Prospective comparison of uPA/PAI-1 and EndoPredict-clin score in ER-positive, HER2-negative breast cancer: Impact on risk stratification and treatment decisions.

Authors

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Johannes Ettl

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany

Johannes Ettl , Kirsten Grosse Lackmann , Alexander Hapfelmeier , Evelyn Klein , Stefan Paepke , Christoph Petry , Katja Specht , Heinz Hoefler , Marion Kiechle

Organizations

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany, Institute of Medical Statistics and Epidemiology, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, München, Germany, Sividon Diagnostics GmbH, Cologne, Germany, Insitute of Pathology, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany, Intitute of Pathology, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany

Research Funding

No funding sources reported

Background: Adjuvant therapy decisions in breast cancer patients are based on accurate risk assessment. UPA/PAI-1 can be used for risk evaluation. Recently, the EndoPredict-clin score (EPclin), a second generation multigene test has been introduced into clinical practice. Aim of this prospective study is to compare risk assessment by uPA/PAI-1 and EPclin and to determine, how these parameters influence treatment decisions. Methods: 100 consecutive cases of ER-pos, HER2neg, intermediate risk breast cancer cases were enrolled in this study. EPclin and uPA/PAI-1 (for G2-tumors) were obtained by central pathology assessment of the patients´ surgical specimen. Type of adjuvant treatment was chosen after case discussion in an interdisciplinary tumor conference. Results: 94 Patients (pt) have been evaluated. Tumor grading within the presented cohort was as follows: G1: 15 pt (16%), G2: 66 pt (70%), G3: 13 pt (14%). 20 pt (21%) had positive axillary lymph node involvement. Tumor size was less than 1 cm in 27 pt (29%). EPclin could be assessed in 94 pt (100%). 32 pt (34%) were classified as “high risk” whereas 62 pt (66%) were classified as “low risk”. uPA/PAI was obtained from 54 pt (57%). 36 pt (67%) out of these 54 pt had high uPA/PAI-1 levels whereas 18 pt (33%) showed low uPA/PAI-1 levels. Only 2 pt (4%) with low uPA/PAI-1 levels were classified as “high risk” with EPclin, whereas 17 pt (32%) with high uPA/PAI-1 were classified as “low risk” via EPclin (p=0,003). In 29 cases (31%) treatment decision was influenced by EPclin: In 26 pt (28%) adjuvant chemotherapy (ctx) was omitted whereas in 3 pt (3%) ctx was added following the EPclin. Conclusions: This prospective study shows for the first time, that high risk status according to the EPclin score is strongly associated with a high risk status as defined by uPA/PAI-1. Providing analytically valid results for all patients evaluated EPclin’s clinical practicability was clearly superior to uPA/PAI-1. This finding, combined with the fact that EPclin assigns twice as many patients to the low risk group indicated that EPclin is a more versatile and powerful tool to help spare patients from chemotherapy than uPA/PAI-1.

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Abstract Details

Meeting

2013 ASCO Annual Meeting

Session Type

Poster Session

Session Title

Breast Cancer - HER2/ER

Track

Breast Cancer

Sub Track

ER+

Citation

J Clin Oncol 31, 2013 (suppl; abstr 581)

DOI

10.1200/jco.2013.31.15_suppl.581

Abstract #

581

Poster Bd #

6D

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