Outcomes of special histotypes of breast cancer after adjuvant endocrine therapy with letrozole or tamoxifen in the monotherapy cohort of the BIG 1-98 trial

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BACKGROUND: We investigated the outcomes of postmenopausal women with hormone receptor-positive, early breast cancer with special histotypes (mucinous, tubular, or cribriform) enrolled in the monotherapy cohort of the BIG 1-98 trial.

PATIENTS AND METHODS: The intention-to-treat BIG 1-98 monotherapy cohort (5 years of therapy with tamoxifen or letrozole) included 4922 women, of whom 4091 had central pathology review. Histotype groups were defined as: mucinous (N = 100), tubular/cribriform (N = 83), ductal (N = 3257), and other (N = 651). Of 183 women with either mucinous or tubular/cribriform tumors, 96 were randomly assigned to letrozole and 87 to tamoxifen. Outcomes assessed were disease-free survival (DFS), overall survival (OS), breast cancer-free interval (BCFI), and distant recurrence-free interval (DRFI). Median follow-up in the analytic cohort was 8.1 years.

RESULTS: Women with tubular/cribriform breast cancer had the best outcomes for all end points compared with the other three histotypes, and had less breast cancer recurrence (97.5% 5-year BCFI) than those with mucinous (93.5%), ductal (88.9%), or other (89.9%) histotypes. Patients with mucinous or tubular/cribriform carcinoma had better DRFI (5-year rates 97.8% and 98.8%, respectively) than those with ductal (90.9%) or other (92.1%) carcinomas. Within the subgroup of women with special histotypes, we observed a nonsignificant increase in the hazard of breast cancer recurrence with letrozole [hazard (letrozole versus tamoxifen): 3.31, 95% confidence interval 0.94-11.7; P = 0.06].

CONCLUSIONS: Women with mucinous or tubular/cribriform breast cancer have better outcomes than those with other histotypes, although the observation is based on a limited number of events. In postmenopausal women with these histotypes, the magnitude of the letrozole advantage compared with tamoxifen may not be as large in patients with mucinous or tubular/cribriform disease.

CLINICALTRIALSGOV: NCT00004205.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2015

Erschienen:

2015

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:26

Enthalten in:

Annals of oncology : official journal of the European Society for Medical Oncology - 26(2015), 12 vom: 13. Dez., Seite 2442-9

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Munzone, E [VerfasserIn]
Giobbie-Hurder, A [VerfasserIn]
Gusterson, B A [VerfasserIn]
Mallon, E [VerfasserIn]
Viale, G [VerfasserIn]
Thürlimann, B [VerfasserIn]
Ejlertsen, B [VerfasserIn]
MacGrogan, G [VerfasserIn]
Bibeau, F [VerfasserIn]
Lelkaitis, G [VerfasserIn]
Price, K N [VerfasserIn]
Gelber, R D [VerfasserIn]
Coates, A S [VerfasserIn]
Goldhirsch, A [VerfasserIn]
Colleoni, M [VerfasserIn]
International Breast Cancer Study Group and the BIG 1-98 Collaborative Group [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

094ZI81Y45
7LKK855W8I
Antineoplastic Agents, Hormonal
Breast cancer
Cribriform
Journal Article
Letrozole
Mucinous
Nitriles
Randomized Controlled Trial
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Tamoxifen
Triazoles
Tubular

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Date Completed 12.09.2016

Date Revised 09.03.2022

published: Print-Electronic

ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT00004205

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1093/annonc/mdv391

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM252917715