Selected Publications
Montagna G, Laws A, Ferrucci M, Mrdutt MM, Sun SX, Bademler S, Balbaloglu H, Balint-Lahat N, Banys-Paluchowski M, Barrio AV, Benson J, Bese N, Boughey JC, Boyle MK, Diego EJ, Eden C, Eller R, Goldschmidt M, Hlavin C, Heidinger M, Jelinska J, Karadeniz Cakmak G, Kesmodel SB, King TA, Kuerer HM, Loesch J, Milardi F, Murawa D, Moo TA, Menes TS, Passeri D, Pastoriza JM, Perhavec A, Pislar N, Polidorio N, Rami A, Ryu JM, Schulz A, Sevilimedu V, Ugurlu MU, Uras C, van Hemert A, Wong SM, Yoo TR, Zhang JQ, Karanlik H, Cabioğlu N, Peeters MV, Morrow M, Weber WP; ICARO Study Group. Nodal Burden and Oncologic Outcomes in Patients With Residual Isolated Tumor Cells After Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy (ypN0i+): The OPBC-05/ICARO Study. J Clin Oncol. 2024 Nov 7:JCO2401052. doi: 10.1200/JCO.24.01052. Online ahead of print. PMID: 39509672
Montagna G, Mrdutt MM, Sun SX, Hlavin C, Diego EJ, Wong SM, Barrio AV, van den Bruele AB, Cabioglu N, Sevilimedu V, Rosenberger LH, Hwang ES, Ingham A, Papassotiropoulos B, Nguyen-Sträuli BD, Kurzeder C, Aybar DD, Vorburger D, Matlac DM, Ostapenko E, Riedel F, Fitzal F, Meani F, Fick F, Sagasser J, Heil J, Karanlik H, Dedes KJ, Romics L, Banys-Paluchowski M, Muslumanoglu M, Perez MDRC, Díaz MC, Heidinger M, Fehr MK, Reinisch M, Tukenmez M, Maggi N, Rocco N, Ditsch N, Gentilini OD, Paulinelli RR, Zarhi SS, Kuemmel S, Bruzas S, di Lascio S, Parissenti TK, Hoskin TL, Güth U, Ovalle V, Tausch C, Kuerer HM, Caudle AS, Boileau JF, Boughey JC, Kühn T, Morrow M, Weber WP. Omission of Axillary Dissection Following Nodal Downstaging With Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy. JAMA Oncol. 2024 Apr 25:e240578. doi: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2024.0578. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38662396; PMCID: PMC11046400.
Weber WP, Matrai Z, Hayoz S, Tausch C, Henke G, Zimmermann F, Montagna G, Fitzal F, Gnant M, Ruhstaller T, Muenst S, Mueller A, Lelièvre L, Heil J, Knauer M, Egle D, Sávolt Á, Heidinger M, Kurzeder C; TAXIS Study Writing Group; Zwahlen DR, Gruber G, Ackerknecht M, Kuemmel S, Bjelic-Radisic V, Smanykó V, Vrieling C, Satler R, Hagen D, Becciolini C, Bucher S, Simonson C, Fehr PM, Gabriel N, Maráz R, Sarlos D, Dedes KJ, Leo C, Berclaz G, Fansa H, Hager C, Reisenberger K, Singer CF, Loibl S, Winkler J, Lam GT, Fehr MK, Kohlik M, Clerc K, Ostapenko V, Maggi N, Schulz A, Andreozzi M, Goldschmidt M, Saccilotto R, Markellou P. Association of Axillary Dissection With Systemic Therapy in Patients With Clinically Node-Positive Breast Cancer. JAMA Surg. 2023 Oct 1;158(10):1013-1021. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2023.2840.PMID: 37466971
Montagna G, Zhang J, Sevilimedu V, Charyn J, Abbate K, Gomez EA, Mehrara B, Morrow M, Barrio AV. Risk Factors and Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Patients With Breast Cancer-Related Lymphedema. JAMA Oncol. 2022 Aug 1;8(8):1195-1200. doi: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2022.1628.PMID: 35679026
Montagna G, Schaffar R, Bordoni A, Spitale A, Terribile DA, Rossi L, Bergeron Y, van der Linden BWA, Konzelmann I, Rohrmann S, Staehelin K, Maspoli-Conconi M, Bulliard JL, Meani F, Pagani O, Rapiti E. Management and Outcome of Young Women (≤40 Years) with Breast Cancer in Switzerland. Cancers (Basel). 2022 Mar 4;14(5):1328. doi: 10.3390/cancers14051328.PMID: 35267635
Barrio AV, Montagna G, Mamtani A, Sevilimedu V, Edelweiss M, Capko D, Cody HS 3rd, El-Tamer M, Gemignani ML, Heerdt A, Kirstein L, Moo TA, Pilewskie M, Plitas G, Sacchini V, Sclafani L, Tadros A, Van Zee KJ, Morrow M. Nodal Recurrence in Patients With Node-Positive Breast Cancer Treated With Sentinel Node Biopsy Alone After Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy-A Rare Event. JAMA Oncol. 2021 Dec 1;7(12):1851-1855. doi: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2021.4394.PMID: 34617979
Rocco N, Montagna G, Criscitiello C, Nava MB, Privitera F, Taher W, Gloria A, Catanuto G. Nipple Sparing Mastectomy as a Risk-Reducing Procedure for BRCA-Mutated Patients. Genes (Basel). 2021 Feb 10;12(2):253. doi: 10.3390/genes12020253.PMID: 33578759
Dubsky P, Pinker K, Cardoso F, Montagna G, Ritter M, Denkert C, Rubio IT, de Azambuja E, Curigliano G, Gentilini O, Gnant M, Günthert A, Hauser N, Heil J, Knauer M, Knotek-Roggenbauerc M, Knox S, Kovacs T, Kuerer HM, Loibl S, Mannhart M, Meattini I, Penault-Llorca F, Radosevic-Robin N, Sager P, Španić T, Steyerova P, Tausch C, Peeters MTFDV, Weber WP, Cardoso MJ, Poortmans P. Breast conservation and axillary management after primary systemic therapy in patients with early-stage breast cancer: the Lucerne toolbox. Lancet Oncol. 2021 Jan;22(1):e18-e28. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(20)30580-5.PMID: 33387500
Montagna G, Gupta HV, Hannum M, Tan KS, Lee J, Scarpa JR, Plitas G, Irie T, McCormick PJ, Fischer GW, Morrow M, Mincer JS. Intraoperative opioids are associated with improved recurrence-free survival in triple-negative breast cancer. Br J Anaesth. 2021 Feb;126(2):367-376. doi: 10.1016/j.bja.2020.10.021. Epub 2020 Nov 19.PMID: 33220939
Montagna G, Sevilimedu V, Fornier M, Jhaveri K, Morrow M, Pilewskie ML. How Effective is Neoadjuvant Endocrine Therapy (NET) in Downstaging the Axilla and Achieving Breast-Conserving Surgery? Ann Surg Oncol. 2020 Nov;27(12):4702-4710. doi: 10.1245/s10434-020-08888-7. Epub 2020 Aug 24.PMID: 32839900
Weber WP, Morrow M, Boniface J, Pusic A, Montagna G, Kappos EA, Ritter M, Haug M, Kurzeder C, Saccilotto R, Schulz A, Benson J, Fitzal F, Matrai Z, Shaw J, Peeters MV, Potter S, Heil J; Oncoplastic Breast Consortium. Knowledge gaps in oncoplastic breast surgery. Lancet Oncol. 2020 Aug;21(8):e375-e385. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(20)30084-X.PMID: 32758475
Montagna G, Mamtani A, Knezevic A, Brogi E, Barrio AV, Morrow M. Selecting Node-Positive Patients for Axillary Downstaging with Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy. Ann Surg Oncol. 2020 Oct;27(11):4515-4522. doi: 10.1245/s10434-020-08650-z. Epub 2020 Jun 2.PMID: 32488513
Montagna G, Morrow M. Contralateral prophylactic mastectomy in breast cancer: what to discuss with patients. Expert Rev Anticancer Ther. 2020 Mar;20(3):159-166. doi: 10.1080/14737140.2020.1732213. Epub 2020 Feb 28.PMID: 32077338
Montagna G, Schneeberger AR, Rossi L, Reina H, Schwab FD, Schoetzau A, Eichholzer M, Pagani O, Weber WP, Kurzeder C, Güth U, Huber CG. The impact of depression on adherence to organized and opportunistic breast cancer screening. Eur J Cancer Prev. 2020 Jan;29(1):53-59. doi: 10.1097/CEJ.0000000000000520.PMID: 30998527
Montagna G, Schneeberger AR, Rossi L, Bianchi Micheli G, Meani F, Imperiali M, Spitale A, Pagani O. Can we make a portrait of women with inoperable locally advanced breast cancer? Breast. 2017 Jun;33:83-90. doi: 10.1016/j.breast.2017.03.002. Epub 2017 Mar 10.PMID: 28288387
