Trends in use of ovarian suppression (OS) for premenopausal patients with early-stage hormone positive breast cancer and Intermediate Risk (IR) Oncotype Recurrence Scores (RS) from 2006-2020: A retrospective database analysis.

Authors

Sara Hovstadius

Sara Malin Hovstadius

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY

Sara Malin Hovstadius , Brittney Shulman Zimmerman , Shana Berwick , Julia Blanter , Natalie F Berger , Erin Moshier , Asem Berkalieva , Shabnam Jaffer , Krystal Pauline Cascetta , Amy Tiersten

Organizations

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, Division of Internal Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY

Research Funding

No funding received
None

Background: Oncotype RS is a 21-gene assay used to predict the risk of recurrence and benefit from chemotherapy in early-stage, hormone positive (HR+), node-negative breast cancer (BC). The TAILORx trial showed that many patients with RS<25 can avoid chemotherapy and the small absolute benefit may be due to chemotherapy-induced menopause in premenopausal patients. The SOFT-TEXT trials found that premenopausal women have higher rates of freedom from recurrence and 8-year survival when receiving OS with endocrine therapy (ET). These studies suggest that premenopausal women with IR RS (16-25) benefit from aggressive ET with OS but trends in OS use have not been adequately studied. We predict that OS use has increased in premenopausal patients over time. Methods: We identified 87 premenopausal patients with early-stage, HR+ BC with IR Oncotype RS (16-25) who were treated with ET between 2006-2020 at our large NYC academic cancer center. The Cochran-Armitage test was used for trends in the proportions of patients receiving OS and chemotherapy over time. The log-rank test was used to compare distributions of recurrence rates between RS groups. Results: Median age was 46 years and median RS was 19. Overall, 23 (26%) patients received chemotherapy and 30 (34%) received OS (via leuprolide, goserelin or surgical oophorectomy) with ET. 55 (63%) received tamoxifen alone, 10 (11%) tamoxifen + OS, and 20 (23%) aromatase inhibitor (AI) + OS. Between 2006-2010, 2 (17%) patients received OS and 2 (17%) received chemotherapy compared to 9 (24%) and 12 (32%) between 2011-2015, and 19 (51%) and 9 (24%) between 2016-2020, respectively (Table). There was a significant increasing proportion of patients receiving OS; p=0.0064, but no significant trend in chemotherapy receipt; p=0.8910. There were 8 (9%) patients that recurred, with a borderline significant difference in secondary invasive breast event rates in patients receiving tamoxifen alone (8, 15%) compared to those on tamoxifen + OS or AI + OS (0, 0%), (p=0.0520). There were no significant differences in recurrence rates based on chemotherapy receipt (p=0.1868) or RS group 16-20 vs 21-25 (p= 0.1836). Conclusions: There has been a significant increase in the use of OS with ET in premenopausal women with IR RS in our study population. This study shows how the results of the SOFT-TEXT trial have been adapted into current practice. Future studies are needed to evaluate real-world recurrence rates with the use of increased OS and whether chemotherapy rates have decreased over time.

Type of Adjuvant Therapy N=87
2006-2010

N=12
2011-2015

N=38
2016-2020

N=37
Endocrine Therapy
 Tamoxifen Alone
9 (75%)
29 (76%)
17 (46%)
 Tamoxifen + OS
2 (17%)
4 (11%)
4 (11%)
 AI + OS
0 (0%)
5 (13%)
15 (40%)
Chemotherapy
 Yes
2 (17%)
12 (32%)
9 (24%)
 No
10 (83%)
26 (68%)
28 (76%)

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Abstract Details

Meeting

2021 ASCO Annual Meeting

Session Type

Publication Only

Session Title

Publication Only: Breast Cancer—Local/Regional/Adjuvant

Track

Breast Cancer

Sub Track

Adjuvant Therapy

Citation

J Clin Oncol 39, 2021 (suppl 15; abstr e12522)

DOI

10.1200/JCO.2021.39.15_suppl.e12522

Abstract #

e12522

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