Recommendations for human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 testing in breast cancer: American Society of Clinical Oncology/College of American Pathologists clinical practice guideline update.

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Published in Arch Pathol Lab Med on October 07, 2013

Authors

Antonio C Wolff1, M Elizabeth H Hammond, David G Hicks, Mitch Dowsett, Lisa M McShane, Kimberly H Allison, Donald C Allred, John M S Bartlett, Michael Bilous, Patrick Fitzgibbons, Wedad Hanna, Robert B Jenkins, Pamela B Mangu, Soonmyung Paik, Edith A Perez, Michael F Press, Patricia A Spears, Gail H Vance, Giuseppe Viale, Daniel F Hayes, American Society of Clinical Oncology, College of American Pathologists

Author Affiliations

1: Antonio C. Wolff, Johns Hopkins Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baltimore; Lisa M. McShane, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD; M. Elizabeth H. Hammond, University of Utah School of Medicine and Intermountain Healthcare, Salt Lake City, UT; David G. Hicks, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY; Mitch Dowsett, Royal Marsden Hospital, London, United Kingdom; Kimberly H. Allison, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford; Patrick Fitzgibbons, St Jude Medical Center, Fullerton; Michael F. Press, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA; Donald C. Allred, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO; John M.S. Bartlett, Ontario Institute for Cancer Research; Wedad Hanna, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Center, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Michael Bilous, University of Western Sydney and Healthscope Pathology, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; Robert B. Jenkins, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; Pamela B. Mangu, American Society of Clinical Oncology, Alexandria, VA; Soonmyung Paik, National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project, Pitsburgh, PA; Edith A. Perez, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL; Patricia A. Spears, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC; Gail H. Vance, Indiana University Medical Center, Indianapolis, IN; Giuseppe Viale, University of Milan, European Institute of Oncology, Milan, Italy; and Daniel F. Hayes, University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Care Center, Ann Arbor, MI.

Associated clinical trials:

Chemotherapy With or Without Trastuzumab After Surgery in Treating Women With Invasive Breast Cancer | NCT01275677

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Randomized trial of dose-dense versus conventionally scheduled and sequential versus concurrent combination chemotherapy as postoperative adjuvant treatment of node-positive primary breast cancer: first report of Intergroup Trial C9741/Cancer and Leukemia Group B Trial 9741. J Clin Oncol (2003) 12.48

A randomized comparison of sentinel-node biopsy with routine axillary dissection in breast cancer. N Engl J Med (2003) 11.93

American Society of Clinical Oncology recommendations on fertility preservation in cancer patients. J Clin Oncol (2006) 11.07

Phase I clinical trial of a selective inhibitor of CYP17, abiraterone acetate, confirms that castration-resistant prostate cancer commonly remains hormone driven. J Clin Oncol (2008) 10.91

Improved outcomes from adding sequential Paclitaxel but not from escalating Doxorubicin dose in an adjuvant chemotherapy regimen for patients with node-positive primary breast cancer. J Clin Oncol (2003) 9.72

Pitfalls in the use of DNA microarray data for diagnostic and prognostic classification. J Natl Cancer Inst (2003) 9.68

Prognostic and predictive value of the 21-gene recurrence score assay in postmenopausal women with node-positive, oestrogen-receptor-positive breast cancer on chemotherapy: a retrospective analysis of a randomised trial. Lancet Oncol (2009) 9.39

2-year follow-up of trastuzumab after adjuvant chemotherapy in HER2-positive breast cancer: a randomised controlled trial. Lancet (2007) 9.24

American Society of Clinical Oncology provisional clinical opinion: testing for KRAS gene mutations in patients with metastatic colorectal carcinoma to predict response to anti-epidermal growth factor receptor monoclonal antibody therapy. J Clin Oncol (2009) 8.66

Active tamoxifen metabolite plasma concentrations after coadministration of tamoxifen and the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor paroxetine. J Natl Cancer Inst (2003) 8.66

American Society of Clinical Oncology guideline recommendations for sentinel lymph node biopsy in early-stage breast cancer. J Clin Oncol (2005) 8.56

CDX2 as a Prognostic Biomarker in Stage II and Stage III Colon Cancer. N Engl J Med (2016) 8.53

Strong time dependence of the 76-gene prognostic signature for node-negative breast cancer patients in the TRANSBIG multicenter independent validation series. Clin Cancer Res (2007) 8.41

Validation and clinical utility of a 70-gene prognostic signature for women with node-negative breast cancer. J Natl Cancer Inst (2006) 8.38

American Society of Clinical Oncology/College of American Pathologists guideline recommendations for human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 testing in breast cancer. Arch Pathol Lab Med (2007) 8.02

Use of archived specimens in evaluation of prognostic and predictive biomarkers. J Natl Cancer Inst (2009) 7.95

ASCO 2006 update of recommendations for the use of tumor markers in gastrointestinal cancer. J Clin Oncol (2006) 7.43

Antiemetics: American Society of Clinical Oncology clinical practice guideline update. J Clin Oncol (2011) 7.24

Pharmacogenetics of tamoxifen biotransformation is associated with clinical outcomes of efficacy and hot flashes. J Clin Oncol (2005) 6.90

Breast cancer molecular profiling with single sample predictors: a retrospective analysis. Lancet Oncol (2010) 6.88

BubR1 insufficiency causes early onset of aging-associated phenotypes and infertility in mice. Nat Genet (2004) 6.85

Axillary dissection versus no axillary dissection in patients with sentinel-node micrometastases (IBCSG 23-01): a phase 3 randomised controlled trial. Lancet Oncol (2013) 6.79

American Society of Clinical Oncology guidance statement: the cost of cancer care. J Clin Oncol (2009) 6.77

Adjuvant exemestane with ovarian suppression in premenopausal breast cancer. N Engl J Med (2014) 6.76

Selective inhibition of CYP17 with abiraterone acetate is highly active in the treatment of castration-resistant prostate cancer. J Clin Oncol (2009) 6.68

American Society of Clinical Oncology treatment of unresectable non-small-cell lung cancer guideline: update 2003. J Clin Oncol (2003) 6.66

Weekly paclitaxel in the adjuvant treatment of breast cancer. N Engl J Med (2008) 6.54

Revision of the American Joint Committee on Cancer staging system for breast cancer. J Clin Oncol (2002) 6.51

Estrogen-receptor status and outcomes of modern chemotherapy for patients with node-positive breast cancer. JAMA (2006) 6.45

American Society of Clinical Oncology clinical practice guideline: update on adjuvant endocrine therapy for women with hormone receptor-positive breast cancer. J Clin Oncol (2010) 6.39

Preoperative chemotherapy: updates of National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project Protocols B-18 and B-27. J Clin Oncol (2008) 6.31

RIBBON-1: randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase III trial of chemotherapy with or without bevacizumab for first-line treatment of human epidermal growth factor receptor 2-negative, locally recurrent or metastatic breast cancer. J Clin Oncol (2011) 6.30

Circulating tumor cells: a novel prognostic factor for newly diagnosed metastatic breast cancer. J Clin Oncol (2005) 6.18

Assessment of Ki67 in breast cancer: recommendations from the International Ki67 in Breast Cancer working group. J Natl Cancer Inst (2011) 6.11

Effect of anastrozole and tamoxifen as adjuvant treatment for early-stage breast cancer: 10-year analysis of the ATAC trial. Lancet Oncol (2010) 5.93

CYP2D6 genotype, antidepressant use, and tamoxifen metabolism during adjuvant breast cancer treatment. J Natl Cancer Inst (2005) 5.92

American Society of Clinical Oncology policy statement update: genetic testing for cancer susceptibility. J Clin Oncol (2003) 5.69

Adjuvant chemotherapy in older women with early-stage breast cancer. N Engl J Med (2009) 5.68

Prognostic and predictive value of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes in a phase III randomized adjuvant breast cancer trial in node-positive breast cancer comparing the addition of docetaxel to doxorubicin with doxorubicin-based chemotherapy: BIG 02-98. J Clin Oncol (2013) 5.67

Guidelines for human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 testing: biologic and methodologic considerations. J Clin Oncol (2009) 5.66

Prognostic value of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes in triple-negative breast cancers from two phase III randomized adjuvant breast cancer trials: ECOG 2197 and ECOG 1199. J Clin Oncol (2014) 5.61

Biological and molecular heterogeneity of breast cancers correlates with their cancer stem cell content. Cell (2010) 5.57