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Overview

Martine Piccart is affiliated with Université Libre de Bruxelles in Belgium and has a significant body of research primarily focused on oncology and cancer treatment. Their work spans several interconnected fields, including medicine, biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology, with a particular emphasis on breast cancer and related therapies.

They have contributed extensively to the study of breast cancer treatment, HER2/EGFR in cancer research, and advanced breast cancer therapies. Other main topics include cancer treatment and pharmacology, cancer genomics and diagnostics, cancer immunotherapy and biomarkers, and cancer risks and factors.

The scientist has a strong publication record in notable venues, frequently publishing in:

  • Cancer Research
  • Annals of Oncology
  • Journal of Clinical Oncology
  • European Journal of Cancer
  • npj Breast Cancer

Some of their recent papers include:

  • Adjuvant Olaparib for Patients with BRCA1 - or BRCA2 -Mutated Breast Cancer, 2021, New England Journal of Medicine
  • Sacituzumab Govitecan in Metastatic Triple-Negative Breast Cancer, 2021, New England Journal of Medicine
  • Customizing local and systemic therapies for women with early breast cancer: the St. Gallen International Consensus Guidelines for treatment of early breast cancer 2021, 2021, Annals of Oncology
  • Overall survival in the OlympiA phase III trial of adjuvant olaparib in patients with germline pathogenic variants in BRCA1/2 and high-risk, early breast cancer, 2022, Annals of Oncology
  • Adjuvant Pertuzumab and Trastuzumab in Early HER2-Positive Breast Cancer in the APHINITY Trial: 6 Years' Follow-Up, 2021, Journal of Clinical Oncology

Their work frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including:

  • Evandro de Azambuja
  • Richard D. Gelber
  • Fátima Cardoso
  • Christos Sotiriou
  • Matteo Lambertini

The primary subfields of study within their research include oncology, cancer research, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, molecular biology, and radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging.

Best Publications

  • Effects of chemotherapy and hormonal therapy for early breast cancer on recurrence and 15-year survival: an overview of the randomised trials

    O. Abe;R. Abe;K. Enomoto;K. Kikuchi

  • Pathological complete response and long-term clinical benefit in breast cancer: the CTNeoBC pooled analysis

    Patricia Cortazar;Lijun Zhang;Michael Untch;Keyur Mehta

  • Everolimus in Postmenopausal Hormone-Receptor–Positive Advanced Breast Cancer

    José Baselga;Mario Campone;Martine Piccart;Howard A. Burris

  • A randomized trial of letrozole in postmenopausal women after five years of tamoxifen therapy for early-stage breast cancer

    Paul E. Goss;James N. Ingle;Silvana Martino;Nicholas J. Robert

  • Gene Expression Profiling in Breast Cancer: Understanding the Molecular Basis of Histologic Grade To Improve Prognosis

    Christos Sotiriou;Pratyaksha Wirapati;Sherene Loi;Adrian Harris

  • 3rd ESO-ESMO International Consensus Guidelines for Advanced Breast Cancer (ABC 3)

    F. Cardoso;A. Costa;E. Senkus;M. Aapro

  • 70-Gene Signature as an Aid to Treatment Decisions in Early-Stage Breast Cancer

    Fatima Cardoso;Laura J. van’t Veer;Jan Bogaerts;Leen Slaets

  • Validation and Clinical Utility of a 70-Gene Prognostic Signature for Women With Node-Negative Breast Cancer

    Marc Buyse;Sherene Loi;Laura van't Veer;Giuseppe Viale

  • Randomized Trial of Letrozole Following Tamoxifen as Extended Adjuvant Therapy in Receptor-Positive Breast Cancer: Updated Findings from NCIC CTG MA.17

    Paul E. Goss;James N. Ingle;Silvana Martino;Nicholas J. Robert

  • Tumor infiltrating lymphocytes are prognostic in triple negative breast cancer and predictive for trastuzumab benefit in early breast cancer: results from the FinHER trial

    S. Loi;S. Loi;S. Michiels;S. Michiels;R. Salgado;N. Sirtaine

  • Sacituzumab Govitecan in Metastatic Triple-Negative Breast Cancer

    Aditya Bardia;Sara A Hurvitz;Sara M Tolaney;Delphine Loirat

  • 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

    Sherene Loi;Nicolas Sirtaine;Fanny Piette;Roberto Salgado

  • Adjuvant Pertuzumab and Trastuzumab in Early HER2-Positive Breast Cancer

    Gunter von Minckwitz;Marion Procter;Evandro de Azambuja;Dimitrios Zardavas

  • Randomized Intergroup Trial of Cisplatin–Paclitaxel Versus Cisplatin–Cyclophosphamide in Women With Advanced Epithelial Ovarian Cancer: Three-Year Results

    Martine J. Piccart;Kamma Bertelsen;Keith James;Jim Cassidy

  • CD4+ follicular helper T cell infiltration predicts breast cancer survival

    Chunyan Gu-Trantien;Sherene Loi;Soizic Garaud;Carole Equeter

  • Strong time dependence of the 76-gene prognostic signature for node-negative breast cancer patients in the TRANSBIG multicenter independent validation series,

    Christine Desmedt;Fanny Piette;Sherene Loi;Yixin Wang

  • Adjuvant Olaparib for Patients with BRCA1- or BRCA2-Mutated Breast Cancer

    Andrew N.J. Tutt;Judy E. Garber;Bella Kaufman;Giuseppe Viale

  • Meta-analysis of gene expression profiles in breast cancer: toward a unified understanding of breast cancer subtyping and prognosis signatures

    Pratyaksha Wirapati;Christos Sotiriou;Susanne Kunkel;Pierre Farmer

  • Definition of Clinically Distinct Molecular Subtypes in Estrogen Receptor–Positive Breast Carcinomas Through Genomic Grade

    Sherene Loi;Benjamin Haibe-Kains;Christine Desmedt;Françoise Lallemand

  • Biological processes associated with breast cancer clinical outcome depend on the molecular subtypes.

    Christine Desmedt;Benjamin Haibe-Kains;Pratyaksha Wirapati;Marc Buyse

Frequent Co-Authors

Christos Sotiriou
Christos Sotiriou Université Libre de Bruxelles
Fatima Cardoso
Fatima Cardoso Champalimaud Foundation
Denis Larsimont
Denis Larsimont Université Libre de Bruxelles
Ahmad Awada
Ahmad Awada Université Libre de Bruxelles
Evandro de Azambuja
Evandro de Azambuja Université Libre de Bruxelles
Sherene Loi
Sherene Loi Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
José Baselga
José Baselga Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Marianne Paesmans
Marianne Paesmans Université Libre de Bruxelles
Giuseppe Viale
Giuseppe Viale University of Milan

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