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Anticancer research · Mar 2014
Human epidermal growth factor receptor-2 positivity predicts locoregional recurrence in patients with T1-T2 breast cancer.
- CefaroGiampiero AusiliGADepartment of Radiation Oncology, G. d'Annunzio University, SS. Annunziata Hospital, via dei Vestini, 66100, Chieti, Italy. marianna.trignani@unich.it., Domenico Genovesi, Marianna Trignani, and Marta DI Nicola.
- Department of Radiation Oncology, G. d'Annunzio University, SS. Annunziata Hospital, via dei Vestini, 66100, Chieti, Italy. marianna.trignani@unich.it.
- Anticancer Res. 2014 Mar 1; 34 (3): 1207-12.
AimTo determine the impact of biological subtypes defined by hormonal receptors and human epidermal growth factor receptor-2 status on risk of recurrence in women with invasive breast cancer treated with breast-conserving therapy.Patients And MethodsBetween 2001-2005, we observed 590 women with invasive breast cancer. They underwent conservative surgery, adjuvant radiotherapy and hormonotherapy or chemotherapy. None received adjuvant trastuzumab. The Kaplan-Meier method was applied to calculate for the 36-month and 60-month rates of locoregional recurrence-free survival and overall survival.ResultsThe overall 36- and 60-month actuarial Kaplan-Meier survival rates were 98.5% and 97.7%, respectively; the locoregional recurrence-free survival rates were 95.2% and 91.2%, respectively. Locoregional recurrence rate was significantly greater in patients with human epidermal growth factor receptor-2 (15.2% vs. 5.3%, p<0.001).ConclusionsPatients with hormone receptor-negative or human epidermal growth factor receptor-2-positive T1-T2 breast cancer seem to have a greater risk of disease recurrence.
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