Sociodemographic and clinicopathologic features of elderly breast cancer patients in Brazil: A sub-analysis of AMAZONA III study (GBCAM 0115).

Authors

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Carla Pavei

Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Brazil

Carla Pavei , Daniela Dornelles Rosa , Jose Bines , Gustavo Werutsky , Carlos H. Barrios , Eduardo Cronemberger , Sergio D. Simon , Geraldo Silva Queiroz , Vladmir Claudio Cordeiro De Lima , Ruffo Freitas-Junior , Heloisa Magda Resende , Susanne C. Costa , Tomas Reinert , Brigitte M. Van Eyll , Vanessa Dybal Bertoni , Yeni Verónica Neron , Nicolas Lazaretti , Rafaela Gomes , Taiane Francieli Rebelatto , Pedro Emanuel Rubini Liedke

Organizations

Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Brazil, Hospital Moinhos de Vento, Porto Alegre, Brazil, Instituto Nacional de Câncer, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, Latin American Cooperative Oncology Group, Porto Alegre, Brazil, Hospital São Lucas, PUCRS, Porto Alegre, Brazil, Centro Regional Integrado de Oncologia, Fortaleza, Brazil, Albert Einstein Hospital, São Paulo, SP, Brazil, Hospital Araujo Jorge, Goiania, Brazil, A.C. Camargo Cancer Center e Grupo Brasileiro de Oncologia Torácica, São Paulo, Brazil, Araujo Jorge Hospital, Goiania, GO, Brazil, Hospital Hinja, Volta Redonda, RI, Brazil, Brazilian Natl Cancer Institute, Rio De Janeiro, RJ, Brazil, Instituto Arnaldo Vieira de Carvalho, São Paulo, Brazil, AMO Clinic/ ETICA Clinical Research Institute, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, Centro de Pesquisas Oncológicas-CEPON, Brazilian Group of Gynecological Oncology (EVA), Florianopolis-SC, Brazil, Hospital da Cidade de Passo Fundo, Porto Alegre, Brazil, Latin American Cooperative Oncology Group (LACOG), Porto Alegre, Brazil, Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Brazil, Hospital De Clinicas De Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Brazil

Research Funding

Other Foundation
CURA

Background: Breast cancer (BC) is the most common invasive cancer diagnosed in women worldwide. The risk of developing BC increases with age. Studies have shown that approximately up to half of BC cases occur in patients aged 65 years and older. To better understand and characterize elderly patients with BC in Brazil, we performed a sub analysis of AMAZONA III study (ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT02663973). Methods: The AMAZONA III study (GBCAM 0115) is a prospective cohort study that included 2,950 women with newly diagnosed invasive BC from January 2016 to March 2018 in 23 Brazilian sites. For this sub analysis, only BC patients aged 65 years and older were included. To compare sociodemographic and clinicopathologic features we classify patients into two groups: cohort 65 to 75 years of age and cohort 75 years and older. Qualitative variables were described by absolute and relative frequencies and compared with Chi-square test. Results: Of 2,950 BC patients from AMAZONA IIII study, 602 (20.8%) were ≥ 65 years-old and were included in this sub analysis. Most patients (93.1%) had ECOG performance status 0-1, 63.4% were white. In terms of educational level, 68.6% had reported completing primary school or less. At diagnosis, 23.7% of patients had clinical stage (CS) I, 41.9% had CS II, 28.2% had CS III, and 6.2% had CS IV disease. The majority of BC were detected by symptoms and only 34.2% were detected by screening. Regarding pathological characteristics, half of cases were grade 2, 58.7% were hormone receptor positive, 25% were HER-2 positive, and 16.0% were triple negative. When evaluated by subgroup, patients from cohort 75 years and older were more frequently diagnosed at advanced clinical stages and had worse ECOG performance status at diagnosis. There was no statistically significant difference in molecular subtype, tumor grade, and mode of BC detection (Table). Conclusions: Elderly patients commonly had BC detected by symptoms. Patients from cohort 75 years and older are diagnosed more frequently with advanced disease and worse performance status than patients from cohort 65 to 75 years. Strategies to improve BC screening and educational programs among elderly patients are warranted to guarantee accessibility to early BC diagnosis.

Characteristics
65 - 75 years old (N=435)
>75 years old (N=167)
P-value
ECOG


0.0144
 0
228 (69.3)
60 (50.8)

 1
86 (26.1)
42 (35.6)

 2
13 (3.9)
10 (8.5)

 3
0 (0.0)
6 (5.1)

 4
2 (0.6)
0 (0.0)

Clinical stage at diagnosis
0.0140
 I
84 (27.3)
11 (11.8)
 II
129 (41.9)
39 (41.9)
 III
82 (26.6)
31 (33.3)
 IV
13 (4.2)
12 (12.9)
Molecular subtype


0.5658
 Hormone receptor positive
182 (58.5)
79 (59.0)

 HER-2 positive
76 (24.4)
37 (27.6)

 Triple negative
53 (17.0)
18 (13.4)

Tumor Grade (biopsy)
0.3023
 1
81 (23.4)
21 (16.8)
 2
176 (50.9)
70 (56.0)
 3
89 (25.7)
34 (27.2)
Mode of detection of breast cancer


0.1579
 Screen detected
147 (36.0)
46 (29.3)

 Symptomatic
261 (64.0)
111 (70.7)

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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

Local-Regional Therapy

Citation

J Clin Oncol 39, 2021 (suppl 15; abstr e12603)

DOI

10.1200/JCO.2021.39.15_suppl.e12603

Abstract #

e12603

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