"What if I keep my breasts?" Extended follow-up of unaffected BRCA mutation carriers diagnosed with breast cancer (BC) in the Toronto magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) screening study.

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Ellen Warner

Odette Cancer Centre, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

Ellen Warner , Siqi Zhu , Kimberley Hill , Petrina Causer , Roberta A. Jong , Martin Yaffe , Elizabeth Ramsay , Steven Narod , Donald B. Plewes

Organizations

Odette Cancer Centre, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, Women’s College Research Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada

Research Funding

Other

Background: The addition of MRI to mammography for screening BRCA mutation carriers detects significantly earlier stage BC but, with median follow-up of < 10 years in all reports to date, the long-term prognosis of these cancers is uncertain. Moreover, while the short-term risk of ipsilateral recurrence for carriers who opt for breast conservation (BCT) are reported to be similar to that of non-carriers, the risk of late new breast primaries may be substantially higher. We report the long-term ipsilateral, contralateral, and distant recurrence as well as survival results for the previously unaffected women with BC diagnosed in the Toronto MRI screening study. Methods: From 07/1997 to 06/2009, 380 BRCA mutation carriers with no history of BC or ovarian cancer completed 1 to 9 rounds of annual screening with MRI and mammography; 41 cancers (30 invasive) were detected (38 by MRI, 5 by mammography) in 40 women (20 BRCA1, 20 BRCA2), median age at diagnosis 48 (32 to 68), followed annually for recurrence and survival by mailed questionnaire. 10-year results were calculated using the Kaplan-Meier method. Results: As of 01/2018, median follow up was 13.5 (8 to 19) years with none lost to follow-up. Of the 27/40 (68%) who initially had BCT, 6 (22%) had an ipsilateral recurrence/new primary at 3, 3, 6, 15, 16 and 19 years, with 2 of the latter 3 opting for repeat lumpectomy and re-irradiation. Of the 34 who did not have bilateral mastectomy initially, only 1 developed a metachronous contralateral cancer at 1 year. Of the 40 women, 34 (85%) are alive with no evidence of disease, and 6 have died: 2 (5%) of peritoneal cancer, 1 of ovarian cancer, 1 of suicide, and only 2 (5%) of ER+ BC, with distant recurrences 6 and 7 years after diagnosis. 10-year BC-specific survival was 94.6% for all 40 patients and 92.6% for those with invasive disease. Conclusions: MRI-detected BC in BRCA mutation carriers has a 10-year BC-specific distant recurrence-free survival rate of 95%. Distant recurrences occur relatively early, likely due to the known faster growth rate of these cancers. MRI-based breast screening has proven to be a very reasonable alternative to risk-reducing mastectomy.

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Abstract Details

Meeting

2018 ASCO Annual Meeting

Session Type

Poster Discussion Session

Session Title

Cancer Prevention, Hereditary Genetics, and Epidemiology

Track

Prevention, Risk Reduction, and Genetics

Sub Track

Cancer Genetics

Citation

J Clin Oncol 36, 2018 (suppl; abstr 1523)

DOI

10.1200/JCO.2018.36.15_suppl.1523

Abstract #

1523

Poster Bd #

94

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