The American British Cowdray Medical Center, Mexico City, Mexico
Geovani Amador , Raul Alejandro Andrade Moreno , José Fabián Martínez-Herrera , Raquel Gerson , Juan Alberto Serrano
Background: Oncotype Dx is a 21 gene assay that evaluates de expression of 21 genes associated with recurrence in early breast cancer (EBC). In women with ER positive, HER2 negative and no lymph node involvement, it has demonstrated it prognostic value and has shown to predict the benefit of adjuvant chemotherapy in high-risk patients, sparing toxicity to patients with low risk of recurrence. Nevertheless, in women with ER positive, HER2 negative and 1 to 3 nodes, the role of de 21 gene assay was not clear until recently. Methods: Retrospective review of medical records of patients with ER +, HER2 negative and 1 to 3 positive nodes breast cancer treated at our institution. Clinicopathological characteristics and 21 gene recurrence score (RS) were collected and a survival analysis by the Kaplan-Meier method was performed in patients with RS < 25 and according to menopausal status as in RxPONDER in SPSS v 25.0 IBM. Results: From January 2008 to December 2018, data from 136 patients with EBC clinical stage (IA-IIB), HR +/ HER2-, N0-1 with Oncotype Dx performed were collected, of which only 25 patients had 1-3 nodal involvement and were included in the statistical analysis. Mean age at diagnosis was 54 years (35-73), the most frequent histology in the general population was invasive ductal carcinoma (92.0%), followed by lobular carcinoma (8.0%), 72.0% of patients presented in stage IIA, followed by stage IB in 20.0%. RE were positive in all patients and progesterone receptors were positive in 72.0%, none of the patients had HER2 overexpression, mean Ki-67 expression was 17.4% (4.0-50.0%). Most tumors were modemoderately differentiated (72.0%). Lymphovascular and perineural invasion were present in 44.0% and 24.0% respectively. Follow up data was available for 17 patients of which 12 had a RS of 25 or less. Recurrence was present in only 3 patients in this group of patients representing 25%. During the first 5 years only 1 patient recurred, which represents a 5-year Recurrence rate (RR) of 8.3% with a 5-year RFS of 91.7%. 10-year Recurrence free survival (RFS) was 75.0% with a median RFS that has not been reached. RFS was 80.0% in postmenopausal women compared 71.4% for those premenopausal at 10 years follow-up (p=0.735). None of the patients in this group received adjuvant chemotherapy. Conclusions: We report our experience at a comprehensive cancer center in a time lapse of 10 years. RFS at 5 years was 91.7% and at 10 years of follow up was 75%. This in accordance with the results of RxPONDER trial that reported a 5-year progression free survival of 92.4% in patients with chemo-endocrine adjuvant therapy and 91.0% in patients in the endocrine therapy only arm. This supports the use of this trial for decision making outside of the controlled clinical trials setting.
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