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Bengala, Carmelo

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7169-552X

Mayo Clinic

for the BRCA BCY Collaboration

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Pregnancy After Breast Cancer in Young BRCA Carriers
Kim, Hee Jeong , Bernstein‐Molho, Rinat , Pogoda, Katarzyna , Carrasco, Estela , Bajpai, Jyoti , Phillips, Kelly‐Anne , Rousset‐Jablonski, Christine , Renaud, Tiphaine , Cui, Wanda, Wong, Stephanie M. , Ruddy, Kathryn J. , Rozenblit, Mariya, Marchis, Laura De , Mriňáková, Bela , Meister, Sarah , Livraghi, Luca , Clatot, Florian , Yerushalmi, Rinat , Angelis, Carmine De , Meattini, Icro , Cichowska-Cwalińska, Natalia, Berlière, Martine , Salama, Mahmoud , Giorgi, Ugo De , Sonnenblick, Amir , Chiodi, Camila , Maria, Camille, Azim, Hatem A. , Molinelli, Chiara , Paesmans, Marianne , Ameye, Lieveke , Hatse, Sigrid , Nevelsteen, Ines , Neven, Patrick , Rompuy, Chantal Van, Duhoux, François, Bini, Federica , Cont, Nicoletta Tomasi, Pais, Helena Luna , Mohar, Alejandro , Palacios, Tamara, Pastò, Brenno , Bonadio, Renata Colombo , Peretz‐Yablonski, Tamar , Anghelone, Chiara Annunziata Pasqualina, Valle, Angelica Della , Campanella, Maria, Bas, Raphaëlle, Talouet, Solenne de, Bonadona, Valérie, Lasset, Christine , Acheritogaray, Marion , Sénéchal, Claire , Mariño, Monica , Feldman, Didi, Pesce, Romina , Allemand, Carol, Riggi, Cecilia, Iriarte, Maria Belen, Salgado, Alfonso Cortés, Gión, María , Prat, Aleix , Hester, Anna, Dunckelmann, Sofia, Bartsch, Rupert , Mannsbarth, Constantin, Božović‐Spasojević, Ivana, Dimitrijević, Marija, Visani, Luca , Bettazzi, Beatrice, Sini, Valentina, Rognone, Alessia, Patricelli, Maria Grazia , Rabaiotti, Emanuela , Acconci, Giulia, Baldacci, Erica, Bianchini, Giulia, Kleiterp, Sieta, Moha, Daoud Ait, Sekar, Anberson, Loi, Francesco , Dessì, Mariele, O’Connor, Sarah , Nesci, Stephanie, Michael, Chris, Larson, Nicole L. , Lopetegui, Nerea M., Rocco, Roberta Di, Bengala, Carmelo , Haddad, Stephanie , Safran, Emma, Negri, Serena , Dell'Oro, Cristina, Marchetta, Liliana, Lustberg, Maryam B. , Blansky, Deanna , Ansari, Norin , Aguilar-y-Méndez, Dione, Swain, Monique , Miller, Madison , Leach, Richard E., Synowiec, Agnieszka , Hancinova, M., Tarbaj, L., Beslija, S. , Cerić, Timur , Hasanbegovic, B. , Bianchi, Manuel A., Álvaro, Laura, Bergman, Louise Eriksson, Damian, Cristina , Eriksson, Louise , Cui, Wanyuan , Prat, Aleix , De Angelis, Carmine , Meattini, Icro , Rousset-Jablonski, Christine , Phillips, Kelly-Anne , Cui, Wanda , Wong, Stephanie M , Livraghi, Luca , Lustberg, Maryam , Pogoda, K. , Lambertini, Matteo , Blondeaux, Eva , Agostinetto, Elisa , Hamy, Anne‐Sophie , Meglio, Antonio Di , Hilbers, Florentine , Punie, Kevin , Ignatiadis, Michail , Moore, Halle C. F. , Toss, Angela , Peccatori, Fedro A , Ferrari, Alberta , Paluch–Shimon, Shani , Fruscio, Robert , Vernieri, Claudio , Dieci, Maria Vittoria , Matikas, Alexios , Rozenblit, Mariya , Villarreal‐Garza, Cynthia , Mastro, Lucia Del , Puglisi, Fabio , Estevez-Diz, Maria Del Pilar , Rodriguez-Wallberg, Kenny A , Sánchez-Bayona, Rodrigo , Lee, Young‐Jin , Boni, Luca , Partridge, Ann H. , Azambuja, Evandro de , Amant, Frédéric , Brems, Hilde , Han, Sileny , Smeets, Ann , Wildiers, Hans , Giugliano, Federica , Criscitiello, Carmen , Borea, Roberto , Arecco, Luca , Chirco, Alessandra, Venturelli, Marta , Cortesi, Laura , Ponzone, Riccardo , Balmañà, Judith , Graffeo, Rossella , Ros, Lucia Da , Miolo, Gianmaria , Garutti, Mattia , Spazzapan, Simon , Viel, Alessandra , Fidalgo, José Alejandro Pérez , Guarneri, Valentina , Heudel, Pierre‐Etienne , Trédan, Olivier , Bonadona, Valérie , Córdoba, Octavi , Cortés, Javier , Saavedra, Cristina , Rodriguez, Adela R. , Adamo, Bárbara , Harbeck, Nadia , Marhold, Maximilian , POPOVIC, LAZAR S. , Krivokuća, Ana , Livi, Lorenzo , Sposetti, Caterina , Bianchini, Giampaolo , Gentilini, Oreste D , Fontana, Andrea , Pistelli, Mirco , Linn, Sabine C. , Sarin, Rajiv , Atzori, Francesco , O’Connor, Sarah, James, Paul A. , Michael, Chris, Couch, Fergus J. , Olson, Janet E. , Yadav, Siddhartha , Carey, Lisa A. , Abdou, Yara George , Zagami, Paola , Baldassarri, Margherita , Mariamidze, Elene , Graff, Stephanie L. , Matos, Leonor Vasconcelos de , Ferreira, Arlindo Rebelo , Dell’Oro, Cristina, Inzoli, Alessandra , Costa, Clarissa , Jeon, June Evelyn , Woodruff, Teresa K. , Fabi, Alessandra , Palazzo, Antonella , Paris, Ida , Kufel-Grabowska, Joanna , Sokolović, Emir , Foulkes, William D. , Bianchi, Manuel Alva, Tolosa, Pablo , Antone, Nicoleta Zenovia , Damian, Cristina

JAMA | December 7, 2023 | Volume: 331 | Issue: 1 | Pages: 49

10.1001/jama.2023.25463 Get It

ImportanceYoung women with breast cancer who have germline pathogenic variants in BRCA1 or BRCA2 face unique challenges regarding fertility. Previous studies demonstrating the feasibility and safety of pregnancy in breast cancer survivors included limited data regarding BRCA carriers.ObjectiveTo investigate cumulative incidence of pregnancy and disease-free survival in young women who are BRCA carriers.Design, Setting, and ParticipantsInternational, multicenter, hospital-based, retrospective cohort study conducted at 78 participating centers worldwide. The study included female participants diagnosed with invasive breast cancer at age 40 years or younger between January 2000 and December 2020 carrying germline pathogenic variants in BRCA1 and/or BRCA2. Last delivery was October 7, 2022; last follow-up was February 20, 2023.ExposurePregnancy after breast cancer.Main Outcomes and MeasuresPrimary end points were cumulative incidence of pregnancy after breast cancer and disease-free survival. Secondary end points were breast cancer–specific survival, overall survival, pregnancy, and fetal and obstetric outcomes.ResultsOf 4732 BRCA carriers included, 659 had at least 1 pregnancy after breast cancer and 4073 did not. Median age at diagnosis in the overall cohort was 35 years (IQR, 31-38 years). Cumulative incidence of pregnancy at 10 years was 22% (95% CI, 21%-24%), with a median time from breast cancer diagnosis to conception of 3.5 years (IQR, 2.2-5.3 years). Among the 659 patients who had a pregnancy, 45 (6.9%) and 63 (9.7%) had an induced abortion or a miscarriage, respectively. Of the 517 patients (79.7%) with a completed pregnancy, 406 (91.0%) delivered at term (≥37 weeks) and 54 (10.4%) had twins. Among the 470 infants born with known information on pregnancy complications, 4 (0.9%) had documented congenital anomalies. Median follow-up was 7.8 years (IQR, 4.5-12.6 years). No significant difference in disease-free survival was observed between patients with or without a pregnancy after breast cancer (adjusted hazard ratio, 0.99; 95% CI, 0.81-1.20). Patients who had a pregnancy had significantly better breast cancer–specific survival and overall survival.Conclusions and RelevanceIn this global study, 1 in 5 young BRCA carriers conceived within 10 years after breast cancer diagnosis. Pregnancy following breast cancer in BRCA carriers was not associated with decreased disease-free survival.Trial RegistrationClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03673306
Association of Concomitant Bone Resorption Inhibitors With Overall Survival Among Patients With Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer and Bone Metastases Receiving Abiraterone Acetate With Prednisone as First-Line Therapy
Francini, Edoardo , Nuzzo, Pier Vitale , González-Vélez, Miguel , Rosellini, Pietro, Moreno-Candilejo, Irene, Crivelli, Francesca , Shaw, Grace, Petrioli, Roberto, Bengala, Carmelo , Francini, Guido, García‐Foncillas, Jesús , Sweeney, Christopher J. , Higano, Celestia S. , Bryce, Alan H. , Harshman, Lauren C. , Lee‐Ying, Richard M. , Heng, Daniel Yick Chin , Bryce, Alan H , Sweeney, Christopher , Montagnani, Francesco, Alimohamed, Nimira S. , Cigliola, Antonio , Rubio, Jaime , Zhang, Li

JAMA Network Open | July 22, 2021 | Volume: 4 | Issue: 7 | Pages: e2116536

10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.16536 Get It

Clinical outcomes of abiraterone acetate + prednisone (AA) + bone resorption inhibitors (BRI) versus AA alone as first-line therapy for castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) with bone metastases (BM) in an international multicenter database.
Francini, Edoardo , González-Vélez, Miguel , Crivelli, Francesca , Shaw, Grace, Petrioli, Roberto, Bengala, Carmelo , Francini, Guido, García‐Foncillas, Jesús , Higano, Celestia S. , Harshman, Lauren C. , Lee‐Ying, Richard M. , Heng, Daniel Yick Chin, Montagnani, Francesco, Nuzzo, Pier Vitale , Alimohamed, Nimira S. , Cigliola, Antonio , Moreno, Irene Gala , Rubio, Jaime , Sweeney, Christopher J. , Bryce, Alan H.

Journal of Clinical Oncology | February 19, 2020 | Volume: 38 | Issue: 6_suppl | Pages: 30-30

10.1200/jco.2020.38.6_suppl.30 Get It

30 Background: BM in patients (pts) with CRPC are associated with shorter overall survival (OS) and higher costs. BRI zoledronic acid and denosumab are frequently used to prevent skeletal-related events (SRE) in pts with CRPC and BM. AA is the most common 1st line therapy for men with metastatic CRPC. We aimed to assess the impact of BRI on OS and time to first SRE (ttSRE) of pts receiving 1st line treatment AA for CRPC with BM. Methods: A retrospective cohort of pts starting AA as 1st line therapy for CRPC with BM between 2013-2016 was identified through 8 hospitals’ IRB approved registries. Pts were classified by use of concomitant BRI and subgrouped by volume of disease (per E3805 definition) at AA start. Kaplan-Meier method and Cox models were used to assess OS and ttSRE with hazard ratio (HR) estimates (95% CI). Results: Of the 745 pts included (543 deaths), 529 (71.0%) had AA alone and 216 (29.0%) AA+BRI. Median follow-up was 23.5 months. Pts receiving concomitant BRI showed a significantly longer OS and a 35% reduced risk of death compared to AA alone (HR=0.65; 95% CI, 0.54-0.79; P<.0001). The OS benefit with BRI was greater for the subgroup with high volume disease (HV) (HR=0.51; 95% CI, 0.38-0.68; P<.0001). The cohort with AA+BRI had a significantly shorter ttSRE (HR=1.27; 95% CI; 1.0-1.60; P=.0439) and, notably, the risk of first SRE was more than doubled for the subgroup with LV (HR=2.29; 95% CI, 1.57-3.35; P<.0001). On MVA, BRI vs. no BRI, prior local therapy (PLT) vs. no PLT, LV vs. HV, baseline VAS pain ≤3 vs. >5, PS 0 vs. ≥1, and PSA are independently associated with longer OS. Conclusions: The addition of BRI to 1st line AA for CRPC men with BM was associated with improved OS, particularly in HV, and worsened ttSRE, more evident in LV. These data suggest a potentially different impact of concomitant BRI on HV vs. LV, which could affect clinical decision making.[Table: see text]
Efficacy of bone resorption inhibitors (BRI) + abiraterone acetate + prednisone (AA) vs. AA alone as first-line therapy for men with castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) and bone metastases (BM) in an international multicenter hospital-based registr
Francini, Edoardo , Vitale, Nuzzo Pier, Candilejo, Irene Moreno, Rosellini, Pietro, González-Vélez, Miguel , Shaw, Grace, Crivelli, Francesca , Petrioli, Roberto, Bengala, Carmelo , Francini, Guido, García‐Foncillas, Jesús , Harshman, Lauren C. , Lee‐Ying, Richard M. , Heng, Daniel Yick Chin, Montagnani, Francesco, Alimohamed, Nimira S. , Rubio, Jaime , Zhang, Li , Bryce, Alan H. , Sweeney, Christopher J.

Journal of Clinical Oncology | May 27, 2019 | Volume: 37 | Issue: 15_suppl | Pages: e16508-e16508

10.1200/jco.2019.37.15_suppl.e16508 Get It

e16508 Background: BM in patients (pts) with CRPC correlate with higher mortality and costs. BRI zoledronic acid and denosumab are frequently used for the prevention of skeletal-related events (SRE) in pts with CRPC and BM. AA is the most common 1st line treatment for men with metastatic CRPC. We sought to evaluate the impact of BRI on time to first SRE (ttSRE) and OS of pts receiving 1st line therapy AA for CRPC with BM. Methods: We identified a cohort of men starting AA as 1st line therapy for CRPC with BM between 2013-2015 from 7 hospitals’ IRB approved registries. Pts were grouped by use of concomitant BRI and subgrouped by volume of disease (per E3805 definition) at AA start. The endpoints were OS, defined as time from AA start to death or last follow-up visit, and ttSRE. Results: Of the 338 pts included, 256 (76%) received AA alone and 82 (24%) AA+BRI. ECOG PS (PS) was ≥1 for 178 pts (52.7%). No statistically significant difference in ttSRE was found between the 2 cohorts [see Table]. Median follow-up for OS was 25.6 months. Pts receiving concomitant BRI showed a significantly longer OS and a 36% decreased risk of death compared to AA alone (HR = 0.64; 95% CI, 0.64 0.46-0.91; p = 0.012). Notably, OS in the AA alone group was shorter than commonly described. The OS benefit with BRI was greater for men with high volume disease (HV) (HR = 0.42; 95% CI, 0.25-0.71; p = 0.001). On MVA, BRI vs. no BRI, low volume of disease vs. HV, PS 0 vs. ≥1, baseline VAS pain ≤3 vs. > 5, and baseline PSA are independently associated with longer OS. Conclusions: Using a multicenter database, the addition of BRI to 1st line AA for CRPC men with BM and poor prognostic factors did not improve prevention of SRE. However, concomitant use of BRI and AA was associated with a significantly improved OS, particularly in HV. Further research to determine the driving factors is needed. [Table: see text]