Survival outcome of adjuvant chemotherapy and high 21‐gene recurrence score in early‐stage breast cancer

Autor: Oluwadamilola T. Oladeru, Anurag K. Singh, Sung Jun Ma, Maryann Mikucki, Mark K. Farrugia, Austin J. Iovoli, Amit Sood, Rohil Shekher
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: The Breast Journal. 27:27-34
ISSN: 1524-4741
1075-122X
DOI: 10.1111/tbj.14130
Popis: Among patients with early-stage breast cancer and a high 21-gene recurrence score (RS) ≥ 26, it remains unclear on whether those with RS 26-30 would benefit from chemotherapy with a comparable magnitude as those with RS 30. In addition, RS 30 as an independent prognostic factor for breast cancer-specific survival (BCSS) and overall survival (OS) compared to RS 26-30 also remains unclear. The Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) database was queried for patients diagnosed between 2010 and 2013 with hormone receptor-positive, HER2-negative, and T1-2N0 breast cancer with a RS ≥ 26. Primary end points were OS and BCSS, evaluated by using Kaplan-Meier method, log-rank test, and Cox multivariable analysis. Subgroups of RS 26-30 and RS 30 were examined using propensity score matching to address selection bias. Among 5054 patients who met the inclusion criteria, adjuvant chemotherapy was associated with improved OS (HR 0.66, 95% CI 0.53-0.83, P .001) and BCSS (HR 0.61, 95% CI 0.45-0.83, P = .001). In the subgroup of 943 matched pairs of patients with RS 26-30, the addition of chemotherapy remained statistically significant (OS: HR 0.52, 95% CI 0.34-0.79, P = .003; BCSS: HR 0.42, 95% CI 0.22-0.81, P = .009). Among 1194 matched pairs who underwent adjuvant chemotherapy, those with RS 30 had worse outcomes than others with RS 26-30 (OS: HR 1.68, 95% CI 1.17-2.42, P = .005; BCSS: HR 1.92, 95% CI 1.17-3.15, P = .01). Our study builds on prior literature using a population-based database to suggest the association of adjuvant chemotherapy with improved survival among those with RS 26-30 and worse mortality associated with RS 30 compared to RS 26-30.
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