Sperm associated antigen 5 (SPAG5) as a predictor and monitor for response and distant relapse risk (DRR) to endocrine (ET) and chemo-therapies (CT) in oestrogen receptor positive (ER+) breast cancer (BC).

Authors

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Tarek Mohamed Ahmed Abdel-Fatah

Nottingham University City Hospital NHS Trust, Nottingham, United Kingdom

Tarek Mohamed Ahmed Abdel-Fatah , Graham Ball , Amy McCart Reid , Peter Simpson , Sunil R. Lakhani , Lorinc Pongor , Balazs Gyorffy , Paul M Moseley , Andrew R. Green , A. Graham Pockley , Carlos Caldas , Ian O. Ellis , Stephen Chan

Organizations

Nottingham University City Hospital NHS Trust, Nottingham, United Kingdom, Van Geest Cancer Research Centre, School of Science and Technology, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, United Kingdom, University of Queensland, Centre for Clinical Research (UQCCR), Queensland, Australia, University of Queensland, Queensland, Australia, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary, MTA TTK, Budapest, Hungary, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom, John van Geest Cancer Research Centre, School of Science and Technology, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, United Kingdom, Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute, Li Ka Shing Centre, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Nottingham, United Kingdom

Research Funding

Other

Background: SPAG5 is an ultimate proliferation marker and important driver that is commonly amplified in “luminal B” BC. Methods: SPAG5 copy number aberrations (CNAs), mRNA and protein expression and their association with BC specific survival (BCSS) were determined in 4998 cases of ER+ BC. The association between the pathological complete response (pCR) to neoadjuvant anthracycline based CT (NACT) and SPAG5 expression was evaluated in 1073 (mRNA) and 332 (protein) patients with ER+ BC . The association between the dynamic response to the neoadjuvant ET (NAET) and SPAG5 mRNA expression was evaluated in 101 cases of ER+ BC. The association between distant relapse risk (DRR) and SPAG5 expression were tested in ER+/HER2- patients who received (if eligible) NACT or adjuvant CT in addition to 5-year tamoxifen (mRNA: n = 2819; protein: n = 2501). Results: SPAG5 amplification (CNA) and overexpression (SPAG5+, mRNA, protein) were all associated with shorter BCSS (HR: 1.55, 1.31, and 1.90, ps < 0.001); respectively). After receiving NACT, multivariable logistic regression analyses confirmed that SPAG5+ mRNA and protein expression were independently associated with higher pCR (OR: 1.90; p = 0.041 and 23.03; p < 0·0001; respectively). Downregulation of SPAG5 has been observed after 2-weeks on NECT and this predicted the dynamic clinical response (p < 0.01). In patients received Tamoxifen alone with either lymph node positive (LN+) or LN negative disease, SPAG5+ BC (mRNA, protein) exhibited a two-fold increase in DRR compared to patients with SPAG5- disease (ps < 0·0001). In contrast, in patients received CT+Tamoxifen with LN+ or LN-disease, SPAG5+ (mRNA, protein) exhibited a similar DRR to that with SPAG5- disease. ER+ patients with SPAG5+ mRNA tumours receiving CT+Tamoxifen has improved 5-year-DRFS by 28% for those with LN- disease (89% vs., 67%; p < 0·001) and 22% for those with LN+ disease (76% vs., 54%; p < 0·001), as compared to receiving Tamoxifen alone. Conclusions: SPAG5 could be used as a prognostic and predictive tool for selecting systemic therapies and monitoring response to the selected therapy in patients with ER+ BC.

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Abstract Details

Meeting

2018 ASCO Annual Meeting

Session Type

Poster Session

Session Title

Breast Cancer—Metastatic

Track

Breast Cancer

Sub Track

Hormone Receptor-Positive

Citation

J Clin Oncol 36, 2018 (suppl; abstr 1066)

DOI

10.1200/JCO.2018.36.15_suppl.1066

Abstract #

1066

Poster Bd #

147

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