BRCAness Predicts Resistance to Taxane-Containing Regimens in Triple Negative Breast Cancer During Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy
BRCAness Predicts Resistance to Taxane-Containing Regimens in Triple Negative Breast Cancer During Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy
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DOI:
10.1016/j.clbc.2014.08.003
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发表时间:
2015-02-01
影响因子:
3.1
通讯作者:
Nakamura, Seigo
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作者:
Akashi-Tanaka, Sadako;Watanabe, Chie;Nakamura, Seigo
We investigated BRCAness in the biopsy and surgical specimens from 73 patients with breast cancer, taken before and after taxane-containing neoadjuvant chemotherapy. All tumors that progressed on taxanecontaining regimens had a poor prognosis; all had BRCAness and most were triple negative. Identifying BRCAness can help predict the response to taxane-containing regimens.Background: To provide optimal treatment of heterogeneous triple negative breast cancer (TNBC), we need biomarkers that can predict the chemotherapy response. Patients and Methods: We retrospectively investigated BRCAness in 73 patients with breast cancer who had been treated with taxane- and/or anthracycline-based neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC). Using multiplex, ligation-dependent probe amplification on formalin-fixed core needle biopsy (CNB) specimens before NAC and surgical specimens after NAC. BRCAness status was assessed with the assessor unaware of the clinical information. Results: We obtained 45 CNB and 60 surgical specimens from the 73 patients. Of the 45 CNB specimens, 17 had BRCAness (38.6% of all subtypes). Of the 23 TNBC CNB specimens, 14 had BRCAness (61% of TNBC cases). The clinical response rates were significantly lower for BRCAness than for non-BRCAness tumors, both for all tumors (58.8% vs. 89.3%, P =.03) and for TNBC (50% vs. 100%, P =.02). All tumors that progressed with taxane therapy had BRCAness. Of the patients with TNBC, those with non-BRCAness cancer had pathologic complete responses significantly more often than did those with BRCAness tumors (77.8% vs. 14.3%, P =.007). After NAC, the clinical response rates were significant lower for BRCAness than for non-BRCAness tumors in all subtypes (P =.002) and in TNBC cases (P =.008). After a median follow-up of 26.4 months, 6 patients all with BRCAness had developed recurrence. Patients with BRCAness had shorter progression-free survival than did those with non- BRCAness (P =.049). Conclusion: Identifying BRCAness can help predict the response to taxane, and changing regimens for BRCAness TNBC might improve patient survival. A larger prospective study is needed to further clarify this issue.