Predictive value of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes for pathological response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy in breast cancer patients with axillary lymph node metastasis

Purpose We investigated the role of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) in pretreatment primary breast cancer to predict pathological response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) in patients with clinical node-positive disease (cN +). Methods The subjects of this study were 60 patients with cN + , who received NAC followed by breast surgery with axillary lymph node dissection (ALND). We conducted a semi-quantitative assessment of TILs in pretreatment primary tumors and their association with clinicopathological factors and axillary lymph node metastasis. Results We observed a higher number of TILs in tumors with negative hormone receptors, positive human epidermal growth factor receptor 2, or high Ki67. TILs were associated with a favorable response to NAC in primary tumors. The rate of axillary pathologic complete response (Ax-pCR) was significantly higher in patients with a high number of TILs than in patients with a low number of TILs (72.0% versus 17.1%, p < 0.001). In multivariable analysis, a high number of TILs was a significant predictor of Ax-pCR as well as of pCR of the primary tumor after NAC. Importantly, all patients with HER2-positive tumors in the high TILs group showed Ax-pCR on ALND. Conclusion TILs in pretreatment primary breast cancer had the potential to predict therapeutic efficacy of NAC in patients with clinical node-positive disease..

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:51

Enthalten in:

Surgery today - 51(2020), 4 vom: 14. Okt., Seite 595-604

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Yokotani, Tomoyo [VerfasserIn]
Ikeda, Noaya [VerfasserIn]
Hirao, Tomoko [VerfasserIn]
Tanaka, Yukimi [VerfasserIn]
Morita, Kohei [VerfasserIn]
Fujii, Tomomi [VerfasserIn]
Ohbayashi, Chiho [VerfasserIn]
Nakamura, Takashi [VerfasserIn]
Kobayashi, Toyoki [VerfasserIn]
Sho, Masayuki [VerfasserIn]

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44.65

Themen:

Axillary dissection
Axillary pathological complete response
Breast cancer
Neoadjuvant chemotherapy
Tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes

doi:

10.1007/s00595-020-02157-6

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

SPR043538517