Atanu Bhattacharjee1,2, Jacinth Rajendra3,4, Rajesh Dikshit5, Shilpee Dutt6,7. 1. Section of Biostatistics, Centre for Cancer Epidemiology, Tata Memorial Centre, Kharghar Navi, Mumbai, 410210, India. 2. Homi Bhabha National Institute, Anushakti Nagar, Mumbai, 400085, India. 3. Shilpee Dutt Laboratory, Advanced Centre for Treatment, Research and Education in Cancer (ACTREC), Tata Memorial Centre, Kharghar, Navi, Mumbai, Maharashtra, 410210, India. 4. Training School Complex, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Anushakti Nagar, Mumbai, 400085, India. 5. Centre for Cancer Epidemiology, Tata Memorial Centre, Mumbai, India. 6. Shilpee Dutt Laboratory, Advanced Centre for Treatment, Research and Education in Cancer (ACTREC), Tata Memorial Centre, Kharghar, Navi, Mumbai, Maharashtra, 410210, India. sdutt@actrec.gov.in. 7. Training School Complex, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Anushakti Nagar, Mumbai, 400085, India. sdutt@actrec.gov.in.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: HER-(human epidermal growth factor receptor 2) gene amplification and protein overexpression are important predictive, prognosis markers, and therapeutic target for breast cancer, emphasizing the importance of categorizing patients into HER2 positive and negative. However, from immunohistochemistry scores, 2% patients are neither HER2 + nor -ve, but borderline called HER2B. To make informed treatment decisions of these patients, it is important to know how different this group is compared to HER-2 positive/negative. METHODS: We analyzed n = 104,668 breast cancer patient samples from Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) database. Survival analysis was performed using open source R (Cran project R version 3.5.0) "survival" package. Hazard ratio with confidence intervals was computed using coxph function. RESULTS: Of n = 104,668, 2239 (2.13%) patients were HER2 borderline, 87,157 (83.26%) HER2-negative, and 15,272 (14.6%) HER2-positive. The breast cancer as primary malignancy was observed in 84,944 (81.16%) patients. In primary malignant breast cancer (PMBC) patients, the hazard ratio among HER2-negative patients was significantly higher than HER2-positive patient samples (HR = 0.772, 95% CI 0.715-0.833, p = < .001), whereas HER2 negative status was not significantly favorable in PMBC negative patients in HER2-positive (HR = .919, 95% 0.797-1.06, p = .248). Most importantly in PMBC patients, the HR for HER2-borderline was poor in comparison to HER2 negative (HR = 1.354, 95% CI 1.126-1.627, p = < .001). CONCLUSION: This is the first report with large cohort of patient samples and significant statistical power to demonstrate that HER2 borderline represents a negative prognostic factor for PMBC. Thus providing rationale for controlled clinical trial for HER2-targeted therapies in HER2-borderline patients.
BACKGROUND: HER-(humanepidermal growth factor receptor 2) gene amplification and protein overexpression are important predictive, prognosis markers, and therapeutic target for breast cancer, emphasizing the importance of categorizing patients into HER2 positive and negative. However, from immunohistochemistry scores, 2% patients are neither HER2 + nor -ve, but borderline called HER2B. To make informed treatment decisions of these patients, it is important to know how different this group is compared to HER-2 positive/negative. METHODS: We analyzed n = 104,668 breast cancerpatient samples from Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) database. Survival analysis was performed using open source R (Cran project R version 3.5.0) "survival" package. Hazard ratio with confidence intervals was computed using coxph function. RESULTS: Of n = 104,668, 2239 (2.13%) patients were HER2 borderline, 87,157 (83.26%) HER2-negative, and 15,272 (14.6%) HER2-positive. The breast cancer as primary malignancy was observed in 84,944 (81.16%) patients. In primary malignant breast cancer (PMBC) patients, the hazard ratio among HER2-negative patients was significantly higher than HER2-positive patient samples (HR = 0.772, 95% CI 0.715-0.833, p = < .001), whereas HER2 negative status was not significantly favorable in PMBC negative patients in HER2-positive (HR = .919, 95% 0.797-1.06, p = .248). Most importantly in PMBCpatients, the HR for HER2-borderline was poor in comparison to HER2 negative (HR = 1.354, 95% CI 1.126-1.627, p = < .001). CONCLUSION: This is the first report with large cohort of patient samples and significant statistical power to demonstrate that HER2 borderline represents a negative prognostic factor for PMBC. Thus providing rationale for controlled clinical trial for HER2-targeted therapies in HER2-borderline patients.
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HER-2 borderline; Primary malignancy breast cancer; SEER
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