Hormone receptors and HER-2 status as surrogates for breast cancer molecular subtypes prognosticate for disease control in node negative Asian patients treated with breast conservation therapy
Annals of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore
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: 90-96, 2011.
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ABSTRACT
<p><b>INTRODUCTION</b>Our study investigates whether an approximation of breast cancer molecular subtypes using the hormone receptors and HER-2 status prognosticates for disease control after breast conservation therapy (BCT) in node-negative Asian breast cancer patients.</p><p><b>METHODS AND MATERIALS</b>We retrospectively reviewed 541 women with node-negative breast cancers treated with BCT between 1989 and 2007. Hormone receptors and HER-2 status were obtained from patients' histological report. All patients received radiotherapy. Thirty-six percent and 68% of women received chemotherapy and hormonal treatment respectively.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>Median follow-up of patients is 72 months. Five-year local recurrence free survival (LRFS) is 97.2% for the cohort but differs between subtypes luminal A, 0.8%; luminal B, 1.4%; HER-2, 3.6% and basal-like, 12.7% (P = 0.047). The 5-year distant disease free survival (DDFS) is 96.4% for the cohort but differs between subtypes luminal A, 98.2%; luminal B, 92.6%; HER-2, 89.5% and basal-like, 91.5% (P = 0.019). The 5-year disease free survival (DFS) is 94.4% for the cohort but differs between subtypes luminal A, 97.4%; luminal B, 92.7%; HER-2, 86.3% and basal-like, 85.0% (P = 0.007). Univariate analysis with luminal A as baseline revealed an association of the other 3 subtypes with decreased DFS (P = 0.007), Hazard Ratio (HR) of 2.2, 4.4 and 3.3 to Luminal B, HER-2 and basal subtypes, respectively. On multivariate analysis, HER-2 subtype (AHR = 3.3, 95% CI, 1.1 to 9.8, P = 0.036) and basal-like subtype (HR = 3.5, 95% CI, 1.2 to 9.9, P = 0.019) prognosticate adversely for DFS.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>The combination of hormone receptors and HER-2 status can be used as surrogates for molecular subtypes in Asian breast cancer patients with node-negative disease to prognosticate LRFS, DFS and DDFS.</p>
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Main subject:
Pathology
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Prognosis
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Breast Neoplasms
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Mastectomy, Segmental
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Receptors, Progesterone
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Receptors, Estrogen
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Survival Analysis
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Multivariate Analysis
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Retrospective Studies
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Treatment Outcome
Type of study:
Etiology study
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Risk factors
Limits:
Adult
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Aged
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Aged80
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Female
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Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Annals of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore
Year:
2011
Type:
Article
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