Real-world use of multigene signatures in early breast cancer : differences to clinical trials

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PURPOSE: In Italy, Lombardy was the first region to reimburse multigene assays (MGAs) for patients otherwise candidates for chemotherapy. This is a real-world experience of MGAs usage in six referral cancer centers in Lombardy.

METHODS: Among MGAs, Oncotype DX (RS) was used in 97% of cases. Consecutive patients tested with Oncotype DX from July 2020 to July 2022 were selected. The distribution of clinicopathologic features by RS groups (low RS: 0-25, high RS: 26-100) was assessed using chi-square and compared with those of the TAILORx and RxPONDER trials.

RESULTS: Out of 1,098 patients identified, 73% had low RS. Grade and Ki67 were associated with RS (p < 0.001). In patients with both G3 and Ki67 > 30%, 39% had low RS, while in patients with both G1 and Ki67 < 20%, 7% had high RS. The proportion of low RS in node-positive patients was similar to that in RxPONDER (82% vs 83%), while node-negative patients with low RS were significantly less than in TAILORx (66% vs 86%, p < 0.001). The distribution of Grade was different from registration trials, with more G3 and fewer G1 (38% and 3%) than in TAILORx (18% and 27%) and RxPONDER (10% and 24%) (p < 0.001). Patients ≤ 50 years were overrepresented in this series (41%) than in TAILORx and RxPONDER (31% and 24%, respectively) (p < 0.001) and, among them, 42% were node positive.

CONCLUSIONS: In this real-world series, Oncotype DX was the test almost exclusively used. Despite reimbursement being linked to pre-test chemotherapy recommendation, almost 3/4 patients resulted in the low-RS group. The significant proportion of node-positive patients ≤ 50 years tested indicates that oncologists considered Oncotype DX informative also in this population.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

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2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2024

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Breast cancer research and treatment - (2024) vom: 24. Jan.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Licata, Luca [VerfasserIn]
De Sanctis, Rita [VerfasserIn]
Vingiani, Andrea [VerfasserIn]
Cosentini, Deborah [VerfasserIn]
Iorfida, Monica [VerfasserIn]
Caremoli, Elena Rota [VerfasserIn]
Sassi, Isabella [VerfasserIn]
Fernandes, Bethania [VerfasserIn]
Gianatti, Andrea [VerfasserIn]
Guerini-Rocco, Elena [VerfasserIn]
Zambelli, Claudia [VerfasserIn]
Munzone, Elisabetta [VerfasserIn]
Simoncini, Edda Lucia [VerfasserIn]
Tondini, Carlo [VerfasserIn]
Gentilini, Oreste Davide [VerfasserIn]
Zambelli, Alberto [VerfasserIn]
Pruneri, Giancarlo [VerfasserIn]
Bianchini, Giampaolo [VerfasserIn]

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Adjuvant therapy
ER+/HER2− early breast cancer
Journal Article
Multigene assays
Oncotype DX

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Date Revised 24.01.2024

published: Print-Electronic

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doi:

10.1007/s10549-023-07227-0

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NLM367559935