Xuexin He1,2, Jiali Ji3, Rongrong Dong3, Hong Liu3, Xiaolan Dai4, Chongjian Wang5, Francisco J Esteva6, Sai-Ching Jim Yeung7,8. 1. Department of Medical Oncology, The 2nd Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, No. 88 Jiefang Rd, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310010, China. xuexinhe@zju.edu.cn. 2. Department of Endocrine Neoplasia and Hormonal Disorders, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA. xuexinhe@zju.edu.cn. 3. Department of Medical Oncology, The 2nd Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, No. 88 Jiefang Rd, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310010, China. 4. Department of Pharmacology, Shantou University, Shantou, Guangdong, China. 5. Department of Biostatistics, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, China. 6. Division of Hematology/Oncology, Perlmutter Cancer Center, NYU Langone Health, New York, NY, USA. 7. Department of Endocrine Neoplasia and Hormonal Disorders, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA. syeung@mdanderson.org. 8. Department of Emergency Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Blvd., Unit 1468, Houston, TX, 77030, USA. syeung@mdanderson.org.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Metaplastic breast cancer (MpBC) is a rare histological subtype of breast cancer recognized as a unique pathologic entity in 2000. However, the pathogenesis, optimal therapy, and prognosis of MpBC and the potential effect of systemic treatments on different subtypes of MpBC are not well defined. METHODS: A retrospective population-based study was performed to identify breast cancer patients with MpBC and other triple-negative breast cancers (TNBC) between 2010 and 2014 using the surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) database. Chi-square test was used to analyze characteristics between subgroups. Kaplan-Meier analysis and Multivariate Cox regressions were used to evaluate overall survival (OS) of MpBC, TNBC, and MpBC subgroups. Competing risk analysis and multivariate regression model of competing risk were used to assess breast cancer-specific survival (BCSS) of MpBC and TNBC RESULTS: We identified a study cohort of 22,433 patients (1112 MpBC and 21,321 TNBC). MpBC correlated with older population, larger tumor size and less lymph node involvement, and TNBC phenotype. Patients with MpBC especially with triple-negative subtype (TN-MpBC) had worse survival than the overall TNBC population. However, the prognosis of MpBC without triple-negative subtype (non-TN MpBC) was not different from that of TNBC. In Kaplan-Meier analysis, chemotherapy was not associated with significant difference in OS of TN-MpBC. In non-TN MpBC group, the 3-year OS was 79.8% for patients receiving chemotherapy and 70.5% in patients without chemotherapy, and chemotherapy was associated (P = 0.033) with improved OS. Within the MpBC patients, radiotherapy was significantly (HR 1.544; 95% CI 1.148-2.078; P = 0.004) associated with improved OS and (HR 1.474; 95% CI 1.067-2.040; P = 0.019) BCSS. CONCLUSIONS: Patients with TN-MpBC had worse prognosis than TNBC and chemotherapy was not associated with improved survival. In contrast, non-TN MpBC may derive survival benefit from chemotherapy and radiotherapy.
BACKGROUND:Metaplastic breast cancer (MpBC) is a rare histological subtype of breast cancer recognized as a unique pathologic entity in 2000. However, the pathogenesis, optimal therapy, and prognosis of MpBC and the potential effect of systemic treatments on different subtypes of MpBC are not well defined. METHODS: A retrospective population-based study was performed to identify breast cancerpatients with MpBC and other triple-negative breast cancers (TNBC) between 2010 and 2014 using the surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) database. Chi-square test was used to analyze characteristics between subgroups. Kaplan-Meier analysis and Multivariate Cox regressions were used to evaluate overall survival (OS) of MpBC, TNBC, and MpBC subgroups. Competing risk analysis and multivariate regression model of competing risk were used to assess breast cancer-specific survival (BCSS) of MpBC and TNBC RESULTS: We identified a study cohort of 22,433 patients (1112 MpBC and 21,321 TNBC). MpBC correlated with older population, larger tumor size and less lymph node involvement, and TNBC phenotype. Patients with MpBC especially with triple-negative subtype (TN-MpBC) had worse survival than the overall TNBC population. However, the prognosis of MpBC without triple-negative subtype (non-TN MpBC) was not different from that of TNBC. In Kaplan-Meier analysis, chemotherapy was not associated with significant difference in OS of TN-MpBC. In non-TN MpBC group, the 3-year OS was 79.8% for patients receiving chemotherapy and 70.5% in patients without chemotherapy, and chemotherapy was associated (P = 0.033) with improved OS. Within the MpBCpatients, radiotherapy was significantly (HR 1.544; 95% CI 1.148-2.078; P = 0.004) associated with improved OS and (HR 1.474; 95% CI 1.067-2.040; P = 0.019) BCSS. CONCLUSIONS:Patients with TN-MpBC had worse prognosis than TNBC and chemotherapy was not associated with improved survival. In contrast, non-TN MpBC may derive survival benefit from chemotherapy and radiotherapy.
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Breast cancer subtype; Cancer-specific survival; Chemotherapy; Metaplastic breast cancer; Prognosis; Radiotherapy
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