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ReviewCurrent oncology (Toronto, Ont.)2025

Predictive Factors of Response to Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy (NACT) and Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors in Early-Stage Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Patients (TNBC).

Khashayar Yazdanpanah Ardakani, Francesca Fulvia Pepe, Serena Capici, Thoma Dario Clementi, Marina Elena Cazzaniga

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Review in Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Khashayar Yazdanpanah ArdakaniSchool of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano-Bicocca, 20900 Monza, Italy.
Francesca Fulvia PepePhase 1 Research Center, Fondazione IRCC San Gerardo dei Tintori, 20090 Monza, Italy.
Serena CapiciPhase 1 Research Center, Fondazione IRCC San Gerardo dei Tintori, 20090 Monza, Italy.
Thoma Dario ClementiSchool of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano-Bicocca, 20900 Monza, Italy.
Marina Elena CazzanigaSchool of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano-Bicocca, 20900 Monza, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-1756-6935

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is a heterogenous group of breast tumors. This type of breast tumor is relatively difficult to manage, due to the lack of expression of Hormone Receptors (HR) and human epidermal growth factor receptor (HER2). Efforts have been made to understand the factors involved in determining how a triple-negative breast tumor responds to therapy. The standard of treatment in most cases today is a combined modality of immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) and chemotherapy with agents such as anti-mitotic (taxanes) or DNA-damaging agents (alkylating agents, cyclophosphamides, platin salts). In this study, we investigated the predictive and prognostic factors for TNBC, in the neoadjuvant setting; understanding each patient's response before treatment initiation is crucial to guiding the subsequent approach and finally improving patient outcomes. We focused on tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes at the site of the primary tumor (TILs), circulating tumor cells (CTCs), circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA), the mutational status of protein 53 (p53), and Ki-67, investigating the potential roles of these factors in predicting responses to anti-cancer agents.

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Immune Checkpoint InhibitorsNeoadjuvant TherapyTriple Negative Breast NeoplasmsFemaleHumansLymphocytes, Tumor-InfiltratingMiddle AgedNeoplasm StagingPrognosisImmune Checkpoint Inhibitorscirculating tumor cellscirculating tumor DNAimmunotherapyTNBCtriple-negative breast cancer

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PMID40710197
PMCPMC12294045

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