Clinical and Pathological Features of Breast Cancer Associated with the Pathological Complete Response to Anthracycline-Based Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy

Keskin S., Muslumanoglu M., Saip P., Karanlik H., Guveli M., Pehlivan E., ...Daha Fazla

ONCOLOGY, cilt.81, sa.1, ss.30-38, 2011 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 81 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2011
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1159/000330766
  • Dergi Adı: ONCOLOGY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.30-38
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Anthracycline, Clinicopathologic parameters, Neoadjuvant chemotherapy, Pathological complete response, Survival, TOPOISOMERASE-II-ALPHA, PREOPERATIVE CHEMOTHERAPY, SYSTEMIC THERAPY, PROGNOSTIC VALUE, GEPARTRIO TRIAL, CARCINOMA, PREDICTORS, DOCETAXEL, KI-67, HER2
  • Acıbadem Mehmet Ali Aydınlar Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

Objective: Patients with breast cancer with a pathological complete response (pCR) after neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) have a better prognosis than patients with residual disease. The aim of the current study was to identify predictors of pCR. Methods: This retrospective study included 388 patients treated with anthracycline-based NAC. Clinicopathological parameters were compared between the patients with and without pCR in breast and axilla. Results: Treatment consisted of FAC/FEC in 230 patients (59%), TAC in 39 (10%) patients and AC followed by docetaxel in 119 (31%). In all, 36 (9.3%) patients had pCR. In univariate analysis, age, tumor size, lymph node involvement, tumor grade (p = 0.077, n = 265), ER and HER-2 status (n = 213), lymphovascular invasion (LVI), type of chemotherapy and taxane-containing chemotherapy were associated with pCR. In multivariate analysis, ER negativity (p = 0.003), the absence of LVI (p = 0.009) and taxane-containing NAC (p = 0.026) were found to be significant indicators of pCR. Median follow-up time was 69 months. Progression-free survival was significantly improved in patients achieving pCR (p = 0.001). Conclusions: pCR is associated with a better outcome regardless of clinical and pathological parameters in breast cancer patients who receive NAC. The probability of pCR was higher in ER-negative, LVI-negative tumors and in patients treated with sequential taxane-containing chemotherapy. Copyright (C) 2011 S. Karger AG, Basel