Benefit of adjuvant chemotherapy and/or trastuzumab in T1ab node-negative human epidermal growth factor receptor 2–positive breast carcinomas: Results of a national multi-institutional study.

Authors

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Alexandre de Nonneville

Institut Paoli-Calmettes, Marseille, France

Alexandre de Nonneville , Anthony Goncalves , Christophe Zemmour , Jean-Marc Classe , Monique Cohen , Eric Lambaudie , Fabien Reyal , Sylvia Giard , Roman Rouzier , Richard Villet , Jean-Marie Boher , Gilles Houvenaeghel

Organizations

Institut Paoli-Calmettes, Marseille, France, Department of Medical Oncology, Institut Paoli-Calmettes, Marseille, France, Institut René Gauducheau, Nantes, Nantes, France, Institut Curie, Paris, France, Department of Surgery, Centre Oscar Lambret, Lille, France, Insitut Curie, Paris, France, Hopital des Diaconesses, Paris, France

Research Funding

Other

Background: Benefit of adjuvant Trastuzumab-based chemotherapy for node-positive and/or > 1 cm HER2+ breast carcinomas has been clearly demonstrated in randomized clinical trials. Yet, evidences for support adjuvant chemotherapy and/or Trastuzumab (CT+/-T) in pT1abN0 HER2+ tumors are limited. The primary objective of this study was to investigate the impact of adjuvant chemotherapy and/or Trastuzumab on outcome in this subpopulation. Methods: 245 cases of pT1abN0 HER2+ breast cancers were retrospectively identified from a large cohort of 5010 consecutive HER2+ patients who underwent primary surgery at 13 French centers, between Dec 1999 and Jan 2013. The primary endpoint was disease-free survival (DFS). A multivariate Cox model was built including adjuvant CT+/-T, tumor size and hormone receptor (HR) status. Results: A total of 102 cases (42%) were treated with CT+/-T, 23 with chemotherapy alone, 2 with Trastuzumab alone, and 118 (48%) with neither Trastuzumab nor chemotherapy. Patient characteristics were as follows (treated vs. untreated): the median follow-up was 40.07 vs. 52.85 months (p = 0.16). The median age was 53 vs. 58 years. Proportions of pT1a were 29.13 vs. 52.54%, pT1b: 70.87 vs. 47.46%, SBR grade III: 48.39 vs. 19.63%, HR-: 48.03 vs. 32.20%, HR+: 51.97 vs. 67.80%. In this last subgroup, 51.18 vs. 58.47% have had an endocrine therapy (p = 0.25). Adjuvant CT+/-T was associated with a significant 5-year DFS benefit (95% versus 86%; p = 0.049, Log-rank test), which was maintained in multivariate analysis (Hazard Ratio = 0.299; 95% CI [0.10,0.90]; p = 0.033). Exploratory subgroup analysis found this benefit to be significant in pT1b (5-year DFS of 99% versus 87%, p = 0.015) or HR-negative (5-year DFS of 97% versus 72%, p = 0.016) tumors. Conclusions: Adjuvant therapy with chemotherapy and/or Trastuzumab was associated with a significantly reduced risk of recurrence in subcentimetric node negative HER2+ breast cancers. Most of benefit may be driven by pT1b or HR-negative tumors. These data provide additional clues to the issue of adjuvant systemic treatment in these tumors.

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Abstract Details

Meeting

2016 ASCO Annual Meeting

Session Type

Poster Session

Session Title

Breast Cancer—HER2/ER

Track

Breast Cancer

Sub Track

HER2+

Citation

J Clin Oncol 34, 2016 (suppl; abstr 590)

DOI

10.1200/JCO.2016.34.15_suppl.590

Abstract #

590

Poster Bd #

78

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