a spectrum
from HER2-positive to ultra-low HER2, each category influencing prognosis and treatment …

[HTML][HTML] Analysis of the association of HER-2 low carcinomas and PAM50 assay in hormone receptor positive early-stage breast cancer

S Terán, M Alva, P Tolosa, M Rey-Cárdenas… - The Breast, 2023 - Elsevier
Background HER2-low has emerged as a new predictive biomarker in metastatic breast
cancer. However, its prognostic value in early-stage carcinomas needs to be revisited. We …

[HTML][HTML] Think “HER2” different: Integrative diagnostic approaches for HER2-low breast cancer

C Marchiò, C Criscitiello, C Scatena, A Santinelli… - Pathologica, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
This work explores the complex field of HER2 testing in the HER2-low breast cancer era,
with a focus on methodological aspects. We aim to propose clear positions to scientific …

Immune microenvironment dynamics in breast cancer during pregnancy: impact of gestational age on tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes and prognosis

E Sajjadi, K Venetis, M Ivanova, M Noale… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Background Breast cancer during pregnancy (PrBC) is a rare condition known for its
aggressive clinical behavior. The presence of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) has been …

[HTML][HTML] Computational pathology in the identification of HER2-low breast cancer: Opportunities and challenges

M Brevet, Z Li, A Parwani - Journal of Pathology Informatics, 2024 - Elsevier
For the past 2 decades, pathologists have been accustomed to reporting the HER2 status of
breast cancer as either positive or negative, based on HER2 IHC. Today, however, there is a …

[HTML][HTML] Clinicopathological features and survival outcomes of luminal-like breast tumors with estrogen receptor loss at metastatic recurrence: A case-control study

S Morganti, A Marra, S Gandini, L Ascione… - European Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Introduction Estrogen receptor (ER) loss at metastatic relapse occurs in up to 20% of luminal-
like primary breast tumors. Data about clinicopathological features associated with ER loss …