Title
Pathological response in a triple-negative breast cancer cohort treated with neoadjuvant carboplatin and docetaxel according to Lehmann's refined classification
Date Issued
15 April 2018
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Echavarria I.
Lopez-Tarruella S.
Picornell A.
García-Saenz J.A.
Jerez Y.
Hoadley K.
Moreno F.
Monte-Millan M.D.
Marquez-Rodas I.
Alvarez E.
Ramos-Medina R.
Gayarre J.
Massarrah T.
Ocaña I.
Cebollero M.
Barnadas A.
Ballesteros A.I.
Bohn U.
Perou C.M.
Martin M.
Publisher(s)
American Association for Cancer Research Inc.
Abstract
Purpose: Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) requires the identification of reliable predictors of response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NACT). For this purpose, we aimed to evaluate the performance of the TNBCtype-4 classifier in a cohort of patients with TNBC treated with neoadjuvant carboplatin and docetaxel (TCb). Methods: Patients with TNBC were accrued in a nonrandomized trial of neoadjuvant carboplatin AUC 6 and docetaxel 75 mg/m2 for six cycles. Response was evaluated in terms of pathologic complete response (pCR, ypT0/is ypN0) and residual cancer burden by Symmans and colleagues. Lehmann's subtyping was performed using the TNBCtype online tool from RNAseq data, and germline sequencing of a panel of seven DNA damage repair genes was conducted. Results: Ninety-four out of the 121 patients enrolled in the trial had RNAseq available. The overall pCR rate was 44.7%. Lehmann subtype distribution was 34.0% BL1, 20.2% BL2, 23.4% M, 14.9% LAR, and 7.4% were classified as ERþ. Response to NACT with TCb was significantly associated with Lehmann subtype (P ¼ 0.027), even in multivariate analysis including tumor size and nodal involvement, with BL1 patients achieving the highest pCR rate (65.6%), followed by BL2 (47.4%), M (36.4%), and LAR (21.4%). BL1 was associated with a significant younger age at diagnosis and higher ki67 values. Among our 10 germline mutation carriers, 30% were BL1, 40% were BL2, and 30% were M. Conclusions: TNBCtype-4 is associated with significantly different pCR rates for the different subtypes, with BL1 and LAR displaying the best and worse responses to NACT, respectively.
Start page
1845
End page
1852
Volume
24
Issue
8
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Oncología Patología
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85047849617
PubMed ID
Source
Clinical Cancer Research
ISSN of the container
10780432
Sponsor(s)
Funding for M. Martin was supported by the research grant from Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII, PI 12/02684), FEDER (RETICC-RD12/0036/0076) [Ayuda cofinanciada por el Fondo Europeo de Desarrollo Regional (FEDER). Una manera de hacer Europa" and CiberOnc]. C.M. Perou was supported by funds from the NCI Breast SPORE program P50-CA58223.
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