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Springerplus. 2015 Jul 30;4:386. doi: 10.1186/s40064-015-1116-2. eCollection 2015.

Higher locoregional recurrence rate for triple-negative breast cancer following neoadjuvant chemotherapy, surgery and radiotherapy.

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Chi Zhang, Shuang Wang, Hayley P Israel, Sherry X Yan, David P Horowitz, Seth Crockford, Daniela Gidea-Addeo, K S Clifford Chao, Kevin Kalinsky, Eileen P Connolly

Affiliations

  1. Department of Radiation Oncology, New York Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY USA.
  2. Department of Biostatistics, Columbia University School of Medicine, New York, NY USA.
  3. Columbia University School of Medicine, New York, NY USA.
  4. Department of Medical Oncology, New York Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY USA.

PMID: 26240784 PMCID: PMC4519490 DOI: 10.1186/s40064-015-1116-2

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Breast cancer subtype, determined by expression of estrogen/progesterone receptor (ER/PR) and human epidermal growth factor receptor (HER)-2, is predictive for prognosis. The importance of subtype to locoregional recurrence (LRR) following neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) is unknown, particularly after adjuvant radiotherapy (RT).

METHODS: We retrospectively identified 160-breast cancer patients registered at Columbia University Medical Center from 1999 to 2012 treated with NAC, surgery and adjuvant RT.

RESULTS: Patients were grouped by receptor status: hormone receptor positive (HR+) [(ER or PR+)/HER2-; n = 75], HER2+ (n = 46), or triple-negative (TNBC) [ER (-) PR (-) HER2 (-); n = 36]. The median follow-up was 28 months. 92.0% received an anthracycline-taxane based NAC and 80.4% of HER2+ patients received trastuzumab. All underwent surgical resection followed by RT. 15.6% had a pathologic complete response (pCR): 26% of HER2+, 5% of HR+, and 25% of TN. The actuarial rate of DM was 13.8% for the entire cohort, with equivalent rates by subtypes in non-pCR patients. The overall rate of LRR was 8%. However, the LRR rate was significantly higher for TNBC patients (22.2%) than HER2+ (5.6%) (p = 0.025) or HR+ (3.0%) (p = 0.037) in non-pCR group. In the pCR group, two patients had recurrence; one LRR and one a DM, both had TNBC. All LRR occurred in or near the radiation field.

CONCLUSIONS: TNBC patients with < pCR to NAC have a significantly higher LRR rate as compared to other subtypes even with surgery and adjuvant RT. Our data support a need to further intensify local therapy in TNBC patients.

Keywords: Locoregional recurrence rate; Neoadjuvant chemotherapy; Radiation; Triple-negative breast cancer

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